catocom
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I haven't look much for it on fox, but a quick google search pulled it up on the seiu site...
http://www.seiu.org/2010/03/march-9th-rally-kick-off.php
http://www.seiu.org/2010/03/march-9th-rally-kick-off.php
yeah they had one yesterday.
I saw the protest outside by seiu, and Fox covered a little of it.
see
See you didn't even know.
No publicity, coverage, transparency...nothing.
Just more backdoor dealing.
I doubt that it was the "admin" keeping the meeting "hush hush". If it were then you wouldn't know about it. But I believe what you wanted was a televised media opportunity of the meeting and I seriously doubt that the insurance companies would have met under those circumstances. They are evil spawn in the eyes of the majority of the public and any first hand media coverage (TV cameras, etc.) would have had them running.no, I'm saying there was a lack of coverage of Obama and the ins. companies,
and that may be why the lack of coverage on the protests.
I don't really care about the lack of coverage of the protest,
because in actuality, I no fan of seiu, but that part seems to me
to show that they are turning on Obama somewhat.
Why is the admin keeping the meeting so hush hush?
But I believe what you wanted was a televised media opportunity of the meeting.
It's been open, but people don't pay much attention until the media fluffs it all up (or someone makes up crazy shit like the "death panels"). In some ways I wish it had been televised on every station, every evening, because most of the Republicans stuck their heads in the sand and wouldn't participate. They forgot that they are not needed to pass the bill.
I think C-Span would beg to differ.
I haven't been able to find much on their website either, but OK, if you say so.
I don't think the insurance companies would have appreciated a stealth camera recording the meeting. They're already in a bad light with the public. I'm sure there was some sort of record of the meeting (transcripts or something). There may have been a deal between the prez and the insurance companies to keep it all private or they would not cooperate.no I don't want the spectacle like last time with the congress meeting.
Of coarse there will always be some playing to the cameras I guess, but
just some low keyed camera, maybe even out of sight, and no commentary...
like c-span.
or even...like in some court cases...just a steno of something.
Surely there's a way to make these meeting more open than they have been,
without all the theatrics.
NPR covered it also, and continue to cover other protests over the health care debate (both sides).At least they covered it some.
I didn't see ANYTHING ANYWHERE else.
Where was all the other media?
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/HealthCare...h-switches-vote-health-care/story?id=10123393ok, well, I can't find a story on their website, but I'll take your work for it.
MY point is though even with NPR, that's still a minuscule amount of coverage of that particular event it seems.
I also haven't heard of anything that was discussed in that meeting.
Why is it so closed?
Also, Why won't Kucinich or the pres. talk about why Kucinich Really change his mind on the vote?
I just don't see all the so-called transparency they are claiming.
Reason? I still see no reason"I have doubts about the bill. I do not think it's a step toward anything I've supported in the past. This is not the bill I wanted to support," Kucinich, D-Ohio, said at a news conference today. "However, after careful discussions with President Obama, Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi, my wife Elizabeth and close friends, I have decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation."
Kucinich said he thought the legislation didn’t go far enough in offering government-run insurance and says the same of the current bill. Still, he said he decided it was better to start down the path and work for improvements.