March for Life Coverage (Exclusive Live Coverage)

American Papist ^ | January 22, 2008 | Thomas Peters

[NYer]

Welcome to any new visitors. I'm a Catholic young adult, studying and working in Washington DC, who is providing exclusive on-the-ground coverage of the 35th Annual March for Life. Here's what I offer:

• All March-for-Life related posts are collected here (includes event schedules & info)
• My photographs will be uploaded to this Flickr page, starting Monday evening
• My videos will be uploaded to this YouTube page, again starting Monday evening

Collections of my other news stories are available on this page. Humorous "PPOTD's" are here.

To contact me with with tips, information or media requests: "thomas [at] americanpapist [dot] com"

Notification: My Itinerary for the March for Life

First report: Cardinal O'Connor Conference (pics & video)

Second report: Vigil for Life Mass Pre-Gathering (pics & video)

Related links: Cardinal O'Connor Conference & Rock for Life Training & Activism Weekend.

An abbreviated report this time, due to technical issues (now resolved) that precluded coverage of the Rock For Life event.

I do however have a few pictures from the Vigil Mass pre-gathering uploaded to the AmP Flickr page.

There are also two new (HD-quality!) YouTube videos which capture how full-past-capacity the Basilica becomes for this Liturgy (scroll down to see them embedded in this post).

The originals are available on the AmP YouTube channel.

Related headlines:

CWNews: Pro-lifers converge on DC for Roe anniversary

LifeNews: West Coast Walk for Life Sees Record 25,000 Pro-Life People Participate

Zenit: Pro-Lifers March on West Coast

WTOP News: Annual 'March' Will Close City Streets

LifeNews: Pro-Life Advocates: Roe v. Wade Support Weak as Abortion Case Reaches 35

Here is the first high-definition short video of the interior of the Basilica from this evening:

A second video, taken from the front of the Basilica, is available on the AmP YouTube channel.

Meanwhile, seminarians were keeping a close watch on the sanctuary while preparing for the liturgy:

To switch gears quickly and end with an observation, the metro has been mobbed all day by March for Life walkers. I went on several trips as I criss-crossed the district assembling my coverage, and each time I was able to strike up a conversation with someone sitting near me by saying "So, are you here for the March?" "Yes!"

It would be almost impossible for the average DC metro dweller to not notice the throngs of young kids and chaperones on every car and at every station. They are very orderly groups(ticket mishaps aside) and far more outgoing than the daily commuters you normally encounter. A very fine witness, right there.

And remember, this is all pre-coverage to the March itself tomorrow! Stay tuned....

Related: All AmP postings on the 2008 March for Life.

Labels: 2008 march for life, american papist exclusive, pro-life

[NYer]

It is now 6:30pm on the east coast. Throughout the day, I kept checking the news releases to see how the msm was covering this event. There was NOTHING! Total silence! The only stories were from local newspapers naming local groups that would be marching today. This is beyond shocking!

[Huber]

Lots of young people there. Surprisingly, while Catholic groups were highly visible, evangelicals were less visible. Rough estimate of attendance was about 75,000. Only saw about 10 pro abortion types, all of whom were ill prepared to engage the undersigned in reasoned debate.

[markomalley]

Some shots from the event

and last, but not least:

(please note the captions)

And now for some MSM coverage (in pics)

Wash Post article

local NBC coverage along with good slideshow (they're Getty images, so I can't link to them)

AFP Article

Enjoy!!

[skr]

It’s on C-Span 2 right now. Lots of young people, terrific!

Is Nellie Gray okay after her fall on the podium? I haven’t found anything on the ‘net yet.

Hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe v. Wade as got to go!

[AliVeritas]

It was probably Rabbi Shmuley, but I was way in back of the stage... sounded like him.

Just got back, pics later.

[ardara]

I checked the newspaper coverage of the March For Life on the day after the March on the internet.I saw no coverage in the NY Times,NY POST,NY Daily News,NY Sun,Wall Steet Journal and the Washington Post.It was covered in the Washington Times.Our news coverage is getting more like Pravda in the old Soviet Union.

[NYer]

I'm emailing FOX news at the moment, for what little it's worth.

Please let me know what response, if any, you receive.

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

Have you heard anything about Nellie Gray today?

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

You really should plan on attending next year. It is really inspiring-especially when you realize that at least half the crowd is under twenty.

[ArrogantBustard]

They blow the Shofar every year. You can hear it from several blocks away. Sounds like a foghorn.

[NYer]

Sounds like a foghorn.

I couldn't resist ;-)

[ArrogantBustard]

I think it was a concerted plan by the MSM not to cover the march,

Same stuff, different year.

We don't exist; just ask the MSM.

I've been down there more than 20 times.

When Calypso Louie got a couple hundred thousand folks to show up for his "million Man March", the local media kissed his as feet for over week before, and several days after.

We generate that kind of crowd every friggin' year.

We aren't news.

MSM are liars, all the time, about everything.

[Pyro7480]

It was on page A-3 of the Washington Post. It was actually a pretty good story.