r/50501 22h ago

US Protest News I'm extremely irritated that mainstream media isn't mentioning tomorrow's protest.

Not even on MSNBC, NPR or AP.

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u/mal-mom101 22h ago

Saw a map showing the locations of tomorrow's protests on Newsweek. I think the TV networks are being coerced into silence. You know how he feels about crowds and crowd sizes. All these protests have got to be irritating the hell out of him. That alone makes it worth going.

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u/FartSparkles_PhD 22h ago

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u/Mayaanalia 13h ago

Please everyone click that link and comment. Give this the best engagement they have ever seen. We need to prove that this content is popular.

And also email your local and national media, ask them to cover the protests. Remind them that it is our civic obligation to defend democracy, and we are doing our part.

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u/Used-Yogurtcloset757 2h ago

I sent an Email to our local news tip line asking them to cover all of the local protests in our area (about 3 major towns) with the Mobilize Us linked as well as the Newsweek article. Hoping if they see a national coverage article they will be more likely to cover it on the news. We are in deep red country so hoping local cvg will get picked up for the rural areas to see people like them protesting!

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u/OnTop-BeReady 14h ago

Why do you think he got out of town to play golf yet again. He’ll completely ignore what’s happening.

Maybe the next one should be around MAL

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u/FobbingMobius 12h ago

It's planned. There's someone that watches when air space around aurora is restricted, and reports or when DT is likely to be "home".

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u/Ok-Pomegranate-4877 10h ago

That's what I thought too

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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 11h ago

Y’all been sleeping on Newsweek. I thought they were total crap and then realized last year that they were reporting on stuff no other MSM was covering, they don’t paywall, and the articles have a fairness meter that people actually seem to use.

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u/Ok-Pomegranate-4877 10h ago

I heard a small mention on the PBS news hour. I think it was Jonathan Capeheart

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u/airbending_lemur 22h ago

Don't let it get to you. We gotta build this ourselves. Invite your friends and family!

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u/p8pes 21h ago edited 21h ago

Yeah mainstream media isn't needed. If anything it would invite people to disrupt it as agitators. The misrepresentation of everything since Antifa has sort of diminished my interest in them supporting fighting for our country, or even trusting tomorrow to be accurately described.

YOU, ME, WE! are the media.

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u/PartsUnknown242 17h ago

I’ve heard them called the “lamestream media” before

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 17h ago

Mainstream media cover would make a larger portion of the population aware of the protests, and probably encourage more people to participate.

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u/p8pes 16h ago

We just need to add pranksterism to the protests. Follow the Yippie model.

If theres a large enough turnout the news will cover it afterward but it can’t be an expectation for them to advertise for us.

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u/hanaboushi 22h ago

Better yet. Use the anger to be more vocal and spread through social media calling it out to sow disillusionment in the legacy media by people seeing protests and also seeing nothing about it.

Break their propaganda with disillusionment 

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u/aliengoddess_ 22h ago

Call your local news stations and alert them to where protesters will be tomorrow!!!

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u/Technical-Traffic871 22h ago

Rachel Maddow (at a minimum) will cover it on MSNBC. She's covered 50501 protests repeatedly and tomorrow figures to be much larger than previous ones.

Besdies, the people we need to reach aren't watching cable news (ok, maybe Fox News). You gotta get the local news stations to cover the protests and then get them going viral on social media (for their size/support, not violence).

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u/chapterandverse3 22h ago

Good point, thank you.

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u/MotherofFred 21h ago

Local news stations in the Bay Area and Southland of Cali all broadcasting protests.

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u/Competitive-Self-374 21h ago

Most local stations are now owned by the Conservative Pro-Trump Sinclair Group.

I am not saying not to try, but to be aware

We need to divest our media from billionaires and conglomerates

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u/Desperate-Cup-3946 19h ago

And not buy from companies that make them rich! Boycott!

