instead of pointing the finger at ourselves for "bad messaging" maybe we can just keep a spotlight on what media does and does not do. oh it's so bad i cannot listen to NPR's political coverage let alone so-called "mainstream" crap. rachel and melissa i can usually bear, but why do they bring on asshole republicans and then act as if they're doing something good by that? unless they shine a light on what's wrong....

aargh. gotta go to work. i'm just turning bitter which pisses me off even more!

... net neutrality is so important and why it's CRITICAL that the government does NOT create a definition for "journalists" who would receive freedom of the press priviledges.

They DO have the spotlight or can have the spotlight in the media if they so choose.

They can get their message out as an organized Party with an organized agenda through their communications with voters, media appearances, while they represent "us" in Congress (a few actually do, thank you Elizabeth and Bernie), etc.

Of course, the media is not going to help us, but the elected politicians definitely share a huge part of the blame. They don't fight for our values, and they don't expose what the Republicans' agenda has brought to the American people in an effective way that resonates (and that should be easy).

It looks like it's more state news than national, but I found this.
http://www.wral.com/thousands-pack-downtown-raleigh-for-annual-hkonj-march-rally/14444668/
The clip isn't much, and with everyone gone for the long weekend, it may have been a matter of using canned stories and allocating limited resources for current news coverage.

Still sad to see such meager coverage of a great state news story.

in a fairly neutral way for a change.

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This country is very strange. I hardly recognize it any more.

BTW, The Carolina Mercury article has links to other news coverage including this The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’

you know I only clicked on the top link--thought it was all one link...

I appreciate the Carolina Mercury article. Am totally behind this movement in every way.

and making entering and exiting their buildings a daunting task. Our media serves as propaganda to serve the wealthy elites by keeping the masses misinformed. Pox News just provides cover for the others.

...not my fellow Democratic voters themselves. We're voiceless because they cower and hide in corners. Our reps should be out in public and on airwaves raising hell. But they're inexplicably not. I always question why Sanders and Warren can get TV time but no other Dems can (though Sanders isn't a Dem)

I have an answer for you. Robert Reich and Moveon have a program that bypasses the MSM and gets the REAL message out. So go to Moveon.org and sign up and help this effort.

--we need to actively monitor and work against the monolithic mass media.

Because the vast majority of people in this country are suckers for the hyped-up distorted garbage they dish out. Hooked on it. And will never get the real message...

Two pronged.

Prior to our gubernatorial election, we organized a "Vote Quinn" march in the county seat, and had almost 600 registered Democrats join in. Not even the local newspaper (owned by Gatehouse media) covered the march.

There were protests over the weekend. It got some coverage from the local news, but it seems that the NRA has won. The national media doesn't get excited about shootings any more. Just another day at the office.

--we need to protest the major media outlets and their constant distortion and mind control tactics.

They have polarized this country for their own ends.

Tired Of It.

Moral Mondays are organized by a coalition of activists, not the Democratic Party.

How many Party leaders have participated? Here in NY we held some Moral Mondays at the Capital and around the state - I don't recall Senator Schumer joining us? One target of the protests is our DEMOCRATIC Governor who is waging a war on public education - and teachers unions - in NY.

The media aside, "the Democrats" are neither saying what needs to be said nor even trying to do what needs to be done. They are far too deep in the pockets of their Corporate Paymasters.

The thing I took from Gandhi's auto-bio was that he was constantly setting up newspapers. It's all well and good to be the change you want to see but it helps to be the media too.

Anyone on this thread have interest or experience in setting up alt-media sources for NC or have NC specific outlets they want to share?