With apologies to both Mark Twain and Paul McCartney, both of whom said that the report of their death was premature.
A thousand people rallied in Michigan the other day, they say. Reports in corporate media outlets all over the country repeat that number as the lead to all their stories about the rally in Michigan on the steps of the Michigan Capitol.
Where did that number come from? Who said it, and did they see it themselves? I know I haven't been told.
At other protest rallies the same day there were reports of "almost 100," "close to 100," and "about 100" people in California, Florida, and Virginia. It's possible but it doesn't seem plausible that there were 1,000 people in Michigan but less than 100 anywhere else doing the same thing on the same day.
Although I have not heard where the "1,000" number came from, I did see TV and photos of the rally in Michigan. What I saw was maybe a couple of dozen people. I definitely counted literally 12 people in a panaromic photo of the people holding guns on the steps of the Michigan Capitol.
You would think that being accused constantly of publishing "fake news" that 21st Century Journalism would be careful in their reporting. Instead they are writing without investigating, more like a stenographer taking down whatever they are told, than reporters.
I used to think that 21st Century Journalism would get it right, that they would figure out that they need to know what they are talking about before they report it. Judging from the reporting on the "pandemic protests," I was wrong.
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