boston.com - 4/16/2009
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged "tea parties" around the country yesterday to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending, and bailouts.
online.wsj.com - 4/16/2009
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online.wsj.com —
KARL ROVE Yesterday was Tax Day, and it
was marked by large numbers of Americans turning out...
for an estimated 2,000 tea parties across the country. This movement is significant. In 1978, California voters enacted Prop. 13 in reaction to steep property ...
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Republicans and the Tea Parties
nytimes.com - 4/15/2009
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nytimes.com —
Tax protesters of all ages made their way
near the White House during a tea party rally...
in Washington on Wednesday. More Photos >
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Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 4/16/2009
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campaignspot.nationalreview.com —
Several sites are attempting to ensure that the
enthusiasm of yesterdays tea parties isn't a flash in...
the pan, including AfterTheTeaParty.com and TaxD... . . .
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Where Do The Tea Parties Go From Here?
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Local Teas
Mudville Gazette —
... AP story with the dateline "Frankfort, KY."
I guess the Boston Globe-Democrat staff just couldn't resist a "KY" reference...
To add ignorance to incompetence, the AP story spreads the canard that our Tea Party was part of some national Republican effort. They link it to FreedomWorks and the GOP--neither of whom had anything to do whatsoever with our event...though I'd be happy to send them the invoice for our expenses.Their Frankfurt, Kentucky story is online here. In fairness, paragraph four does mention Boston: In ...
Signs of the tea party times—and of the demise of the press
neo-neocon —
... The Boston Globe’s “coverage” seems typical. I choose the Globe because you would think that, with the local angle—Boston being the home of the original tea party and all—the hometown paper would see fit to give the movement, and the Boston demonstration itself, some special coverage. But the Globe, being a bluer-than-blue paper in a bluer-than-blue town, offered only this brief and very general AP article, with its telling lede [emphasis mine]: ...
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In the latest example of how user-produced media can capture so-called “massively-shared” events in a way mainstream media ...
GOP uses tax day to raise money —
CNN Political Ticker 4/14/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) - House Republicans are hoping to tap into Americans' aversion to paying taxes to rally its conservative base and raise money for the 2010 midterm elections.
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