My grandma in Italy, my friends in Guatemala and my friend in the Philippines all tell me the same thing -> “Wow, those protests are so violent. Be careful!”
Why is it that news of one violent protest of 400 people goes around the world in a matter of hours while almost no one knows about all the peaceful protests that have been happening.
What about the 3000 people that peacefully marched on Friday? Why doesn’t the world know about them?
Is the media bought off?
Or is it simply that peaceful protests don’t sell?
Here’s a video of Friday’s massive PEACEFUL protest…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/ButchNews#p/a/u/2/Ah-lohIbczY[/youtube]
thank you vale :)
i’ll be sharing the positive energy around!
You get two marks, an A+ and a B+ (or an F and a C-, if you prefer)–the A+ (or the F) is going to get all the attention.
Same thing with the protests. When you have a whole bunch of people peacefully protesting, and a bunch of people radically protesting, it’s obvious who is going to get more attention. It also raises the question on is there actually multiple groups protesting?
Well, sensationalism sells. It’s unfortunate, but a fact of the media, and when it comes down to it, the media panders to what people want to read and watch.
Which violent protest are you referring to? I’m aware of one that involved a bunch of people dressed up in black, but that wasn’t really a protest. Just some idiots making an excuse to cause trouble…