Here is what happened in Washington, DC, yesterday, according to the UK Daily Mail:
Up to two million people marched to the U.S. Capitol today, carrying signs with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" as they protested the president's health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.Okay, that's how a leading British media outlet reported it. What about American media? (Click on all images for larger view.)
The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
People were chanting "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
Remember, this was a crowd of people from all over the country estimated at up to two million. (And as Chicago Boyz blog points out, "Two million people with jobs…".) That makes the demonstration yesterday one of the largest ever held in the capital, if not the largest. Even if the two million estimate is 100 percent off, it's still a million people, still ranking as one of the largest ever.
So getting up to two million people to show up in DC at the same time for the same purpose - no matter what that purpose might be - has got to be a story of foremost newsworthiness, right? Right?
Here is the front page of the web site DC's own hometown newspaper, The Washington Post's site this morning:
The Chicago Tribune:
CNN:
The New York Times:
Fox News, dreaded media leader of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:
And here is CBS News:
And MSNBC:
ABC News:
March in DC? Nothing to see here, move along.
The voice crying in the wilderness: the conservative-leaning Washington Times:









