More Free Publicity for the "Coffee Party," Courtesy of the MSM

Vocal Minority ^ | 3/16/10 | EricTheRed

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Last Friday I blogged on CNN’s embarrassingly slanted “news” story on the nascent “Coffee Party.” Since then, CBS, the NY Times and NPR—your tax dollars at work—have stepped up to serve as a free P.R. firm for this partisan well-funded Astroturf.

Consider:

Looking for change, but not quite ready for a revolution? Disappointed in President Obama and Congress, but not ready to turn your back on Washington? Prefer a double, non-foam latte over a cup of Earl Grey? The Coffee Party might be for you.

Is that from a radio commercial? A magazine or newspaper ad? A flyer found on your windshield?

Nope, nope, and nope.

It’s the first paragraph of a supposedly objective news story at CBSNews’ Political Hotsheet blog. The title of this so-called news story, by the way: “Is the Coffee Party the Next Big Thing?”

To which Candace Moore at NewsBusters quips: It’s easy to be the next big thing when the media give you all the publicity you need. Indeed.

On the NPR “news” story Thomas Lifson at American Thinker reports:

Taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio wrote, “In just a few weeks, fans of the Coffee Party on Facebook mushroomed from a few hundred to more

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Funny this story has been up for around 30 minutes and no one felt moved to comment. I see this as a very positive metric. Since it attracts no attention, I am sure the MSM will push it harder.

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What is a Coffee Party anyway?

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It’s akin to the old “company” unions, where the company would sponsor and set up “union” shops in their own factories. This led to an “organized” shop, which could not then organize a real union.

Obama supporters creating faux outrage against the machine.