Saturday, February 19, 2011

Fox News Will Lie About This Event


Someone carried a poster with the title words of this blogpost on it at today's massive labor rally in Madison, Wisconsin.

And Fox News wasted no time today in proving them true.

Thousands of protesters on both sides of an epic budget standoff in Wisconsin faced off Saturday at the Capitol. [Emphasis added.]

Thousands at the pro-Walker event?  Maybe a thousand.  The group filled most of the sidewalk leading to the east entrance of the Capitol.  And after my fourth stroll around the Square, I saw nearly as many pro-labor signs in this area.  According to a Capital Times report, Matt Batzel, state director of American Majority, the conservative group coordinating the rally, said "It's time for the voices of the Wisconsin people to be heard."

Huh?   Wha?

Matt, what the hell do you think has been going on ALL WEEK?

I attended all but one of the rallies this week, so I have a clear sense of how the crowd size grew day by day.  45,000 showed up yesterday, and today's day-long pro-labor/anti-bill rally probably attracted at least twice Friday's number from mid-morning to late afternoon.  My wife and I spent time on the Square and State Street from 10:30 until 5:00.   And when we left, people were still arriving.
 
Fox News and Scott Walker and Scott Fitzgerald can make stuff up as they go along, but those of us who have participated in this historic series of events recognize it all as just so much

And so should everyone else.






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