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No Kings Protests were 20 times larger than the Tea Party protests
Lots of data

SheltieLover
(72,131 posts)4-5 mill my ass. Boston had well over a mill alone!
Nice discussion about M$Greedias coverage of both.
Trump protests dwarf Tea Party but not the elites reactions
Breadth of Trump protests put some ReTHUGs on defense.
Nice chyrons
SheltieLover
(72,131 posts)
Wiz Imp
(6,252 posts)I've never heard of an organization low-balling attendance estimates at their own protests.
senseandsensibility
(23,034 posts)Another difference with the tea party is that the tea party was embraced by the R's, and the No Kings movement is not embraced by the Dems in the same way. I have come to feel that this is a strength, however. It will make it easier for Independents to join us!
malaise
(287,131 posts)Big Obama man
Skittles
(166,311 posts)*WE* are protesting FASCISM
malaise
(287,131 posts)
Skittles
(166,311 posts)I remember thinking Obama's presidency was like a light that shined so brightly it made the racists emerge from under their rocks.......then Trump inspired those roaches to be loud and proud of their racism........
malaise
(287,131 posts)He sure lured them out of their racist rat holes.
SocialDemocrat61
(5,276 posts)by having a rapper on. They should give the show to Katie Phang and let Melber move to MTV.
proud patriot
(102,160 posts)I'd vote for her getting the slot every time
malaise
(287,131 posts)I have no problem with most of his guests. His program is called The Beat.
Ari is a brilliant nerdy lawyer who maintains a healthy respect for his roots at the same high school (though years later) as Jimi Hendrix.
Bet he reaches the younger folks in ways many of M$Greedias hosts cant.
SocialDemocrat61
(5,276 posts)Is there data to support that?
dem4decades
(13,012 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(5,276 posts)not a fact.
malaise
(287,131 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Melber
Melbers reach goes well beyond the dwindling number of people who watch cable television," wrote the Los Angeles Times in a 2023 profile, reporting The Beat's YouTube ratings were higher "than any other personalitys at the network."[44] "The Beat" hit 1.5 billion total online views in 2024, and can average 700,000 views per day.[45]
SocialDemocrat61
(5,276 posts)or anything about the age of Melber's audience. So it in no way proves the claim.
😀.
dem4decades
(13,012 posts)😀
mzmolly
(52,383 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(5,276 posts)Joy Reid had more viewers but she got canceled.
mzmolly
(52,383 posts)That is nuts. I am not wild about the show that replaced hers, either.
malaise
(287,131 posts)Different programs - Ari is a very good lawyer
Different programs with different reasons to watch.
mzmolly
(52,383 posts)I wonder why so many appear to dislike his show?
electric_blue68
(22,656 posts)Electing him the first time...terrible to them; but somehow a fluke?
Wherein people actually elected him again??!!!!
Well, we just "can't have that, can we?!".
I went to B Clinton's first Inaugural, and both of Obama's. Great events!
Obama's first one was soooo cold!
malaise
(287,131 posts)The black man won twice
Paladin
(31,122 posts)Not quite as profoundly satisfying as walking away from Bill Maher, years ago---but close.
SocialDemocrat61
(5,276 posts)I'm here to support the Democratic Party, not be a sycophant of an overpaid media celebrity.
Paladin
(31,122 posts)BigmanPigman
(53,406 posts)and I said out loud to myself in my kitchen word for word, "You, damn hypocrite!!! YOU did NOT report on any protests before they occurred. You are the pot calling the kettle black. This is why I stopped watching your Shitshow!!! Ari, between you and the BS hosts on CNN and MSNBC we activists can't stand to hear your lies. We activists on the ground have learned to never, ever expect any pre-protest announcements and NO reports after every and any anti'-tRump protest. Ari, did you mention Hands Off? NO! 5.2 million protested but you were silent both before and after the protests. YOU are OWNED by the MSM greedy, corporate million traitors. Stop ACTING and LYING!!!".
The only MSNBC host who even mentioned the April 5th Hands Off rallies in 1,400 cities was Rachel Maddow. PBS was the only MSM who reported it as well.
* I only listed to Ari today (who I have boycotted for about 3 years when I realized he is not worthy of my respect as a factual journalist and reporter) was due to the fact that I was cooking and my hands were full of oil and I didn't want to touch my remote control to change the channel, as I normally do.