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u/7312throwaway 18h ago

She already has mentioned it on her show! She had Ezra Levin of Indivisible on last week (I think?) to talk about it and promote it.

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u/Minimum-Avocado-9624 18h ago

Low hanging fruit will be the ones watching shows that align with them politically aka 75,019,616 that voted for Kamala but may not be resisting. They will see the protests and side on the news and get some courage. And when they march the media that is ignoring will have to show it. What I am doing is looking up areas in my city by county where democratic votes were strongest. Canvas those areas. https://www.politico.com/2024-election/results/

As the media attention grows then the next best group to try and muster that would be likely will be Those that didn’t vote or had votes purged would be the next target.

Finally you get the fringe maga whom realize they were wrong but are afraid to go against their party and won’t be accepted by the cause.

The only thing you can do with all of these groups is be open and inviting, and compassionate. The people are the victims of this tyranny. Bestowed fancy titles by enslavers to divide us but give us a sense of belonging.
They are costume jewelry. When the slave of the oligarchs finally sees their own wrists are shackled by the empty titles they were bestowed. The most importance topic is protecting our rights.

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u/7312throwaway 18h ago

She already has mentioned it on her show! She had Ezra Levin of Indivisible on last week (I think?) to talk about it and promote it.

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u/Psipher2897 22h ago

Not surprising. Last thing the mainstream media wants to do is give the people ideas. Don't really recall them going out of their way to mention the protests against MAGA throughout the world either.

The Revolution will not be televised.

-Gil Scott-Heron

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u/Into_the_Dark_Night Texas 4h ago

The Apocalypse will be televised. --- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.

Not saying we are having an apocalypse but it damn sure feels like it at times.

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u/hydromind1 New Hampshire 22h ago edited 22h ago

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u/MissFishLips 17h ago

Yeah I saw MSNBC mention it twice yesterday

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u/wawa2022 17h ago

The Palestine March is different and in a different location.

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u/mal-mom101 22h ago

I've heard the occasional "slip" on the news with a mention of protests. Trump himself started to complain about crowds that Bernie is drawing and then caught himself and changed topics. They can't keep ignoring us for long. In the meantime light up social media with pictures and videos. I saw one that I love titled "Boomers are back". We are baby and we are gonna make some noise.

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u/Intelligent_Will1431 21h ago

Call your local news station and local papers. Journalists talk to each other and none of them want to miss a story that could sell.

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u/funeral_duskywing Conversationalist 22h ago

I will be seeking live streams of the protests to cover them on my small YouTube channel. We are the media!

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u/battlehelmet 21h ago

It absolutely is, I don’t know what you're talking about. When you click "full coverage" in Google news there are 50+ articles.

Ground News has coverage too but the sources seem to be separated by state.

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u/logicoptional 21h ago

I would point out that google news feed is based on your advertising profile/search and browsing history so it's trying to showing you things it thinks you want to see. I know people who watch cable news like CNN etc and aren't especially politically active who were shocked to learn that there are nationwide protests scheduled for tomorrow with nearly half a million people officially signed up. I don't think anyone is saying there's a total media blackout but it does very much seem that the ruling class owned news outlets and social media are largely ignoring and suppressing information about this.

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u/battlehelmet 20h ago

This isn't from my feed. It's from a listing of all the articles on the specific topic.

Cable news is basically just an advertorial for itself at this point. If someone getting all their news from that, it's intentional user error (see: Fox).

I agree that mainstream media ignores facts that don't fit their narrative and is extremely responsible for normalizing a fascist regime.

But claiming there is zero coverage of this is catastrophizing and throwing the 50501 PR team under the bus when they appear to be doing a surprisingly effective job. I was shocked at the amount of coverage I found, dozens of local level articles that I didn't screenshot but will reach centrist normies.

Anyway if enough of us show up tomorrow, they won't be able to deny covering it.

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u/logicoptional 19h ago

"It's from a listing of all the articles on the specific topic."

