So it’s the 2nd annual women’s march. In 2017 it flooded all media. This year barely a ripple. And I see it’s dissolved into internecine controversy about hats and a why-isn’t-it-bigger story about Trump’s magazine spanking. There’s a lesson here, but damned if I know what it is
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Replying to @vgr
Barely a ripple *in the news*. Meanwhile, actual people marched in record numbers, around the world. News media decided there's more novelty in finding a controversy, but this is sensationalism vs. journalism fail that's become standard fare.
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It’s really not news if its just a rerun with no new message to the movement, I don’t blame them. It’s not seeking sensationalism so much as a bare reason to cover. If bickering over a cap symbol can swamp any larger message that might have been there, not a good sign
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"bickering over the cap" is a narrative I have *only* seen in the formerly esteemed paper that harped on it. there is actual news if they sought it - 15,000 women candidates, voter registration drives, candidates running in seats DNC usually ignores, ... (1/2)
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... training programs for everything from door knocking and phone banking to being a citizen witness to ICE raids. The problem is not lack of activity on the ground, but the kind of angle these guys (I use the word advisedly) want to find.
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Witness the contrast between the breathless coverage of the tea party movement (even the loony fringe) vs. the way they're covering this resistance. I wonder what the difference might be. </sarcasm>
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I don’t know about that. Activity is not news until there are consequences. The tea party story too went through ups and downs. There was a lull after the initial coverage until they actually won a bunch of congress seats. That could be what happens here too.
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