It would have gotten a lot more news coverage if they had stayed longer. As it is, Labour Day will bring heavy campaigning and new issues, and the run up to the November election. This whole thing will be forgotten by then, and the media will continue to block out the whole drilling argument as far as they can.
We see it almost every day, but the MSM has only run a few stories on it.
The media is running stories about some actress being a lesbian. The usual blackout is in place.