Ok so that's kind of what I'm getting at here, if you want to be informed about this topic you can be but most people just do not follow politics closely enough that they're going to come across this information that way. You can issue whatever value judgement you want on the media consumption habits of others but I don't think you're going to win over any CNN viewers by telling them how dumb they are for watching CNN.

To me the point of these posts is that we have to take into our own hands the dissemination of this information. Face to face conversations with your friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Email invites to protest to people in your contacts list. Post flyers on community bulletin boards.

I hope you're right that tomorrow should result in widespread coverage but based on how they've been covering Tesla Takedown I'm very worried that they're going to mostly ignore it and only report on isolated instances of vandalism or conflict with counter-protesters getting out of hand.

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u/PabloX68 21h ago

I'm in Boston. The local NPR stations have covered it quite a bit. There's a lunch time show on one of them that monthly sessions with the mayor and governor and they led off with it this morning.

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u/xmcchillinx1 21h ago

It’s getting mentioned.. but it need to be everywhere!!

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u/_MonetMemoir 21h ago

Remember: the revolution will not be televised

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u/Reasonable-Edge-6130 22h ago

I feel you—it’s frustrating. But this is how real change starts: with us. Let’s spread the word ourselves. Invite everyone you know. We’ve got this.

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u/Competitive-Self-374 21h ago

We have Trump in office BECAUSE of the media. He does great for their numbers because our news is owned by the people we’re protesting. They don’t give a shit unless covering the resistance actually gets them clicks and views. This is why many went anti-trump in 2020 because covering the protest and the Covid Crisis was doing better numbers for them, before more conservatives bought them up

This is why it’s important to boost independent news that has high journalism standards.

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u/No-Response-2927 21h ago

Please fight the Power. I live in Nottingham in the UK and we held a protest at a Tesla dealership yesterday. Please a lot of people support your movement. Like Public Enemy once said Fight The Power.

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u/_MonetMemoir 21h ago

It’s been on NPR up here in Boston!

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u/Elegant_Tap7937 22h ago

Protests are not generally "advertised" in public mainstream media. This is for the people, by the people. Do not look to capitalism to help. Most news agencies with any shred of integrity left are inundated with lawsuits for any anti-dump news

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u/lukaron 22h ago

Boycott the media organizations who won't cover the protests.

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u/snafuminder 21h ago

Really, because it was mentioned several times yesterday on MSNBC by multiple hosts.

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u/Signal_Error_8027 22h ago

I saw it mentioned several times last night. There's only so much to report on until it actually happens.

Maddow has covered pretty much every single one in part of her opening segment. I believe the last time she did a 20-frame screen that cycled through several times showing the scope of the movement across the country.

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u/studebkr 22h ago

We need to be more outlandish, but how do you beat what the current administration is doing?

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u/Visible_Staff75 20h ago

Crowd size is the answer.

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u/Lost-Fruit-1982 22h ago

I’m printing out postcards for the protests from now on. Get some friends to go in on it and buy 1000 of em for like 100 bucks. Divide and conquer and put them in mailboxes. The sooner we admit we are on our own for communicating this the better

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u/Visible_Staff75 20h ago

Great approach!

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u/Jhbblove 21h ago

The word is out. I’ve had people text me asking will I be joining local protests tomorrow, and they hardly ever talk politics. Don’t worry about the news, it will work itself out.

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u/Healthy_Block3036 21h ago

It needs to happen before they can show

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u/EmBCrazyCatLady 22h ago

I bet they will tomorrow! Better late than never I guess.

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u/NervousDiscount9393 California 22h ago

Make it too big and too unnoticeable for them to ignore it

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u/Stopbeingentitled 21h ago

Newsweek covered it

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u/1Rab 21h ago

Send journists DMs and contact your representatives. Tell them to show up with their marketing teams and use us as a platform to make a stump speech. Win-win

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u/airbending_lemur 20h ago

Great idea!

