Only the lefty publication, Christian Science Monitor and a moonbat writer from Boston could have concocted this ridiculous news item!

"Boston - Coordinated antiwar protests in at least 11 American cities this weekend raised anew an interesting question about the nature of news coverage: Are the media ignoring rallies against the Iraq war because of their low turnout or is the turnout dampened by the lack of news coverage?

I find it unsettling that I even have to consider the question.

That most Americans oppose the war in Iraq is well established. The latest CBS News poll, in mid-October, found 26 percent of those polled approved of the way the president is handling the war and 67 percent disapproved. It found that 45 percent said they'd only be willing to keep large numbers of US troops in Iraq "for less than a year." And an ABC News-Washington Post poll in late September found that 55 percent felt Democrats in Congress had not gone far enough in opposing the war.

Granted, neither poll asked specifically about what this weekend's marchers wanted: An end to congressional funding for the war. Still, poll after poll has found substantial discontent with a war that ranks as the preeminent issue in the presidential campaign.

Given that context, it seems remarkable to me that in some of the 11 cities in which protests were held – Boston and New York, for example – major news outlets treated this "National Day of Action" as though it did not exist. As far as I can tell, neither The New York Times nor The Boston Globe had so much as a news brief about the march in the days leading up to it. The day after, The Times, at least in its national edition, totally ignored the thousands who marched in New York and the tens of thousands who marched nationwide. The Globe relegated the news of 10,000 spirited citizens (including me) marching through Boston's rain-dampened streets to a short piece deep inside its metro section. A single sentence noted the event's national context.

As a former newspaper editor, I was most taken aback by the silence beforehand. Surely any march of widespread interest warrants a brief news item to let people know that the event is taking place and that they can participate. It's called "advancing the news," and it has a time-honored place in American newsrooms.

With prescient irony, Frank Rich wrote in his Oct. 14 Times column, "We can continue to blame the Bush administration for the horrors of Iraq.… But we must also examine our own responsibility." And, he goes on to suggest, we must examine our own silence."

Excuse me Mr. Jerry Lanson, who has not seen this sight?



Yep, that Sheehan and company.  It's been plastered all over America.  How about this one?



This picture is of a get-together that goes on week after week, every Friday.  It's a show of support that has continued every Friday since Code Pink lost their permit to "peacefully congregate" in front of Walter Reed Hospital!   These supporters are there to greet our wounded warriors as they leave for their dinner-out night in buses, and they remain there until they return.  Ever seen either gathering in any venue, media, newscast outside of blogs like this one?  [hat tip:  The Red Hunter]

How about this?  This picture (that someone refused to allow me to post...don't know who, but go look at it!) is of Americans in SAN FRANCISCO who got sick and dadgum tired of Code Pink vandalizing military buildings, etc. 

In San Antonio, 25,000 people congregated to show their support for the troops last summer.  I wish I had pictures to show you, but have only anecdotal evidence from folks who were there.  Why?  It was not shown on local TV, local newspapers, et al, and I was out of town.  There was a "counter" protest from 50-100 moonbats that WAS shown locally. 

Okay, that having been said, here's a few questions I have to ask you:

Do you ever bother learning about what is actually going on in Iraq?  The American people have learned not to trust you folks anymore, and they DO strive to learn about the truth...could that be the reason for not covering a non-story about a crowd of kooks and moonbats?

Have you ever met anyone outside of NYC, Boston or LA who want us to pull out of Iraq before we've won?

[What's that you say?  You've never been into flyover country?]

How many people who are "dissatisfied" with the war in Iraq have you asked what they were actually dissatisfied about? 

D'ya think it might be they are pissed off about the fact that it's been fought by tying one arm of our military behind their back, and asking them to fight, until Petraeus and the surge? 

Did you ask them if they were "peaceniks" who were against ANY war? 

Did you ask them if they have any understanding of the goals of Islamofacism?

You really were joking, right? 

Or has Bush Derangement Syndrome caused a brain erosion that disallows such ability for humor?