Why is the media mostly ignoring the Womens March?

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This Saturday was the second annual Women’s March. You might remember it. Perhaps you read a news story about it.

Or maybe, perchance, you even attended one. Lots of people did! In Los Angeles, an estimated 350,000 people took to the streets, and in Chicago, 300,000. New York City claimed 200,000. Even red states saw decent-size turnouts. Nashville saw 15,000 and Omaha 8,000.

But after the initial flurry of media attention — crickets. According to an analysis by Media Matters for America, the Sunday morning news shows all but ignored the mass event. “Meet the Press” granted the subject a mere 20-second exchange — and the NBC show was the most generous of the lot.

As pollster Matt McDermott of Whitman Insight Strategies wrote on Twitter this weekend:

"Looking at the sheer size of the protests happening across the country, it's clear the Resistance is the most underestimated, unappreciated, and underreported political movement in modern American history."

Link to tweet

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's just a bunch of women amusing themselves on a weekend.

[mucifer]

2. The Chicago Trib did a much much better job of covering it than WaPo did

[smirkymonkey]

3. Misogyny.

They don't take women's anger seriously. They will regret it.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. By design,the Corporate Media

wants to control the Narrative. And their narrative is all about how wonderful Trump is.

[triron]

14. I was about to say...

[democratisphere]

5. I saw wall to wall coverage all weekend with reporters interviewing

marchers in all the major cities.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. You were actually watching.

[democratisphere]

9. Well......yeah!

I thought I was supposed to watch! Marchers did a great job with HUGE turnouts across the USofA.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Some people apparently weren't. Anyway, as important as it was, there was this little thing...

about a shutdown that got some airtime

The good news is that Trump's campaign party got less coverage. Much less.

[democratisphere]

12. Who can keep up with the constant borage of chaos. Everyday we are

being bombarded with all of it! I keep hearing about Stormy and I keep checking the weather. The marchers were and are the most important and there is a lot of strength for the many causes.

[Irish_Dem]

7. A patriarchal society doesn't take women seriously.

Women are just being bitchy.
If you ignore them they will shut up and "settle down".
If not, just burn them at the stake.

What the patriarchy doesn't understand is that this time is different.
I don't think women are going to shut up and "settle down."
The 21st century is ours.
Finally.

[left-of-center2012]

8. It was on the networks' evening news

Discussed on C-SPAN's call in shows.
In the newspapers.
On CBS's morning show today.

[crazycatlady]

11. Because nasty women gave the Fox News HQ the finger

[BigmanPigman]

13. I had been writing to ALL the local and national news outlets for two weeks telling them to

announce the March! I posted it DU on Nov. 29 when I first learned of it. I posted it on a zillion forums between then and this weekend. No one heard about it from Joy or Rachel either. WHY?!?!?!?! I wrote and wrote......nothing ever was said by any news station.
I do not have social media so I do not know how word got out. I belong to a lot of Dem groups and activist mailing lists so that is how I learn about it (gmail).
After last year's March we were told the energy would fade. I said, "Not with me!" and kept going and resisting in many events and in various activities. My neighbor said the same thing even though she attended the 2017 March. This year she ate her words and attended too.
I was part of a nationwide call last night with MoveOn, Indivisible, The Women's March, etc. and we are going to keep revisiting by supporting ALL women and minorities and young people to run for office from local dog catcher to congressperson. March, walk, call, knock on doors, donate, etc. Here is their link. PLEASE share it on social media. THANKS!

https://www.womensmarch.com/empower/

Correction...LA had 600,000 marchers. Last year was 750,000. Most cities had more marchers this year (the weather was favorable).

[triron]

15. 7500,000? That big? 7 1/2 million!

[BigmanPigman]

16. Thanks, updated it!

I am writing a lot on my touchscreen and it sucks, especially the Samsung tablet spellcheck/auto correct.

[triron]

18. What I really thought you meant

[Jakes Progress]

17. Because the media is full of millionaires.

It used to be that journalists were poor, hardworking slobs who did it for the honor of telling the truth. Now they do it for the ratings, for the perks, for the chance to move up the ladder and maybe get to drink wine with Hoda and Kathie Lee.

It is really hard for someone making several million a year to "get it".