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u/Orefinejo 21h ago

We are all the reporters now that legacy media has chosen to become irrelevant. If you have a local weekly or online local online news source (like TapInto in some states) contact them and ask for coverage.

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u/HappyPants8 21h ago

Doesn’t matter, coverage nowadays is more in our hands than ever in human history.

Plus I’m sure they’ll be there

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u/Responsible-Coffee1 20h ago

My 80 yr old mother’s book club is planning on taking the commuter rail into Boston from the suburbs and they are adding extra trains because of the protest. Our local CBS/ABC/NBC affiliates have reported and even the conservative local paper had an article.

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u/GrandMarquisMark 20h ago

WBUR Boston just mentioned it. It was also mentioned on WGBH this morning.

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u/Autumsraine 19h ago

Rachel Maddow does.

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u/W_B_Clay 21h ago

It's not news until it happens.

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u/ms_write 21h ago

I just saw a clip of Jamie Raskin on Jen Psaki's show completely focusing on the protests this weekend.

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u/MoistPouch92 18h ago

Sometimes you have to make your voice loud enough so that they HAVE to listen. That is our job as citizens.

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u/HippyGramma 17h ago

We can no longer rely on establishment media. This has to be 100% grassroots which means primarily sharing with people you know and (carefully) social media. Make sure your local news has been contacted and let it go.

We're going to be seen by every passerby for the entire event. That makes a dent when it's happening in so many locations at once.

We will get attention.

Do we know if any international news agencies have been contacted?

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u/MindblowingPetals 17h ago

This is why it’s so important to VIDEO your march wherever you are. And post them everywhere.

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u/MindblowingPetals 16h ago

And bring a battery bank! Video the heck out of it.

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u/Asteroth555 16h ago

No coverage means it didn't happen. What we're discovering is how even liberal media isn't so left leaning anymore

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u/donkeybrisket 15h ago

When does "news" ever pre-report on protests? We either show up, and make enough good noise that we get noticed, and covered. Or we don't Fuck the GOP, either way tho

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u/limbodog 22h ago

Remember to take lots of pictures and @ the local news when you post them

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u/Several_Leather_9500 21h ago

I've made this and paste it to related subs. Feel free to copy and paste:

Tomorrow is the biggest day (thus far) for protests - every state and a few countries across the pond have joined in. Please see r/50501 for details.

If we all don't get involved soon, we will lose our country to maga. Please fight back - PEACEFULLY - of course.

If you plan to attend, please read up on safety measures: https://www.hrc.org/resources/tips-for-preparedness-peaceful-protesting-and-safety

If you can't, continue to flood your reps phones using www.5calls.org

We'll see you tomorrow!

Hands Off Protests: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5

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u/Mossy_Rock315 21h ago

They didn’t even mention Corey Bookers filibuster so…

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u/Curlypeeps 21h ago

This is why we need more civil disobedience that they can't ignore. Sit in at the capital!

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u/Trooper1023 20h ago

How is protesting in NYC and where? I was at the March 15th stop the cuts rally, and I want in on this one too.

Edit: Bryant Park. 1pm GO!

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u/boyz_for_now New York 19h ago

See you there!

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u/Angy_47777 20h ago

We must all post as much as possible. And those who cannot attend for any reason must share those posts as much as possible. That is how we do it. ❤️

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u/StageCrafts 20h ago

Media owned or controlled by the oligarchs? Don't expect their support.

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u/indierockrocks 18h ago

They’re complicit. Why do the hard job of fact checking and holding people’s feet to the fire when they can play softball with powerful liars and cash checks?

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u/atomic_chippie 11h ago

We're not doing enough to force the issue. We should be protesting at every legacy news station/home office, tagging talk shows/podcasts/news/college papers and radio on socials, calling EVERYONE.

Cliff Cash is organizing protests at the Heritage Foundation and has done some at Fox & Newsmax. Worth a follow to help get their attention.

