Does A Tea Party Rally Attracting “Dozens” Qualify As News?

[Mr. Sparkle]

Or put another way, is there any limit to how small or poorly attended a Tea Party rally can be before the press finally stops showering the right-wing movement with coverage? Based on the avalanche of reporting that yesterday's minuscule Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C., generated, the answer appears to be, no.

Just how sparse was the Tea Party crowd? A Bloomberg dispatch tactfully noted the rally attracted "dozens" of supporters.

Dozens!

I realize the fact that many high-profile members of Congress were scheduled speak at the Thursday rally meant it was going to be covered regardless, that there was an automatic news hook in place regardless of the Tea Party turnout.

But still, it’s long past time that reporters and pundits started telling the truth about the incredibly shrinking Tea Party movement in America. And it’s time members of the press corps asked themselves why they continue to cover Tea Party events that draw “dozens.” (I guarantee you that if Media Matters promoted a rally in the nation’s capital and invited members of Congress to speak, there would be a hell of a lot more than “dozens” of supporters. I can also guarantee you most news organizations would not cover the event.)

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201104010008

[William769]

1. YES!

Shows how organized they are. :evilgrin:

[MarianJack]

2. Teabaggers are...

...long drained out and being held up by the "teaspoon" of the "guddam libril meeja"!

PEACE!

[randr]

3. I remember CNN devoting a whole weekend to the dozens

who protested at the Terry Shivo (sic) event. As I recall the same weekend there were thousands protesting the Bush wars without coverage.
Maybe the MSM thinks the only people watching are fright wing Kochroaches.

[sharp_stick]

5. Was the "event" that resulted

in Tom Delay and Prez shrubbo flying back into DC with Congress while it was supposed to be out of session in a bizarre attempt to pass "Terry's law"?

I remember seeing all these bawling repukes on the house floor talking about this "poor woman" and how it was imperative that we pass this law to help her.

That was one of the most pathetic pandering displays I think I've ever seen out of a Congress.

[AndyTiedye]

8. It's Because the People Who Own the Networks are Fright Wing Kochroaches

The job of the MSM is to tell us what to think.
If we're not buying it, they'll crank up the propaganda even more.

[yellowcanine]

4. They will stop covering them when all the protestors can fit into one portapotty at the same time.

:rofl:

[AleksS]

6. It's a great contrast to the coverage

It's a great contrast to the coverage that hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in Madison got.

I've said it before, only in medai math does 2=200,000, i.e. :

2 teabaggers holding a picture of Obama with a hitler mustache = deserving the same media coverage as 200,000 progressive protesters.

[phantom power]

7. I presume the press corps knows exactly why they continue to cover it.

Because they know they are expected to by the rich conservative owners of the corporations they work for.