Tea partiers vs. the press (the real story)

We've all seen the negative coverage of the hundreds of tea parties held across America on April
15th. Hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans took to the streets to protest higher taxes and government largesse. A lot of media critics concluded that the press bashed these protesters because they're rallying against the Democrats in charge of our government. While that may be the case to one extent, I think something else is in play here.

Many media and entertainment people portrayed the protesters as racist, sexist rednecks. We all can recall Jeneane Garofalo saying 'this is racism straight up' on MSNBC. But I think the real reason the press came down so hard on the tea partiers is because they represented a threat to the mainstream press, not just a threat to the politicians they support. Deep down inside, those protesters hate how the press portrays them, not just how the politicians want to raise their taxes.

Think of what has happened to media outlets in recent years. Many liberal newspapers have folded their tents or have cut back because they're getting fewer subscribers. The feeble attempt
by liberals to start a talk radio enterprise went belly-up. Virtually nobody listened to Air Amer-
ica, or 'Dead Air America' as I like to call it. And the viewership in the television media is favor-ing Fox News more every day. ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, and CNBC are suffering from lower ratings and less revenue.

The media is worried about its own fate more than about the Democrats they favor. The Demo-
crats have a firm control of all lavels of government. They can take care of themselves while raking the taxpayers over the coals. So when you see all the people in the mainstream press complaining about all of the patriotic protesters in these tea parties on July 4th, remember that they're really worried about the future of their own existence.

G.J. LaRouche, 16 June 2009