Media Bias: Moral March in Raleigh

Yet another example of conservative media bias comes into focus today thanks to Campaign for America's Future. As with many historic protests over the past few years – including the undercoverage of the Anti-War protests of 2003 (the early ones in both DC and NYC), the Occupy Wall Street mobilizations in NYC and across the country and the Wisconsin pro-labor protests that went on for over a year – the media largely ignored a progressive protest in Raleigh, NC where over 80,000 citizens took to the streets.

The protest, organized by the NAACP and over 160 partner organizations, is in its eighth year, and this is the largest yet. What are they protesting? A decidedly right-wing turn in the state legislature. They list five demands in their push for a more progressive government that reflects the needs, watns and desires of the people: 1. Secure pro-labor, anti-poverty policies that insure economic sustainability, 2. Provide well-funded, quality public education for all, 3. Promote health care for all, including affordable access, the expansion of Medicaid, women’s health, and environmental justice in every community, 4. Address the continuing disparities in the criminal justice system on the basis of race and class, and 5. Defend and expand voting rights, women’s rights, immigrants’ rights, LGBT rights, and the fundamental principle of equality under the law for all people.