Talk about trying to pretend something isn’t happening:
If the media outlets are going to report on tea party events, they’re not likely to get any benefit of the doubt much of the time.
Case in point – at the Tea Party Express event on March 27 in Searchlight, Nev., which former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke, CNN’s Fredericka Whitfield wasn’t quite prepared to give the rally credit it was due as far as participation…
…”Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin there in Searchlight, Nev., was the backyard of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but today it’s the backdrop of this Tea Party Express – making a stop here,” Whitfield said. “Hundreds of people, at least dozens of people – we haven’t gotten a count of how many people turned out there. We heard Sarah Palin talk about everything about the campaign, to unseat Sen. Reid to what she calls ObamaCare, on the heels of that health care vote and even talking about her definition of her love of America.”
I’m trying to remember if I actually saw CNN out there. I distinctly remember seeing MSNBC and FOX, along with a bunch or local stations, but I don’t recall seeing CNN. Be that as it may, there were dozens of reporters, alone, so either Whitfield wasn’t there, or she can’t count.
Gateway Pundit has an excellent aerial photo of the event. If you check out my video of the event, the part where the national anthem was sung was about when half the people had arrived. We’ll probably never get a number everyone can agree on. I’m an eye witness. For three and a half hour I saw people pouring in to the place – and not in driblets. It was a steady stream, rising at times to a flood. By the time Palin arrived, we were packed in shoulder to shoulder.
Ah, well, it doesn’t really matter – and it’ll be more fun to have the MSM and liberals surprised on November 2nd.
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