We not only made a decent showing for the "other side of the story", we outnumbered the leftists 48-8 at their own Mock Trial and 125-43 at the shareholder meeting demonstration.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram isn't the only news source in the area. The counter-protest made the TV news beginning on Friday when CBS did a background/research story on the leftists and their camp and showed clips of the Seattle riots. They interviewed Peggy Venable of Citizens for a Sound Economy who did a very nice job of telling the true motivations and goals of the left regarding their Exxon/Mobil protest. The report was fair and balanced, imo.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, all local major networks, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Warner Brothers, aired the events at 5,6,9 and 10. They interviewed one protestor who mumbled so no one could tell what he said and several counter-protestors (we were the counter-protestors). Freeper conservative and his wife both got good airtime as did conservative's beautiful full-sized American flag. The stories were very balanced and showed a fairly accurate picture of the demonstrations, imo.
The groups involved in the counter-protest were: Citizens for a Sound Economy, American Land Rights Association, Congress on Racial Equality, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Free Republic Network, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, Paragon Foundation, Leadership Institute, Free Republic NTX Chapter, Free Republic Houston Area Texas Chapter, Free Republic Heart of Texas Chapter.