Why!! isn't Democracy Now covering CIndy Sheehan's civil

[clover]

disobedience?!!!!!!!!!!

MSM ignoring her is maddening, but routine.

But why is Amy Goodman keeping her distance??????

any theory i might have is pretty dark, so i would LOVE to hear from less-emotional minds than mine:

WTF?

thank you.

[snowbird42]

1. The word must be out to ignore her on the MSM

Even Keith isnt touching it.

Amazing.

[CubsFan1982]

2. Amy Goodman's now part of the mainstream media?

That's news to me. :eyes:

[EST]

3. She had some coverage yesterday

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[Zinfandel]

6. There's no fucking reason to invade a sovereign nation, that NEVER

attacked nor threated us...Iraq had NO weapons to defend themselves. No Navy, No air force...and yet the huge, gigantic, monster, hi-tech, super power USA invades anyway and is now stealing Iraqi oil!

Who's getting rich in Iraq from our tax dollars?

Is Halliburton & Cheney making billions of dollars? Is Bethel, General Electric, Carlyle Group, Oil companies, weapons makers, are they all making billions off this war?

YES!!!

That is why we illegally invaded.

Anyone who would foolishly say we should of illegally invaded as we did is either too stupid to do their own research or is a hopeless stooge, who believes any lie Bush, Limbaugh and Fox news, etc. tells them to believe.

I love my America...These clowns hate it and want to bring it to its knees, all for more power and insatiable greed, as they wrap themselves in the flag and point the finger at anyone who says the truth is unpatriotic, all for their sick selfish greed...

Who's getting rich off this war?

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Welcome to DU. Stick around a while. It's a great place to learn a lot of

info in a real hurry.

[clover]

8. just contact the media--there are media links at DU--

i am sure, positive, will bet on it, that at least Fox will book you and your family members in a heartbeat, and i am sure they will put you up in a nice airconditioned hotel in NYC, with lots of ice water, a working porcelain toilet, a bed, free food, alcohol if you drink, and you're pretty sure to get a mention in someone's speech in 2006, as they run for some office or another.

really, you should just contact the white house directly, and offer yourself and your family as war supporters and supporters of mr. bush, good Americans who have been on the front lines of the war abroad and are anxious to fight the culture war here at home.

you are indeed lucky that you are home with your family and that your mom is not mourning in a ditch in texas over the loss of her son--

and Ms. Sheehan loves her son as much as your mom loves you, except her son is dead and you are alive posting on the internet, because you still have your arms and fingers and there is no shrapnel pressing on your brain, and you are spending your vacation like your president is spending his: vacating :

have you had a few beers?

--but Ms. Sheehan is spending her vacation in mourning

not just her son--

and really isn't that enough for any woman?

but also mourning the moral and intellectual vacancy of those who send our children to war,

a coward who will not see the only sure promise of war:

One Grieving Mother.

[arcane1]

15. that's all I ever see in the MSM

why not cover the Iraqi familes who have lost everything thanks to our INVASION?

Hmmmm??

[AlamoDemoc]

5. They mentioned her yesterday

Here's link


http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/08/1420213&mode=thread&tid=25

[clover]

10. yikes!!! i feel bad b/c i sent off an email to DemNow

b/c the last mention i found in an archive search was from june....i missed the show yesterday, but my head almost blew up when i watched today and no mention of sheehan.....
thank you very much for the update.

peace and all that comes with it.

[bananas]

13. I'm sure she gets that a lot :)

[AlamoDemoc]

17. My pleasure Sir

:hi:

[bananas]

11. Amy does that

She doesn't cover all the news every day,
just mentions a few stories,
then does a few more in-depth interviews with people.

She last interviewed Cindy on June 29.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/29/1434216&mode=thread&tid=25

[clover]

14. okay. thank you. i'm off to write an apology e-mail to DemNow...nt

[bananas]

19. Amy just did a short mention and video clip

at the beginning of todays show.

[Dr Fate]

9. Who is stopping elected Democrats with media access from discussing it??

????

[clover]

12. that is really the core question, doctor

i see 3 possibilties--and please, guys, add or subtract your ideas, as this is a major puzzler for me--

anyhoo:
1. don't care

2. distrust sheehan for some reason

3. being threatened

oh, a 4th:
4. they support the wars

[Dr Fate]

16. The "strategists" who lost the last 3 elections told them not to because:

...supporting the families of Vets might make swing voters think we are soft on defense?

[clover]

18. is it also playing into the hero myth? the proper role of a

grieving war mother? is this story too feminine for our nation at this time? do the dems fear a symbolic emasculation if they embrace one smart, and apparently traditionally religious woman?

is this all macho posturing?