Fiscal Conservatives Largest March in DC History - photo Daily MailUK
Several fiscally conservative organizations rallied a march on Washington D.C yesterday, the coverage from C-Span (Here) was, perhaps, the best coverage of the event from all media sources. Several of the groups who participated or sponsored the event included: Freedom Works the National Taxpayer Union, Tea Party Patriots, Institute for Liberty, Let Freedom Ring, The People Revolution, Club for Growth, Young Americans for Liberty, Smart Girl Politics, Ann Rand Center for Individual Rights, Campaign for Liberty, Leadership Institute, Tea Party Nation, Free Republic, Young American Foundations, Center for Individual Freedom, The Freedom Activist Network, American’s for Tax Reform, American Liberty Alliance, Citizen Against Government Waste, The Patrick Henry Center, Competitive Enterprise Institute, The American Conservative Union, Heartland.org, and the Senate Conservatives Fund.
Although the vast majority of American Media Outlets placed the attendance at “Tens of Thousands”, C-Span produced coverage that not only indicated the magnitude of the crowd, but the bi-partisan nature of those who rallied, crossing racial, ethnic and socio-economic lines. Video from several sources is shown below. (C-Span link to coverage is available in the first paragraph of this article.) The only newspaper source to accurately depict the size of the crowd, came from the UK ‘Up to Two Million March To U.S. Capital’, although the Washington Post and New York Times, CNN and Fox News Network reported crowds of “Tens of Thousands”.
Additionally, these networks and media outlets focused on “Republican’s” and “Health Care Reform”, while the focus of the Day’s March was geared towards Government Waste and Spending (which includes some aspects of the administration’s Health Care Reform). What appears to be lost on American Media, is the fact that the Republican Party, or Republican’s in general, are not the whip behind these groups, and individuals, as previously stated, cross party lines, and incidentally now, more than ever, are turning away from media which does not accurately report events, or, views reports with suspicion, searching several sources for comparison. In this case, with video indicating otherwise, as well as actual bus counts from groups that were there, appear to have been insufficient for the aforementioned outlets to consider “newsworthy sources”. On the other hand, perhaps the reporting was somewhat colored by the fact that Conservatives or average American’s, as a rule, do not march or protest for that matter, and journalist, editors, publishers who are invested with their own political ideology, are dumbstruck. With that said, it is quite apparent that Change has indeed come to the nation – a change whereby those who merely voted, are now activists. It is merely a question of time before the major media outlets catch on. The same happened in 1980 – media outlets buffooned then Govenor of California, Ronald Reagan, and were shocked when he bested Carter in a general election, a win that included all fifty of these United States.
Video Coverage of the Event
CNN Video
Finally CNN reporter shouted down after being condescending to those Protestors:
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