Posted on 05/16/2005 5:42:29 PM PDT by firebrand
Just returned from the protest and after-protest hash and rehash. Attending: Doctor Raoul, firebrand, TFine80, davide, and Don (not a freeper). We stood outside the Broadway entrance from 4:45 to about 6:30, holding our signs and shouting our heads off: "Don't buy Newsweek," "Newsweek Lied, People Died," "Flush Newsweek," "Newsweek Lies to America," etc. The signs said pretty much the same, along with "There Are Lies, Damn Lies, and Homicidal 'Reporting,'" "Former Newsweek Reporter Will Lie for Food," and TFine80's sign, which said something like "And you wonder why they hate us!" Many people stopped to chat. There were the usual Manhattan liberals (one of them was ready to sue davide for false advertising or something because she wasn't really a former Newsweek reporter), but a surprising number of positive responses. A Marine stopped by to find out more about it, and confirmed that rumors quickly go out of control in the Middle East, as this one did. Doctor Raoul had called Fox News and the New York Post, and a photographer from Polaris Images took quite a few good shots of our signs and us. He had come by just to get a picture of the Newsweek marquee and hadn't expected to see protesters there. If this story continues, there may be other protests, so stay tuned. BIG, BIG thank-you to all who went out of their way to attend on such short notice, and to StarFan for putting up the excellent announcement thread.
What is uncanny is that the first official retraction came about (5:00) and then was later updated (6:30) as we were there.
You have to think that they knew that there were protesters coming or already outside and this affected their behavior, if only a little itty-bit.
The last thing we American's want to do is to offend our Muslim friends.
Hi Boazo...great pic! You have captured the essence of Easyoff.
You are my hero!
Did you convince Don to join us here at FR? :-)
He knows he's welcome but is not joined at the hip to a computer the way most of us are.
Where was the retraction? Buried back near the obits?
Nicest thing anybody ever called me.
Because it is.
Just missed it, I biked by close to 7 and looked around but didn't see you. I even had my 10 out 10 Terroroists agree ABB shirt on today
Should have called me. We were at the Brooklyn Diner.
how about complaining to these stations that run "Newsweek On Air"?
http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2005/05/newsweek-on-air-cancelled-in-boston.html#comments
partial list here and link to full roster.
If it wasn't for you fantastic FReepers, there would be no one to picket the leftists. Thanks for a job well done.
Now where are the pictures?
Next time you picket them, give them a few choice words for me. I think you know what to say.
All the Best.
OH MY GOD, a liberal who doesn't understand "nuance".
Actually, considering that there's supposed to be TONS of liberals, we got few negative comments.
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