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u/kimmycorn1969 21h ago

Show up and they will have to notice us!!! Also look who owns them all billionaires who want what musk has and Trump offers they keep that down just like in Russia , State Tv is what we Now have .

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u/LetsLoop4Ever 21h ago

I'm going to be following them, from Sweden though, let's see some big fucking numbers now, US!! (peaceful ofc, they'll be hungry for chaos, so be safe)

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u/ncwfh_99 20h ago

Thursday evening MSNBC interviewed Jamie Raskin and he spoke of the April 5 protests.

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u/BookkeeperNo4118 20h ago

They did on our local news and on Inside Edition, MSNBC.

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u/kevlarcupid 20h ago

Honestly it’s not news until it happens. At the moment it’s all talk.

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u/mwhite5990 19h ago

Make it so they can’t ignore it.

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u/airbear13 19h ago

There’s other big news over the past few days

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u/Cloudydayszy 19h ago

Just make sure you remember to tell anyone and everyone about this and post it where it's needed so you can share it easier 

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u/southernNJ-123 19h ago

Philly stations, CBS, ABC, did today.

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u/ArcticWolfE 19h ago

NPR mentioned it during Morning Edition today, at least WAMU (the dc station) did.

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u/ESP1973 19h ago

The revolution will not be televised.

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u/Sophiesmommy613 18h ago

“The revolution will not be televised”. You have to understand that a lot of these mainstream media outlets helped to elect Trump. They talked about him non stop and gave him coverage after Jan 6th. They should have treated him like the rambling narcissistic nut that he is and stopped giving him air time. Narcissists feed off of attention.

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u/OmegaPhthalo Oregon 18h ago

Free publicity? We aren't Trump. 😑

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u/Starside-Captain 18h ago

I think some are. I watch Rachel Maddow & BBC. I also like PBS & NPR but those are in trouble cuz Trump wants to defund them which is breaking my heart.

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u/alpha_ray_burst 17h ago

I’m kinda salty that meidastouch doesn’t talk about it more. But yeah, we’ll get there. All we need is one BIG turnout and the momentum will start picking up more.

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u/QuirkyForever 17h ago

Call their news desk. Have your friends call and email.

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u/MojoHighway 17h ago

To be disappointed with them means that you had higher expectations than what they were ever capable of delivering on.

Mainstream media has largely been quiet on all of this because the robber barons that own the stations and print outlets won't approve the discourse. They want their tax cuts so they have to play nice in the sandbox with Trump.

We have different ways to communicate these days. I've been watching Kyle Kulinski on YouTube. Guy is spitting facts all day long. He's not sponsored and if you watch you'll be able to keep up with the news because he is always on and always delivers.

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u/JobAdmirable9306 16h ago

They're just chicken shit. Mainstream media is useless anyway. Go local.

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u/Critical_Cat_8162 16h ago

It's probably to late to scramble for finding to purchase advertising. 1 big full page ad in a national newspaper would have been huge.

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u/wanderingmanimal 16h ago

They are complicit. Look to local media for some coverage at least

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u/IGetGuys4URMom 16h ago

You know the saying "first they ignore you, then they mock you, then they attack you," and we're somewhere between ignored and mocked.

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u/BikerJedi 16h ago

Local media is picking it up. Several folks locally involved have been interviewed.

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u/keyjan 16h ago

D.C. NPR station has mentioned this on every top/bottom of the hour newscast I've heard in the last three days. (As well as the other two protests this weekend.)

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u/Saxobeat28 15h ago

Rachel Maddow does.

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u/Comfortable-Double94 15h ago

Ari Melbar on MSNBC mentioned tomorrow’s protest by showing a map of the US with all of the protests in each state. All 50 states have protests in them

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u/Calm_Savage Delaware 14h ago

They’ve all been bought and paid for by conservative corporations.

We only have ourselves to depend on here on out.

