Although a major anti-war rally was slated to occur in Washington D.C. yesterday, I have not been able to find out much of anything on television or the internet, until I came to Michael Moore's site, which even had a picture (featured above).
On CNN.com there was absolutely nothing on the subject, and on my favorite editorial site- Commondreams.org, the e-mail link (for submitting material) isn't working, effectively keeping potential articles about the rally from being published. Consequently there was nothing at all about the rally on the site.
Coming from Marquette county, where traditionally the iron ore mining company has controlled the local media, I am familiar with news 'blackouts'. We used to say, "If you want to find out what is going on around here, all you can do is listen to what people are saying". Because it's true that time after time it has been frustrating and irritating to see an event happen right in front of me and find nothing on the subject in our local media. The locals often know more than the press!
But to take a national event, such as the St. Patrick's Day March and to deny national coverage of it is even worse. It smacks of KGB type censorship, and really points out just how corrupt and despicable American media has become.
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