The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89568   Message #1690329
Posted By: Azizi
10-Mar-06 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Problems With Mainstream Media-immigration bill
Subject: BS: Problems With Mainstream Media
I got a problem with the so called mainstream media {MSM}.

What does it take to get news covered by the national news media?

Take the MASSIVE rally in Chicago today to protest the draconian federal immigration bill H. R. 4437. If passed this bill would split up families and-among other things-make it a felony for churches, non-profits, and other organizations to help undocumented individuals get the care and services they need. Giving aid or providing health care to an illegal immigrant would be a felony.
So doctors who treat a person in an emergency room and later find out that the person is an illegal alien could be arrested, and couldn't give follow-up care.

Read more about this bill HERE

and here

But the point of this thread is doesn't any national reviews of news found online have any reports about this rally? [Hopefully it will be on the tv evening TV news; I don't do tv so I won't know]. But wouldn't you think that Comcast-my home page-would at least mention a rally of a million or more people about an immigration bill that could directly impact millions of people throughout our nation?

While it's important to talk about that bill, I also feel that it's critical to talk about what is wrong with the United States' mainstream news media.

Where you get your news? Do you think that newspapers and the mass media are lacking in their coverage? And if so, what can we do about it?