{"id":4634,"date":"2011-04-21T02:47:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T09:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2011-04-21T02:47:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T09:47:05","slug":"more-demonstrations-ignored-by-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/21\/more-demonstrations-ignored-by-press\/","title":{"rendered":"More Demonstrations Ignored by Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

If two Teabaggers gather in any city, one passes gas, and the other holds up a sign to protest the smell, they will get coverage on every major network, interviews on Fox, and write-ups in all the major papers.  On the other hand, peace demonstrations and anti-corporate demonstrations, numbering in the thousands, receive scant mention if any.  The same applied to tax day protests.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Thousands of young voters rallied at the White House<\/strong> this Tax Day to demand President Obama stand up to Big Polluters and make them pay their fair share. During the day of action, a flash mob, led by US Uncut\u2019s Carl Gibson, successfully shut down a BP gas station in response to the company\u2019s $9.9 billion<\/font><\/a> tax credit from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which nearly matches the EPA\u2019s entire annual operating budget.<\/font><\/p>\n

Polluters marched in the streets, chanting, \u201cMake polluters pay, not the EPA.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n