General Discussion

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

42. The usual. Remember the national labor walkout July 2020?

Sun Oct 3, 2021, 11:44 AM

Oct 2021

No? NPR had this: "Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice." I'd posted here ahead of time, but the big, corporate-owned media preferred it didn't exist, so it basically didn't. Crickets.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

52 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

No US media covered the women's march? [View all] BlueLucy Oct 2021 OP

If only there were a way to look that up. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #1

Thank you. Biophilic Oct 2021 #2

There was very little coverage. Near none on cable news. BlueLucy Oct 2021 #3

If only there were a link in the aforementioned search results that said "View Full Coverage." mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #4

Look at your own link. BlueLucy Oct 2021 #6

There's a lot of that going on here lately. padah513 Oct 2021 #7

I agree with you. BlueLucy Oct 2021 #12

You are right Traildogbob Oct 2021 #15

+1 BlueLucy Oct 2021 #38

You are making a bigger point malaise Oct 2021 #17

Yes, indeed. ancianita Oct 2021 #29

If it had been the other side marching for bans on voting rights or immigrants Ferrets are Cool Oct 2021 #35

Yes! Thank you. nt BlueLucy Oct 2021 #39

It was on the front page of CNN.com all day yesterday Sympthsical Oct 2021 #47

I saw more on Rebl2 Oct 2021 #13

I was wondering how much local news covered the march. Nothing in my area. BoomaofBandM Oct 2021 #5

There must have been a couple dozen kacekwl Oct 2021 #8

So true Mysterian Oct 2021 #26

To be fair, even on this website, I didn't know about it until today. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2021 #9

It's shameful how little coverage there was. nt BlueLucy Oct 2021 #11

True, but that's society for you. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2021 #16

Didn't seem like people were very engaged with it Sympthsical Oct 2021 #48

When will people get it? gab13by13 Oct 2021 #10

Except Rachel and Joy aren't rightwingers. Duppers Oct 2021 #18

They are the product... Random Boomer Oct 2021 #19

A veneer of objectivity and balance Mysterian Oct 2021 #25

MSNBC evening lineup is the only time Duppers Oct 2021 #27

It is the owners of the network, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #32

Agree with this. nt GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #50

Yes, Rachel, Joy, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #28

+1000 ancianita Oct 2021 #30

My post #27 above. Duppers Oct 2021 #31

+1 Agreed. c-rational Oct 2021 #36

Used to have dish I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #51

thought you had it there for a second! lolz cadoman Oct 2021 #33

I heard about it all day? We're you watching? MuchBetterThanThis Oct 2021 #14

Say, just curious, was it Karma13612 Oct 2021 #21

Wikipedia had a list of locations Marthe48 Oct 2021 #20

Wondering if they didn't "bother" Karma13612 Oct 2021 #22

Well, I saw a good deal of coverage of it on my "US Media." MineralMan Oct 2021 #23

I wrote about this in a post yesterday.... BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #24

cnn talked-about "thousands" around the country, deliberately underreported, as they niyad Oct 2021 #41

Maybe a fraction of the money people are paying marybourg Oct 2021 #34

24 hour Media in disarray. pwb Oct 2021 #37

Good point. nt BlueLucy Oct 2021 #40

The usual. Remember the national labor walkout July 2020? Hortensis Oct 2021 #42

That's pretty fucked up! nt BlueLucy Oct 2021 #43

I saw coverage last night on the NBC evening news kimbutgar Oct 2021 #44

Yes. I should have said little to nil coverage. nt BlueLucy Oct 2021 #45

K&R bluewater Oct 2021 #46

If there was looting then it would make the cable networks. nt chowder66 Oct 2021 #49

FOX7 AUSTIN Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2021 #52