Somehow the media has gotten away from reporting the news. Back in October, an estimated 100,000 people (according to the Capitol Police) gathered for an anti-war protest. Most media organizations, if they reported all, claimed the number was 10,000 and sent their reporters off to cover the sniper shootings.
After protests from Fair and other organizations, some outlets published corrections, but CNN's reponse was to yank the story off their website completely. You'd think an outfit Rush Limbaugh calls the Communist News Network would be relishing anti-government protests, but that something else entirely.
So what's the deal? News is stil news, right? Well, in addition to corporate ownership of networks and papers, the media still want to appear patriotic,. Combined with official government sources that consider anyone against the Homeland Security Act, the USA Patriot Act, or War to be unpatriotic freaks, we get a scenario where such events are just not news unless there's a riot to spin.
Glad I am that we have a free press...