Mastodawn

Apr 7, 2025

Margaret Sullivan says she asked friends and relatives in various locations what kind of reporing their local media did about the massive worldwide protests Saturday against Trump:

"Quick answer: Not close to what it deserved."

Then she did her own research, and found:

"In the Wall Street Journal, the story’s placement was the 20th most important."

#Trump #protests #HandsOff #solidarity #resistance #media #WallStreetJournal #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #FOX
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news

Big protests — but not big news

Throngs of anti-Trump and anti-Musk protesters gathered in every state. Why was some media coverage so quiet — or almost non-existent?

American Crisis

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William Lindsey

Apr 7, 2025

"In the New York Times, the home page made it only the eighth most prominent….

On the Fox News home page, I stopped counting after I scanned 40 articles….

The Washington Post didn’t put a story (only a teaser) on its Sunday front page in print."

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William Lindsey

"For weeks and months, I’ve been reading stories and analyses in major news organizations about how the public resistance to Trump is so much quieter now than in 2017.

But when the protests did happen, much of the media reaction was something between a yawn and a shrug. Or, in some outlets, a sneer."

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William Lindsey

Apr 7, 2025

Some valuable suggestions from Mark Rabideau about how to keep the resistance and protest alive.

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https://eirenicon.org/use-your-voice-speak-your-concern/

Use your voice. Speak your concern.

5 April 2025 If there’s one thing yesterday’s #HandsOff demonstrations proved, it’s that unrest and dissatisfaction are alive in America. The protests—sparked by rising political overreach and threats to personal freedoms—revealed that many are unwilling to remain silent. It remains to be seen where these voices will go from here. Will they: I can’t predict […]

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William Lindsey

Apr 7, 2025

As Parker Molloy notes, massive demonstrations against the Trump regime took place Saturday. But if you picked up a major print newspaper the next day, you'd barely know they happened.

New York Times: Turn to page 18.

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https://www.readtpa.com/p/print-media-to-mass-protests-please

Print Media to Mass Protests: "Please Turn to Page 18"

How newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump's return to power

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lakeswimmmer Apr 7, 2025

@wdlindsy if there was any doubt, this should make it very clear that the mainstream media is owned by the billionaire class.

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ProScience 🇪🇺Apr 7, 2025

@wdlindsy

Hypothesis: It's a feature, not a bug.

@proscience Yes.

f*cking b*tch club Apr 7, 2025

@wdlindsy It is disgraceful! It’s very clear now that MSM doesn’t report the news so much as create the news-scape that Dear Leader wants to have.

#journalismfail

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Krystyna Apr 7, 2025

@grammasaurus @wdlindsy

One article on protests on WaPo dated April 5. THAT'S IT. shame

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f*cking b*tch club Apr 7, 2025

@krystyna @wdlindsy Thanks for letting us know, even though it’s infuriating

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mark Apr 7, 2025

@wdlindsy has there been international coverage? After seeing so many people claim that Americans aren't trying when being ignored is closer to the truth, I'm curious if there were any coverage of this outside our dumb country. Do people know that we are trying?

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