In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests?
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.
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Larry Glickman
No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.
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But I’m also aware the Trumpists have been entirely clear they want to take radical measures to suppress protests.
The inability of the press to call a lie a lie and state clearly what’s happening is going to wreck the country (if it hasn’t already).
It's the boomers who have the responsibility to be the 1st to step up, à la Siberian grandmothers.
Start so that the youth can then join, until we reach numbers in the 10s of millions.
What better demographic?
It's your children and grandchildrens futures at stake RIGHT NOW.
I dare say you owe it to them.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-5299915/dc-protests
Like, we shouldn't point out the fascist policies because people might protest and that could lead to conflict? Wow
If we don't make it unsafe to be a Nazi, they will make it unsafe not to be.
Or will you be a good Republican and keep chanting "if it hasn't happened to me, it hasn't happened"?
They also know that those who take high profile roles in protests will be identified and harassed. And likely prosecuted.
Geography. The US is a BIG country. I would have to take a week off to travel to DC to protest, I'm sure as hell not flying there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHfgU8oMSo
Seems like protests are a censored word - at least on TikTok.
They are weak, and compromised.
They’ll be instant heroes in the MAGA ecosystem, with TV hits, memecoins, and dietary supplement lines.
Solidarity. Protect your institution.
And while we're a long way to go, and lots of work to do, Americans are just getting started.
Protests are short notice
They happen in the middle of the workday
I'm old and it's cold
I have a kid to take care of
I'm desperate to get to one of these things but shit's moving faster than I can keep up with
Whether we're Democrats, Republicans, or independents , it does not matter. We all understand that an attack on any one of us is an attack on all of us.
Michelle Obama
France does these all the time. If Macron sneezes and people don’t like it, they are on the streets.
In the US, we just don’t think that way and don’t have networks setup for this. Even the BLM protests took a bit to start.
*maybe…possibly… probably not
The 4th estate refuses to cover them.
People think they are alone. Seeing others protesting gives people courage and motivation to join. The lack of coverage (except when cops are cracking down) is an intentional choice.
Maybe MSM should 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 clickbait. 🤷
A lot of what is happening in complicated and interconnected and beyond scope for casual reading; however,that’s what I thought journalism was about, interpretation of the world through stories.
Didn’t think we’d have price of eggs stories during this time.
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/6/17202824/sinclair-tribune-map
A equally significant number of Americans are misinformed. They think completely different things are happening.
We were told that voting harder would save democracy. That trusting the system would fix it. That the institutions would hold.
We were lied to
You weren’t lied to.
You just didn’t do your job
Can't go protest if it means you'll die of an easily preventable disease because without insurance your doctor visits are more than a paycheck
I’m quite disturbed to say that myself, but at this point the only party left to step up and safe what’s left, might be the military.
If the MSM told the truth- there would be more protests
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We can’t just let tri-gones be tri-gones.
Compare and contrast to headlines about Biden. Those cut like knife. The ones for tRump are dissembling into blandness.
People are trying to yell into a media void. The owners are not neutral and DJT has twisted equal coverage into his positive coverage.
https://youtu.be/3Kf6BJhD4h4?si=aFktIR9qN7ksb2h3
Too many people still tuning it out for their mental health. Seriously. People are tired of Trump so they aren’t paying attention until it they are directly affected.
That will happen, and hopefully not too late.
Also, what did that Women's March actually accomplish? In the long run or the short run? Things have only gotten worse since then.
Hardly an American thing.
According to the situation there should be tens of millions on the street every bloody day.
And they're willing to be the stenographer for the Fourth Reich to keep it.
press has become the enemy of the people due to their failure to report news & info
it's like how the left has been screaming for years that the system should be burned to the ground, and now the right is doing it.
it's no wonder no one is doing anything.
Please post your irrational hatred for Democrats on Musk's X
i noticed you completely sidestepped, though, because you know I'm right about the left calling for the system to burn.
Sorry still on my first cup of coffee 🤦
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Here's a lead story from a 1974 NYT (front page image below). Missing from the article, any claims that the court is corrupt or the news is fake, just the facts.
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/26/archives/mitchellstans-case-is-given-to-the-jury-mitchellstans-case-goes-to.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y04.aYO5.DHqbtAB8JgWz&smid=url-share
The whole concept of the press as a kind of fourth branch of our political system is something that must be earned, and major media have utterly failed in recent years demonstrating they are up to the task.
In 2024 those people were beaten and arrested with overwhelming support from the leadership of both parties.
American fecklessness is on a whole other level.
Soulless greed is their religion. They don’t care about the rest of us. Now is the time to support the sources that don’t lie, sanitize or minimize what’s going on. Register your grievances with the others and WITHHOLD your money.
Feds are worried about being doxxed (even tho we are allowed to protest). We just saw how Jan6 crowd footage was used (which was GOOD; it’s just that we know covering faces may not be enough to protect our families).
They lie by omission & by normalization
They LIE
Idiots driving trucks into crowds.
Guns.
Lfogistics... (weather, transportation, trying to keep the jobs we still have)
That said, I am registered to go to a local "town hall" this week.