All the News that Fits
Cowbell was lamenting the lack of media coverage for this weekend's march on Washington to protest the Iraq war. I found some stuff but it should be noted that it was only 2 pages worth of Google items. (2 pages? Google "britney spears panties" and you get dozens and dozens and dozens).
It looks like a lot of the reporting was on the day of the event and was buried in the "Washington" section of major papers.
One thing I always do enjoy about coverage of protests is the varying numbers. The reports had crowds described as "several thousands" to "100,000". Likewise, the number of people arrested (and why) and the number of people pepper sprayed also vary...although the average consensus on arrests seems to be about 190. I myself have participated in a number of rallies and marches over the years and I can tell you that the mainstream press NEVER give an accurate picture of numbers. NEVER. My standard rule of thumb is to add at least 500 to every 1000 the press claims were in attendance. Just saying.
Anyway, there are some interesting reports so if you are interested you can start
with this from ABC News and move on to the Washington Post, a story out of Australia,
the LA Times, al-Jazeera, the Associated Press, the Washington Times, and The New York Times.
Or just read Cowbell. Her daughter was there. She should know.
It looks like a lot of the reporting was on the day of the event and was buried in the "Washington" section of major papers.
One thing I always do enjoy about coverage of protests is the varying numbers. The reports had crowds described as "several thousands" to "100,000". Likewise, the number of people arrested (and why) and the number of people pepper sprayed also vary...although the average consensus on arrests seems to be about 190. I myself have participated in a number of rallies and marches over the years and I can tell you that the mainstream press NEVER give an accurate picture of numbers. NEVER. My standard rule of thumb is to add at least 500 to every 1000 the press claims were in attendance. Just saying.
Anyway, there are some interesting reports so if you are interested you can start
with this from ABC News and move on to the Washington Post, a story out of Australia,
the LA Times, al-Jazeera, the Associated Press, the Washington Times, and The New York Times.
Or just read Cowbell. Her daughter was there. She should know.
Labels: media nonesense
cobbled together by Moi at 8:51 AM
4 Comments:
Hey, thanks for adding to the coverage -- your blog and mine will probably be considered "coverage", what with the scant amount out there on these Internets. Which is too bad, because since Dubya wasn't there ... oh, forget it, he doesn't read the news anyway.
The daughter actually ended up in a picture out there, so she was kind of wired about that. I hadn't seen the LA Times one, and hadn't checked al-Jazeera, and there's another one I think I didn't see either. Anyway, kudos for putting the info out there for the masses.
Maybe when you get your home organizer show, you can secretly slip bits of knowledge to the people.
This is Lorraine and Cowbell reporting.
Does that mean we get one of those Eddie Bauer style vests with all the pockets for cameras and microphones and whatnot?
Yep. And we get to have cocktails with Christine Amanpour. She's our new best friend.
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