In Depth Media Coverage? Hardly...

Washington, DC, Sat., March 20,2010: Thousands of grass roots patriots (perhaps as many as 50,000 strong) stood outside Congress shouting "Kill the Bill,"and "Start Over."We were Independents, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, but above all, Americans. Many of us have been largely apolitical until now.

As the day wore on and we received reports of this representative and that one caving in -- backing off from their commitment to represent the will of we the people and the Constitution,
our shouts changed to "Shame on You," :Traitors"and "Flip the House." Wave after wave, our shouts roared over the warm still day.

Where Were the Watchdogs of Liberty?

Was the national press out there mingling with us, asking us questions, finding out who we are and why we had gathered? Sad to say, they were not a major presence. Were tv cameras rolling and recording the Maryland dad with two pre-teenage sons exercising their First Amendment rights? I saw no camera crew zooming in on the woman holding up the sign that read ,"Thank God I got cancer LAST year."

Press coverage was very limited. Thus, a disasterous health care "reform"bill passed the House and tv viewers across America have no idea that thousands of patriot citizens bellowed their opposition to a major assault on individual liberties. In general, the mainstream media deprived Americans of the knowledge that we are not all lemmings blissfully following incompetent leaders to the cliff's edge.

Focusing Like a Laser Beam on the Negative

To add insult to injury, the reports that did come out mentioned "racial slurs"and alleged that things "got ugly." I left Washington Saturday evening before these incidents were alleged to have happened. But I can tell you that in that vast crowd there on Saturday, I saw nothing of that nature going on. And I was all over the place, interviewing patriots from all walks of life.

I was also inside congressional offices both Tuesday and Saturday and saw only concerned citizens articulating reasons why they believe this bill is destructive. True, passion rings in our voices at times, but we are fighting to keep our children and theirs from more and more choking big government. The prospect of free enterprise being snuffed out has to boil the blood of any student of history and lover of free choice. To paraphrase the words on the sign of one demonstrating patriot:
"We will not lick the hand that wants to feed us."

The Fourth Estate Is Dead

Americans, do not rely on mainstream media. Largely, they have failed us. When over one million TEA Party and other grassroots patriots gather to demonstrate in Washington (Sept. 12, 2009) and it isn't considered newsworthy by the media, that is a sign of a missing pulse. It was a British paper that reported that the size of the crowd that day "shocked"the White House. Apparently, the shock wave didn't register with our own media.

Become Your Own Investigative Reporter

Scan You Tube for personal videos and photos of protest events. Check blogs. Search out your news and make up your own mind. Don't let the biased mainstream media choose for you what is or isn't news. Don't let them focus on negative allegations and distort the positives of the big picture. Stay alert and they will no longer be able to downplay the significance of major events. Above all, fight, with every fiber of your being, any attempt for the government to control the Internet.