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Thread #84953   Message #1571636
Posted By: M.Ted
27-Sep-05 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Anti-War Protest News Blackout
Subject: RE: BS: The Anti-War Protest News Blackout
I watched five or six hours of it on CSPAN, Pete, and it was broadcast live during the day, and rebroadcast overnight--as far as I know, CSPAN is part of most of the cable systems in the country, which meant that more people than ever before had the opportunity to watch more of an anti-war march than ever before--

For good or ill, there was no commentary of any sort, and no interuption of any sort--and, unfortunately, the Anti-War movement doesn't look that good on TV--

It is very self-absorbed--it doesn't speak to America, and it certainly doesn't speak to the world.
I was particularly struck by the fact that in one place, there were four speakers in a row who didn't mention the war at all, but who simply exploited the opportunity to grind their own political axes.

It isn't that I necesssarily even disagreed with some of the things that they had to say--maybe the march will help to pull the Anti-War Movement together, but it failed to speak to the majority of Americans who are beginning to have real doubts about the war--