Would the Daily Camera have reported these two protest incidents any different than the Connecticut Post? I seriously doubt it.
Forty “professional” protesters upset about AIG vs. 300 true protesters demonstrating against the bailout bill and the stimulus plan.
Judging that the DC made such a big deal about a “couple dozen” demonstrators protesting the 6th anniversary of the war in Iraq, a cause that the editorial staff is no doubt supports the protesters, I believe the coverage would have been the same.
Regarding the coverage by the Connecticut Post, Don Surber observes…
Not that after 30+ years in this business that I know anything about newspapers. I mean, after all, I do not think that the most important news story in the state of Connecticut would be the agitprop theater of federally financed lefties (ACORN takes grants) protesting executive salaries.
That involved 40 people including some from Washington. This is what they do for a living. They are professionals.
AP originally reported the reporters and news crews outnumbered the Paid Protesters 2-to-1.
The Conn Post gave this item two big pictures, a main story, and a side story.
The DC didn’t have a “competing” demonstration, but they certainly proved they were capable of giving plenty of undue publicity to a demonstration they favor that had a “couple dozen” participants. Is it news? Yes. Does it deserve front page coverage? I suspect most Boulderites would agree that it does. Not me.
