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The WaPo’s Protest Reporting: Then and Now

Headline: “Lashing out at the Capitol”

“Tens of thousands of conservative protesters, many complaining that the nation is racing toward socialism, massed outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, angrily denouncing President Obama’s health-care plan and other initiatives as threats to the Constitution.” — The Washington Post, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009

Headline: “Thousands Protest Bush Policy”

“A raucous and colorful multitude of protesters, led by some of the aging activists of the past, staged a series of rallies and a march on the Capitol yesterday to demand that the United States end its war in Iraq.

“Under a blue sky with a pale midday moon, tens of thousands of people angry about the war and other policies of the Bush administration danced, sang, shouted and chanted their opposition.” – The Washington Post, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007

Got that?

Liberal protestors are “colorful” and “dance” and “sing” “under a blue sky with a pale midday moon.”

And conservative/libertarian protestors “lash out at the Capitol,” “complain” and “angrily denounce” the President.

Nope. No bias here – just move along, please.

Meanwhile, my quick video from the scene has been viewed more than 121,000 times in less than 48 hours. Of course, everybody who’s viewed the video is an astroturf operative paid by the health-insurance industry to do so.

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