Anti-War Movement? It's News to Us
Marjie Lundstrom, writing in our favorite newspaper named after an insect, the Sacramento Bee, seems to think that the mass media is missing out on coverage of the anti-war movement. Hey, who are we to disagree with the Bee?
Ms. Lundstrom writes about the decidedly-not-lunatic-fringe that is busy protesting Mr. Bush's march to war:
"The Rocklin schoolteacher who worries about his students' futures. The 68-year-old "stay-at-home protester" who e-mails and writes his elected officials. The 64-year-old semiretired carpenter who proudly stages a war protest in Auburn.
"There is the Sacramento attorney who sees her peace activism as a "matter of logic." And a father who drives his 12-year-old son to the Oct. 26 peace rally in San Francisco. A 51-year-old writer takes a ferry to the rally, too, because she is alarmed by President Bush's "frightening drive to war."
But Ms. Lundstrom thinks the Media are missing the obvious story: that much of mainstream America is anti-war.
"Yet media coverage seems stuck in a 1960s and 1970s Vietnam War-era frame, with journalists confining themselves to protest stories and visual images reminiscent of those times."
"Unlike the early days of the Vietnam anti-war movement...churches and labor unions have edged into this movement much sooner. Those speaking out against attacking Iraq already include the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches, the United Methodist Church and, in this state, the California Federation of Teachers. AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney has expressed reservations to both houses of Congress.
Hey, Marjie, we don't disagree! But don't tell us, tell Walter Isaacson!
(Thanks and a tip of the Bush Kangaroo Hat to The Hamster for directing us to Ms. Lundstrom's article in the Bee).
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