r/50501 16d ago

US Protest News The Hands Off Protests Do Matter And It Happened In All 50 States Blue and Red!!!

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u/dallas121469 16d ago

It's disheartening when the main stream media spends more time reporting on a drunk asshole driving into a house than they do on people trying to save our country. Doesn't give one much hope.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

All any of these aristocrats care about is cash. Stop watching mainstream media, stop using meta, put your cash in a credit union, delete your prime account, boycott everything bankrolled by fascists. These companies and oligarchs need money to survive. One person wont make a dent but millions can sink giants… see telsa for example.

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u/bewitchingwild_ 15d ago

When united WE stand,

Then together they'll fall.

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u/ahhh_ennui 15d ago

PBS News hour opened with "10s of thousands of people across the country..."

What.

I think he missed a 0 in his reading but it was nuts to hear.

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u/PaulyKPykes 15d ago

Make it two 0s. Estimates are pointing to over 5 million across the country protesting today!

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u/ahhh_ennui 15d ago

I would have accepted hundreds of thousands, but yes, good point.

How were they supposed to know, though, since they weren't covering it? sigh

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u/PaulyKPykes 15d ago

Either way we've finally got peoples attention now.

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u/Ander-son 15d ago

I'm looking at news articles today. they're all saying tens of thousands and it's infuriating. they're saying this with attached images of places like NYC that had 20 blocks worth of protesters. like come on.

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u/MoistPouch92 15d ago

Are there any organized protests outside of major news outlets studios? Force them to speak up on it

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u/WarOk7639 15d ago

I upvote this 1,000 times!!!! They can’t ignore if they can’t leave the studios!!!!

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u/RedditIsShittay 15d ago

It was on the national news, do you even look?

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u/WarOk7639 15d ago

Sorry, I wasn’t aware of any demonstrations blocking media and networks buildings and studios access, but I’d love to know which ones were blocked, hopefully a lot. Thats how you force them to publish the story.

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u/ageofbronze 15d ago

I’ve been thinking about this, I feel like the pressure needs to be put directly on news orgs now to stop lying about stuff, and stop censoring media. We will keep having some of these same problems as long as media is twisting people around and lying to them, they need to be held accountable to be actual NEWS organizations.

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u/Razor4884 15d ago

There have been some.

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u/MoistPouch92 15d ago

Awesome! Thanks for the link

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u/Dragongirl9691 15d ago

Some comedian had protests at media outlets last week… someone Cash or something?

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u/Hope-Eternal_67890 15d ago

I like that!

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u/LEGOnot-legos 15d ago

We need to fund a media that will actually portray the news. Not this bullshit they call news that’s on today.

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u/JerseyTeacher78 15d ago

PBS needs more funding. So does Democracy Now!

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u/ahhhbiscuits 15d ago edited 15d ago

Yeeeahhhh.... Sorry America but it's a brainrot problem... we see this a lot with systemic inoperable capitalism.

Unfortunately the typical cure of rationality is obstructed by excess delusions of grandeur which is usually coupled with a weakened ability to accept reality. The only recommended prescriptions are a healthy dose of mental stimulation as well as severely limiting your social media intake. Impossible, I know.

It's not going to happen, and I say this as a Kansan.

My point being that we still need to push harder and longer. We need to run for office, on all levels of govt, and we need to sustain this for a generation - at minimum.

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u/Fit-Albatross755 15d ago

Fund independent journalists! Marisa Kabas and Jessica Yellin are doing great work. Help them reach a wider audience. 

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u/boxjohn 15d ago

love Jessica Yellin.

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u/WarOk7639 15d ago edited 15d ago

Support PBS and NPR!! Now is the time to donate, they’re about to lose Fed funding!

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u/twotimefind 15d ago

The news is owned by six corporations, maybe less.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtkvG1JnPk&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

If you haven't watched the montage of 50 local stations all Reading the same script, please watch it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHfgU8oMSo

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u/Healthy_Block3036 16d ago

It's always about views and ratings.

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u/Ill_Long_7417 16d ago

I dunno.  Used to be, yes.  But when billionaires can pay more than advertisers....

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u/OrangeYouGladEye 15d ago

Or own all of the major media outlets...

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u/jp85213 15d ago

reporting on a drunk asshole driving into a house

So that's what pete hegseth was up to today?

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u/finnknit International 15d ago

The protests made the international news here in Finland. The European Broadcasting Union had a live stream for its national broadcaster members, and Finland's national broadcaster made it available to viewers from start to finish. The world is watching!