[cyborg]

The squeaky wheel gets the grease in the media. That's why people MUST get their news from a variety of sources.

[weegee]

Actually in the case I cited, the lack of media coverage kept things civil. When the media shoves controversy down peoples throats they may be more likely to resist. Also when opposition movements get exposure it grows their effort.

Consider how the media did not cover any of the antiwar.org's Clinton war protests but they have given much ink to their Bush war protests. Many red dupes joined the cause because they saw it on tv.

If the KKK and racists knew to go down and get on tv/newspapers/magazines heckling and assaulting black men for sitting at a dining counter, it might have intimidated more people. As it was, it was a peaceful change of ways.