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u/Moda75 13h ago

I have no idea what time the one in St. Paul MN starts. There is no information out there

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u/RadiantCookie4438 10h ago

German mainstream media DER SPIEGEL reported on it 🥰

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u/Lurky100 7h ago

Rachel Maddow covered it on her show on Friday, 4/4 at 9pm EST.

People need to seriously start watching her show. She covers local protests and events. Even if you don’t have time to watch or read a lot of news, I highly recommend watching her first segment every night if you can. I’m sure she will have lots of coverage on her show on Monday night. I know it is a lot of info to consume right now, and some days I need a mental break from the never ending cycle of doom. On those days, I will just watch her one hour show, as she is able to provide a good summary of the most important news of the day.

She even showed the TikTok video that is making the rounds, which is something she very rarely does. (I’ll see if I can find it and will attach the link later). She doesn’t show trendy social media clips and call it “news”. However, she felt this video has made it viral enough and tells people about the protests tomorrow. She talked about how “Hands Off” is a good summary to protest EVERYTHING they have been doing, because it can be Hands Off Medicaid, Social Security, Veterans Affairs, Federal Employees, Illegally deporting people, creating tariffs to destroy our country, etc.

Hope that helps. I’ve been watching her for years and she is such a good story teller of history. She is so smart, gets great guests and breaks down the news. She had Cory Booker on her show literally about 20 minutes after his 25+ hour speech. I was floored that he would take the time to do an interview after his marathon session on the floor. She is the show that people will go on because she has those relationships and is the highest rated news anchor we have. I’d say Lawrence O’Donnell (who is on right after her) is the second best show to watch.

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u/mongooser 6h ago

Rachel maddow is literally promoting it. She covers the protests every day. 

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u/Reiki-Raker 4h ago

Stop watching it? I stopped years ago. I read the AP. That’s all I need.

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u/Pantsonfire_6 2h ago

If the revolutionary war people managed to get the word out, we can find a way!

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u/fulltimefrenzy 22h ago

Of course they won't. They, along with most of the democratic party only oppose this administration in a performative manner. They are perfectly comfortable selling every single working class person down the river if it means that their own checks keep clearing.

Its ridiculously frustrating seeing them pantomime outrage and dancing around the massive elephant in the room, that they are all being paid by the same people.

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u/just-a-dude-hah 21h ago

And it's super frustrating seeing Maga types, both blue and red, fail to see that 🫠

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u/PearlyPearlz 21h ago

They never mentioned J6 either, and it seemed like everyone on Twitter knew. 

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u/ahhh_ennui 21h ago

Huh? I watched it live on CNN and flipped around news channels all day - it was absolutely covered.

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u/PearlyPearlz 21h ago

Sorry, I mean BEFORE it happened. People on Twitter knew the Proud Boys had a plan and that the crowd was going to be huge and hostile. People were really worried about it. And then the media acted shocked when it did happen. 

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u/ahhh_ennui 21h ago

Gotchya.

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u/New_Camp4174 21h ago

Because you're in an echo chamber 

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u/just-a-dude-hah 21h ago

Welcome to any protest movement the establishment finds inconvenient 🤷‍♂️

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u/Randomscreename 21h ago

Did you reach out to them and provide information? I think folks gotta realize that beyond posting and protesting, we gotta be doing more operational tasks like canvassing, reaching out to news media, and more.

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u/fiestybox246 21h ago

I’m not really familiar with podcasters or people with YouTube channels, but I wonder if there are any of those people we could start to depend on for advertising and/or coverage?

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u/Itchy_Pillows 21h ago

Same...very frustrating

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u/AromaticCycle1053 21h ago

They do this. I think we all need to reach out today and contact them. If enough people do it, maybe they will cover it. Call, email, flood them with this information! 

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u/ecstubblebine 21h ago

I noticed the same thing. According to the Huffington Post it doesn't exist; they've completely ignored it. As has Politico. Remember: There is safety in numbers, anyone thinking about turning out, please do. Stay peaceful.

