NYT, AP Ignore Large Contingent of Socialists and Far-Leftists in NYC Climate March

newsbusters.org ^ | 9/21/2014 | Tom Blumer

[rktman]

At Tea Party and conservative events, the press routinely seeks out any shred of evidence of far-right extremism, racism or even uncivil behavior exhibited by attendees. If found, it then tries to portray even one or a few such people out of thousands as somehow typical.

Rallies in support of liberals' pet causes get a completely different treatment. The press almost invariably ignores rampant left-wing extremism clearly on display. Sunday's "Climate March" in New York City, along with other smaller marches in other parts of the world, exemplifies the blatant double standard. The Blaze, Gateway Pundit, and others reported no shortage of Gotham protesters often uncivilly advocating an end to capitalism and its replacement with "a socialist future." The Associated Press and the New York Times ignored it all.

[rktman]

Pretty shocking eh? Who would ever have expected these types at the rally?

[RayChuang88]

I'm not surprised. But do you REALLY want government control of your lives like they do in totalitarian regimes?

[InterceptPoint]

The problem is that the MSM just doesn't believe liberals and such are "extreme". Here is a good example of MSM middle of the road types:

[rktman]

Me, no. But there are plenty of didots out there that can’t or won’t think or take care of themselves. Sorry durn situation when folks are not taught to be independent and that without a team nothing is possible. Sometimes there’s nobody else to depend on. Self reliance? Not so much anymore.

[Tigerized]

The hubris of the MSM is stunning. No longer concerned with any vestige of objectivity, they’ve managed to graduate to an alternate reality.

“If we don’t cover it, it doesn’t exist.”

[DaveA37]

I’d bet they are not ignoring the trash they left behind.

[Steve_Seattle]

“If we don’t cover it, it doesn’t exist.”

I think this idea is now consciously operative in the way that news is presented, which stories get attention and which don't. The press has become aware of its power, and they know whose side they're on. There's a deep cynicism involved. "You right-wingers want us to hype the IRS scandal, don't you? Well - guess what? - we're not going to do it, and there's nothing YOU can do about it. Ha ha ha!"