Two Tea Party Takes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090415/pl_politico/21275

I watched with some amusement yesterday as the 'Tea Parties' were run all over the country yesterday on tax day- did you pay yours?; Or if you are in the Obama cabinet just another day not too =P. Sorry its too easy- but seriously it was good to see that the President was paying his taxes- all told over 800k, must be nice.
To the tea, as the article mentioned the disparity in the coverage was stark, which is sad because this was 'news' I mean it actually was something real- spread out over a whole bunch of cities certainly more important than the majority of the 'news' out there. I thought it was exciting that people were motivated enough to do something, and voice opinions. And that's good, that's the core fundamental belief of our society. And I agree that I think the spending is out of control; again I'm not naive to the point that I think the better solution is to do nothing, but the precedent has been set; there are haves and have nots. Banks are haves, automakers are have nots (they were almost have's), Fannie Mae is a have, AIG- huge have, corner bakery is a have not. The average worker sees this and senses its unfair but has no outlet so they go to this tea-party. So that is news and it should be covered- and not mocked like the article says the anchors did on several networks. That's just juvenile. And Olberman is just a clown anyway- he can be funny- that's why hes still maintaining a job, but to call him a journalist is an insult to journalists everywhere. Just because they have a pulpit doesn't give them the right to abuse it; and that goes both ways. Now there are two schools of thought in the article, the fact that Fox overhyped it- to the point where several of its point people were 'on site' that to is too much. If the 'show' has a bias ala Olberman or Hannity- they should be allowed to say whatever they want really- they are PAID for their opinions and entertainment value. But the disparity really shows how far left and right the news organisations have become, and that is the more unfortunate part. Its when it broaches into 'news' this was news, now show us the dog that survived falling over Niagara falls.....