tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1746475021392387957..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Taking the broader view of a political photo-opMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11751733414232134812015-04-13T06:45:56.032-05:002015-04-13T06:45:56.032-05:00I'm not sure there is such a thing as "gr...I'm not sure there is such a thing as "grassroots" politics today, it's more of a question of media-budgets that warp our perceptions and in the words of Noam Chomsky "manufacture consent".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3379137551429688922015-04-11T09:44:04.755-05:002015-04-11T09:44:04.755-05:00the second photo says it all - the reality that th...the second photo says it all - the reality that there are often more media than audience, and the media play up the event as 'big!!!'. <br /><br />I have been at too many events where the post-event media coverage did not match what I saw happen there.<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73670285975780460582015-04-10T20:32:18.671-05:002015-04-10T20:32:18.671-05:00He is magnetic speaker!He is magnetic speaker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com