CA is a perfect example of if you can control the media, you can control the message.
Back in 2010, I asked some of my friends if they were following the “Tea Party” movement.
They all said: “What the heck is that?”
Because the MSM in CA refused to cover it.
i live in Cal, and this has not been my experience... Californians i know, who are not Conservative, see the Tea Party as a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female political group of dangerous devils... but i do have to say, these people--mainly my family members--are into politics... and they follow the biased MSM...