Kendall - I suspect it's because the media isn't as enamoured with today's protestors as they were in the 60's. Back then seeing cute hippy chicks stuff flowers down the barrels of National Guard guns was a good "human interest" bit on the evening news. And, if the cameras happened to catch some earnest youngsters strummin' and singin' for all they were worth in front of a crowd of hundreds, then the protest singers got their brief moment in the sun.

Now, the station owners - radio & TV - are generally hard-nosed businessmen who'd rather have right wing mouths like "Rush" espousing business oriented issues (sometimes indirectly)