Atlanta NPR reports on last Saturday’s Rally for America

NPR | 3/15/03 | NPR Staff

[jriemer]

Atlanta NPR reported this morning at 8AM on last Saturday’s Rally for America with a one-sentence comment stating, “There was a pro-war rally in down-town Atlanta with around 20k participants.”

Immediately following, the reporter stated that Georgia had three state-wide anti-war rallies over the weekend with a total of several hundred protestors including one candle light vigil on Ponce de Leon. Then, the reporter interviewed an anti-war protester from the vigil and the anti-war segment ran about a minute.

[jriemer]

Let's see. A story about the “Rally for America” consisting of one sentence of coverage vs a story consisting anti-war rallies consisting of one minute of coverage. There were 20k people at the “Rally for America” vs several hundred anti-war protestors at all of their events combined.

Yep that’s balanced.

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

And you were expecting...?
This is NPR, our homegrown equivalent of Pravda.

[WhiskeyPapa]

I read the Atlanta paper every day and I didn't see a thing about the rally in Centennial Park before hand. I'd have gone for sure.

Walt

[tomahawk]

Cut NPR funding now. I'm sick of subsidizing this Commie stooge network.

[jriemer]

1st off- Thanks for serving.

2nd - After some reflection, I should be shocked that NPR even mentioned the Rally for America. Under normal circumstances, we should have been banished to the NPR radio gulag and never mentioned in public.

[aardvark1]

I have to say that I have some serious doubts about this whole thing with Iraq and have had since Bush I. However, I'm so sick of these "back to the 60's Vietnam protester types" that I think we should start the war immediately just to spite them. In the process we should bomb every baby formula factory in Iraq.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"I read the Atlanta paper every day and I didn't see a thing about the rally in Centennial Park before hand. I'd have gone for sure."

It was all over FR, including the breaking news column for several days.

[baseballmom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a picture of the rally on their front page today - above the fold - IN COLOR.!! WooHoooooo. BUT, the story that accompanies, is a split column story - the Pro America Rally and the vigils. If it had been the other way around, where we had hundreds out there, we would have gotten NO press. Typical

Last night's local news, gave the first coverage to the candlelight vigils that occured in the city, and around the area. Extensive coverage. The ProAmerica rally came next, we got good coverage, but it's so frustrating. We had 10,000 + at Valley Forge, and they had hundreds. Same old, same old.

[jriemer]

Well that just shows that anti-war opinion is on the order of 1% or less of the Nation.

The Rallies for America have gotten so large that mass media cannot ignore them because if they don't, there's tens of thousands of alienated CUSTOMERS who don't understand why their protest is not NEWSWORTHY.

I believe that this process could be most enlightening for many...

[WhiskeyPapa]

"I read the Atlanta paper every day and I didn't see a thing about the rally in Centennial Park before hand. I'd have gone for sure."

It was all over FR, including the breaking news column for several days.

Hmmmmm...I need to get out more.

Walt

[FreedomPoster]

>>“There was a pro-war rally in down-town Atlanta with around 20k participants.”

I was there, and I say it was closer to 250,000.

I use the same crowd-size-estimating methods that NBC uses when reporting on Leftie events. . . . .

[jriemer]

>>“There was a pro-war rally in down-town Atlanta with around 20k participants.”

I was there, and I say it was closer to 250,000.

I use the same crowd-size-estimating methods that NBC uses when reporting on Leftie events. . . . .

LOL!!!

[dirtboy]

I use the same crowd-size-estimating methods that NBC uses when reporting on Leftie events. . . . .

You mean Million Mom Math? Later adapted for corporate bookkeeping by Enron and WorldCom?

[dixierose]

There's actually more going on around Free Republic than "Save our rebel flag" and Civil War threads, Walt. :-)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I also re-mounted the US flag on my car again today. (I took it down for wintertime.)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Thousands show support for troops, President at rally

Jeff Katz, a WPHT-AM radio host, exhorts the Rally for America crowd to support troops and their families. The station sponsored the demonstration.

[rustbucket]

I read the Atlanta paper every day and I didn't see a thing about the rally in Centennial Park before hand.

Are you surprised, Walt?

[WhiskeyPapa]

There's actually more going on around Free Republic than "Save our rebel flag" and Civil War threads, Walt. :-)

I reckon, but I sure didn't see anything about this rally on Saturday on FR. Just not lookin' in the right places. :-)

Walt

[WhiskeyPapa]

I read the Atlanta paper every day and I didn't see a thing about the rally in Centennial Park before hand.

Are you surprised, Walt?

The AJC is a rag; it's a lousy paper. They did have a very sympathetic article about the oldest CSA widow not long after they were slamming Perdue's flag referendum.

And Saturday's rally was mentioned on the front page on Sunday; there was a nice picture.

Walt