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EDIT: Also worth noting that the next nationwide protest date for 50501 is May 1st
Are there non-American news that are covering it?
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Not fully free from similar issues here. For instance, the BBC is massively downplaying turnout
The BBC is saying "thousands" were protesting on April 19th when others estimate in the range of 4 million. Counting people in photos on social media in just a handful of cities gives a figure higher than thousands. There were hundreds of protest locations
The BBC also claims there were "tens of thousands" on April 5th when it was estimated at 3-5 million. There were over 100 000 in DC and 100 000 in NYC alone on April 5th!
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This kind of shows that maybe protests aren't working. If 100,000 people coming out isn't noteworthy that's because it's easily dismissed as a small vocal minority. If less than 1% of the population come out to the streets on a sunny weekend that's just a party. Obviously it's not, but that's a very easy dismissal of a protest that didn't even disrupt a work day to try and make a point.
This reaction by this reporter is manufactured obviously but there's truth in it. If there's a protest every month that doesn't rock the boat and doesn't agitate for anything then it will just fade into the background.
Just remind people that there were months of peaceful protests that went unheard when they start complaining about public disruptions
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This seems like lazy, irresponsible journalism to me. If the protests aren't interesting from a distance, get out there and interview people. Ask them for their stories and tell them! Otherwise they're just telling the protesters they need to be violent to get attention.
This thread glows so much my insides hurt.
Not trying to be divisive. I'll go with what the majority decides.
In my opinion, many protests spread across the country aren't as effective as massive ones in the major cities.
If Trump looks out the window and sees 3 million people in DC even his tiny mind will take note.
You sure? It's obvious he can't count.
He’s also demented.
I sent a note to the public editor a couple days ago suggesting that while it was nice that they went to a single protest in NYC, they are missing the trend, that attendance and rallies and protests have been growing, even in deeply red parts of the country. That upward trend should be newsworthy. No response so far...