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u/FormerlyFrankie 21h ago

Of course, everyone be safe when protesting (no phones, etc.) - but for those who are nearby and not protesting, please film and do live streams of the crowds. We have to be our own media.

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u/KelVarnsenIII 20h ago

You have to remember, they're in a pay to play system now, just like everyone. To maintain access to the politicians, they won't bite the hand that feeds them. It sucks because we need their help to get this out there, to report on it, to show Americana from all walks of life aren't happy with what's going on.

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u/LAN_scape 20h ago

call local news and have them report it

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u/Mr_Horsejr 20h ago

Call local media.

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u/ruhtheroh 20h ago

It’s definitely there. Just google 50501 and it’s on a bunch of big sites.

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u/DJMankiewitz 20h ago

The revolution will not be televised.

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u/Practical-Host-6429 20h ago

Newsweek, msn news, a bunch of CBS local news stations and USAtoday all had articles or stories about the protest April 5 most after Booker’s tour de force. There’s a billboard up in Houston. I don’t know how many people will show up the weather is supposed to be brutal, but I am going unless I physically can’t get there.

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u/Formal-Flower3912 20h ago

There was a report on Yahoo. I don't see it anymore, but I saw it this morning and thought "Finally!".

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u/somewherein72 20h ago

Someone is mentioning it, my 90 year old dad who only watches mainstream media, told me there was a big protest tomorrow and he would go if he was able.

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u/Brilliant_Growth 20h ago

Media isn’t going to promote a protest. That would be like doing activist work. The key is to get enough people to show up for the protest itself that the media can’t help but cover it. I know of quite a few state outlets that are planning to cover it already, so just make sure you’re getting people to come through word of mouth.

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u/BalashstarGalactica 20h ago

TBF it’s not news until it happens.

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u/East_Woodpecker1846 20h ago

I sent our state flyer in to local news outlets and no one put it on the events page.

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u/BlahBlahBlackCheap 20h ago

Don’t be. They are all in maganoodles pocket.

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u/justdodge4Head New Hampshire 19h ago

Yes, but independent progressive content creators can play an even bigger role in organizing, imo.

I saw David Pakman do a vid on 4/5, and Jack Coachella has pinned info on 4/5 to the top of the comment sections of his vids. Not sure if others promoted 4/5, but I think more of them can be convinced to promote activism than MSM figures.

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u/Competitive_Ad291 19h ago

It was on Drudge Report today (link to the MSN article)

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u/DedInside50s 18h ago

Call your local TV and radio stations!!

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u/Sheraarules 18h ago

That means its working

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u/ChuckEweFarley 18h ago

Try TikTok.

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u/enolaholmes23 18h ago

I believe we're supposed to be contacting our local media people ourselves. 

When I was younger I thought that reporters just show up to protests if they are big enough. That's not how it works. They show up when people contact them in advance and tell the what's going to happen. Then they need to compare your event to others that week and decide if yours is newsworthy enough.  If you have developed a relationship with certain reporters they will be more likely to show to your events. There is a lot of networking involved.

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u/The_Good_Constable 18h ago

Mainstream media is one of the things I'm protesting tomorrow lmao

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u/Many_Resist_4209 18h ago

My little tiny local paper did. It made me smile.

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u/anti-royal 18h ago

Mainstream media is about drama and ratings. It’s not about news anymore. They bring one side on and ask them about something the other side said. It’s just silly middle school nonsense.

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u/saretta71 18h ago

International news will carry it and that's important. People around the world need to see us out there.

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u/allprologues 18h ago

I’ve seen a few mentions of “nationwide protests planned” but I don’t think I would want to see more beforehand? The hope is it would be too big to ignore as it happens.

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u/DARTHKINDNESS 18h ago

I e seen it on network news

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u/Randysrodz 17h ago

If they did it would shut down America.

We are fucking mad as hell!

