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| What MSM didn't mention: Portland crowd drawn by free rock concert |
| 2008-05-21 |
| The rest of the story. From CNN to the New York Times, the media hyped Barack Obama's Portland, Oregon rally on Sunday, some comparing him to a rock star. Unmentioned in national reporting was the fact that Obama was preceded by a rare, 45-minute free concert by actual rock stars The Decemberists. The Portland-based band has drawn rave reviews from Rolling Stone magazine, which gave their 2005 album Picaresque four and a half stars (out of five), and another four and a half stars for 2007's The Crane Wife. How many of the people showed up to hear Obama, and how many to hear the band? Wonder if they played "Tomorrow Belongs to Me"? The Decemberists Typically open their act with the Soviet Anthem. No clear word if they opened this way in Portland. There's nothing wrong with a candidate using celebrity power to draw a crowd, but the media have a responsibility to report their presence. By ignoring the free concert, the Times and other outlets made it appear that 75,000 people were drawn only by Sen. Obama's considerable charisma. Rest at link |
| Posted by:GK |
| #1 I don't think this makes much of a difference; the sort of degenerates drawn to the sorts of bands that play the Soviet anthem are probably also the sorts of people who will vote for Opophis. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-05-21 19:03 |