There is a filibuster going on and not one US media site has reported it, exception NPR

[Robbien]

A few US blog sites have mentioned it in passing. ABC news blog called it two hours of tax bill complaints (when it was at the four hour mark). The Slate blog called it Sanders and Brown Mount an Actual Filibuster (Sort of) Against the Tax Deal

But other than the blogs, only NPR and the Vancouver Sun have reported the filibuster.

If US media doesn't report it, I guess our rich elite are hoping to act as if it didn't happen.

[alsame]

1. They don't want people to hear what's being said. It's very powerful. nt

[alsame]

2. dupe, sorry.

[Pathwalker]

3. MSNBC had it on. Called Bernie a Dmocrat.

Very short piece.

[Robbien]

10. The Tucson Citizen just put out a short piece entitled "Filibuster"

http://tucsoncitizen.com/in-the-aggregate/2010/12/10/filibuster/

This one stars Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is making a stand against the "compromise" that the White House made with Congressional Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

I don't know how long it will last, but you can watch it on the C-SPAN2 video feed on the cspan.org website.

Sad to say, the best Democrat in the Senate may not be a Democrat at all...


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[Pathwalker]

27. Isn't he wonderful? I adore that man and stand behind him.

I'm watching it on C-span2. :hi:

GO BERNIE!

[Nite Owl]

4. I am listening to Bernie

and love him but how is this a filibuster when the bill hasn't been brought up in the Senate yet? Maybe I'm wrong on this but I would think it would have to be as it actually comes to a vote which won't be until Monday at 3pm. Stopping the actual vote is the filibuster.

[Bandit]

7. Stopping debate is a filibuster as well.

That is what Republicans have been doing now for two years. They won't even allow a bill to the floor to be debated let alone voted upon.

[Nite Owl]

31. Ok, just wish he would continue

and stop the vote from happening. Don't think that's in the cards though at least for the Senate.

[NightWatcher]

9. He's doing it for support for the real vote next week

He's already added Landrieu and wanted to show that he was serious about his intent to stop this

[Nite Owl]

32. I think Sherrod Brown was there

earlier too. Can he get the votes? I imagine that Mr. Chinless has rounded up enough to compensate for the dems who will vote no. Landrieu seemed to indicate that she didn't like it but would be forced to vote yes for the middle class breaks. That's the way I read her.

[AndrewP]

5. A majority of the US News media isn't serious

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. No liberals on the liberal media.

[Renew Deal]

8. Because the "filibuster" will be over when everyone gets back from lunch.

[Recursion]

11. Well, except for

Time
Slate
ABC
The Atlantic Wire
The Hill

And he made press time for the papers, so they'll be there (which means they'll be online in the "regular" sections tomorrow). And he'll be on the network news tonight.

[Horse with no Name]

12. The same media that would breathlessly cover John McCain reading a phone book?

Yeah, THAT media!

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. ABC News isn't a US media site?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/12/two-hours-of-tax-bill-complaints-dem-senator-denounces-deal-on-senate-floor.html

[Robbien]

16. The Note is their blog

That is not an article, just a blog entry

[Freddie Stubbs]

18. It's on their site. A US media site

[Robbien]

29. My original statement said "A few US blog sites have mentioned it in passing"

so all your rabid postings have done is confirm what I said originally

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. Times isn't a US media site?

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/12/10/sanders-filibusters-tweaked-tax-bill/

[Freddie Stubbs]

15. Slate isn't a US media site?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/12/10/sanders-and-brown-mount-an-actual-filibuster-sort-of-against-the-tax-deal.aspx

[Robbien]

19. Swampland is their blog

That is not an article, just a blog entry

[Horse with no Name]

23. False arguments.

You aren't going to convince him otherwise.
He knows the difference between blogs and news reporting.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. Articles usually take a few hours to write, especially if it is a developing story

Which is why many news organizations use blogs.

[progressoid]

33. Bullshit.

If they wanted to, they could have this done in minutes. All of them would drop everything to cover a police chase down Ventura Boulevard.

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. Sf Examiner is reporting it. so is:

The Business Insider
Tucson Citizen
The Washington Independent
Slate Magazine

etc

just Google "Sanders + filibuster" then hit the "news" tab

[Robbien]

30. The Tucson Citizen's came out minutes after my original thread post

and I mentioned it upthread

the others are all blog entries, which as I originally stated "A few US blog sites have mentioned it in passing."

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. The Atlantic isn't a US media site?

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Four-Hours-of-Filibuster-and-Counting-Bernie-Sanders-Stalls-the-Tax-Cuts-6151

[Robbien]

22. That one I didn't see because it is in their opinions. Not news. n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

20. The Hill isn't a US media site?

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/133089-sanders-begins-filibuster-of-tax-deal-

[Robbien]

24. That one out and out said blog.

Not on their front page, not noted anywhere except in their blog

[LiberalEsto]

21. It's on C-span

Anyone know if there are other senators helping him?

[ladjf]

28. Sherrod Brown and Mary Landrieu. nt

[thanks_imjustlurking]

34. It is being reported on my *local* news.

I can only hope it's the same in other places. The London riots are being reported on the local news as well.