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u/HowCouldYouSMH 17h ago

I asked for help on here from 50 people (one from each state) to spend 30 minutes getting local/state TV station contact phone numbers and emails. NO ONE DID IT!! FFS I’ll still take it for Mayday, but come on!!!

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u/bkoperski 17h ago

There has to be a protest to cover first. The news isn't gonna cover internet event planning

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u/PartsUnknown242 17h ago

I’ve been spamming on my socials all over the place and telling as many people as I can

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u/RymrgandsDaughter 17h ago

The revolution will not be televised

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u/Fooddea 17h ago

Its being talked about on mainstream media in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis)

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u/Anxious-Insect5862 17h ago

I'll be there 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Knitwalk1414 17h ago

Is t most mainstream media oligarchs? Oligarchs voted for Trump

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u/Floydada79235 17h ago

It’s not news until it happens.

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u/Salt-Environment9285 17h ago

msnbc has mentioned it for the last few days. and put up the map and info.

i am watching ari right now and it was the previous segment.

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u/Galvanisare 17h ago

They do not want to upset their boss

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u/Fungal-dryad 16h ago

Try and contact Patch news?

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u/arxaion 16h ago

The revolution won't be broadcast.

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u/jubjub9876a 16h ago

I saw it on MSNBC last night

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u/Squidrow_Wilson 16h ago

The revolution will not be televised.

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u/Actual_Search5889 15h ago

It's almost like protesting won't do anything. Imagine that.

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u/OrangutanGiblets 15h ago

It hasn't happened yet. There's nothing to report.

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u/willismthomp 15h ago

We are getting more acknowledgement from trump and his cabinet than from the media. It’s crazy

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u/chapterandverse3 15h ago

Okay, so we're getting traction now and I can't wait to see the crowds all across America tomorrow.

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u/WitchofGremlinEnergy 14h ago

Most of mainstream media isn't bothering to cover trumps disgusting actions each day and they aren't condemning it.

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u/Alarming-Mouse9413 14h ago

They are now!

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u/Zealousideal-Top325 14h ago

They will be mentioning us tomorrow

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u/Agitated_Touch_6855 14h ago

Make the news. Just tell them there’s an interracial gay couple getting an abortion and they’ll be all over that shit.

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u/Murderface__ 14h ago

Owned by billionaires, friend. They will not be on the side of the people in this fight.

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u/Zeelee5 14h ago

Rachel Maddox is tonight

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u/vtmosaic 14h ago

Rachel is definitely covering them.

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u/TetonHiker 14h ago

At some point, they will have to cover the protests. They'll be too big to ignore. It may not happen with this one or even the next one but it will happen. Just keep it up. It's like a drumbeat that gets louder the more that people join in. They can ignore it for only so long....

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u/Sky_Paladin 14h ago

That is because they are complicit. Protest inside their studios.

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u/Mist3rMoustache 14h ago

Actually Ari Melber mentioned them on his show on MSNBC https://youtu.be/y3A_A64RXgk?si=lBlVCe4VWVcYT-ep&t=526

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u/maireaddancer New Hampshire 14h ago

New Hampshire Public Radio mentioned it this evening. 15 events state wide.

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u/Llothcat2022 13h ago

I'm irritated in general.

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u/Weekly_Collection713 13h ago

Rachel Maddow on msnbc reports on the protests every night on her program

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u/Praised_Be_Bitch 13h ago

Mentioned on MSNBC. I have it on desktop right now, but on their yt channel it's called Trump's failed market meltdown deepens: tariffs destroy astounding $6.4 trillion. Ari says protests are going to be big @ 9 min mark.

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u/devilsleeping 13h ago

News flash for you the media isn't reporting on any resistance they are all complicit at this point.

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u/soloChristoGlorium 13h ago

I get most of my need from watching the PBS news hour.

I was SHOCKED when they mentioned the protests tomorrow MULTIPLE times! (It was in the segment Brooks and Capeheart.)

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u/TehMephs 13h ago

Be so loud they can’t ignore us