They were not organized by any national group. They fit no mold. They were white and black, Republican and Democrat, libertarians and independents, laborers and professionals. Their only commonality was the fact that they all were Americans and they all were alarmed about the direction in which our nation is going.
The crowd stretched for a mile and estimates ranged from 60,000 to over a million. Besides the protest in Washington, there were concurrent demonstrations in villages, towns and cities across the nation.
In an article on World Net Daily on Saturday, Chelsea Schilling and Alyssa Farah reported, “A million or more rock Washington, Taxpayer march could be biggest rally ever in capital.” The article continued, “The capital was rocked today by a taxpayer march and rally that could be the biggest protest ever – potentially dwarfing the Million Man March and the Promise Keepers Rally.
“Though crowd estimates vary from as low as 60,000 to 70,000 according to ABC News to a high of 2 million by London Daily Mail, photographs and videos of the march and rally demonstrate its enormity.“ In fact, a spokesman for the National Park Service is quoted as saying, "It is a record.... We believe it is the largest event held in Washington, D.C., ever."
The largest event ever held in Washington, DC – and yet World Net Daily reported that on Friday, the White House insisted it was “unaware” of the rally. If the Obama administration isn’t aware of an event of that enormity that’s happening right under its nose, one necessarily wonders about its awareness of events taking place elsewhere in the world.
How did the national media report the largest demonstration in years, perhaps ever, in Washington? What kind of coverage did they give this unprecedented protest by American citizens?
Interestingly, the most comprehensive report was found in the UK Daily Mail online. Here in the US, aside from Fox News Network, which covered it live, the event was virtually ignored.
After the fact, the Los Angeles Times opted to bash the man who’d suggested the protest by gleefully reporting, “Glenn Beck’s ‘9-12' logo based on communist and socialist designs.” However, the logo they depicted was NOT Beck’s 9-12 logo, but someone else’s poster advertising the march.
The Portland Progressive Examiner happily reprinted the Times’ fallacy, then expanded on the Times’ ignorance and stupidity by observing, “Good and decent Americans, the reasonable and wise, have known all along that Beck was a dangerous demagogue. But now the evidence points to something much worse.” They then revealed to the world their opinion that Beck is a closet communist. (Hmmm... that must be the reason he’s always citing the founding fathers!) And that, folks, pretty much sums up the intellectual capacity of those in today’s media.
At 11:47 PM Saturday, CNN posted a brief article on their website but rather than headline it, they hid it under Politics/Health Care in America”.
ABC News posted an article that attempted to portray the protestors as racists who were opposed to Obama simply because he’s black and noted that they were protesting “what they say is over-the-top spending.” Apparently, ABC doesn’t consider multiple trillions of dollars of national debt excessive.
I find it incredible that the media in this country can virtually ignore an event of this size. We heard about the so-called Million Man March for weeks, even though, by all accounts, it was poorly attended, yet that same press very deliberately suppressed news about one of the largest protests ever to occur in Washington. Remember when the press fancied themselves the watchdogs of democracy? Whatever happened to journalistic integrity?
David Axelrod, Obama’s senior advisor, when asked by Bob Shieffer on Face the Nation what he thought of the demonstration, dismissed the event by saying, “I don’t think it’s indicative of the nation’s mood... They don’t represent a mainstream view of this healthcare plan, and so I don’t think we ought to be distracted by that.” The citizenry is rising against Congress and the Obama administration, but Axelrod views it only as a distraction to be ignored?! Axelrod continued, “My message to them is, they’re wrong!”
Doesn’t it just give you a warm, fuzzy feeling to know your government holds you in such high esteem and is listening to your concerns?!
Glenn Beck has expressed optimism that we can take back our country, that we can drag it back from the brink of destruction. I’m not so sure.
Our nation was once a bright beacon of liberty to the rest of the world. However, we left the Constitution behind decades ago in our effort to set in place a nanny state. Since January 20, 2009, we’ve raced toward that communistic goal at break-neck speed. I fear our nation has passed the point of no return.
© 2009 by Libbi Adams. All rights reserved.
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