Network journalists who were quick to see racists, haters and extremists amongst the “tea party” protesters were oblivious on Saturday to communists in the “climate justice” march in Copenhagen whose cause they trumpeted -- even as the video they showed included brief shots of marchers waving red flags displaying the Soviet Union's hammer and sickle.More at the link.
“The streets were filled today with tens of thousands of protesters from around the world, demanding action to stop global warming,” NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt announced before Anne Thompson marveled: “An extraordinary sight in front of Denmark's parliament building: 35,000 protesters filling the square, stepping off on a slow march with an urgent plea: Save the planet.”
On the CBS Evening News, anchor Jeff Glor touted how “around the world tonight, protesters are creating heat over climate change. In Copenhagen, where UN talks on global warming are under way, police estimate 40,000 activists marched, mostly peacefully, to demand an agreement that produces real change.” Reporter Sheila MacVicar began: “From India to Australia, from China to Copenhagen, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets.”
Neither Thompson nor MacVicar mentioned the communist participation obvious from the video that producers ran with their narration, though a Financial Times article included the less-appealing parts of the coalition: “The protesters were a mix of environmental campaigners, church groups and ordinary Danes, many with children, as well as anarchists and communists.”
In a post for the Santa Barbara Independent, Ethan Stewart noted: “From Communist groups and Greenpeace to radical vegetarians and a pro-Iranian crew, there were not many activist sub groups without representation in the march.”
Previously, "Astroturf and Balaclavas: Hundreds Arrested at Copenhagen Protests."
PHOTO CREDIT: Santa Barbara Independent. "Taking It To The Streets: Operation Copenhagen rolls with the masses on Day 2."
3 comments:
Wonder if the lame stream media would care to show the ratio of arrests, first those at Tea Parties or 9/12 (none) v the hundreds arrested in Copenhagen's "peaceful protest"?
I would love to see the Money Trail that leads from these folks (and the other protestors) to whoever is funding them.
Just let ME clear my masthead and stick up words to the effect of "Advocating A Revolution" and we'll see how long it is before some federal employees contact ME.
G.A. posits a great question: where WOULD the cash trail lead??
BZ
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