I have not said anything about the Green's parties views or whether or not they are deserving of coverage.
then what did you mean by this???
"What makes the Green Party newsworthy? I'm not try to be an asshole like I usually am, but I wonder why the national media should cover the green party? Is a green party candidate going to win in 2008? No. 2012? No. 2016? No. It makes sense to me that media do not cover them. I'm not saying it is a good thing, but it makes sense."
I am merely pointing out that the general public does not care about the Green Party, and yes, you are correct that one reason is that they do not get news coverage. Another reason is that the country leans conservative (evidenced by GW winning in 2004, and with all the shit that is going down the Dems just barely took over the Senate). So of course the Green Party is not going to be the big newsmaker. If Democrats have to lean to the center to be electable in this country, you think the Green Party is going to do well? This is why the media does not cover them, because they are too far left to make a difference.
It sounds like you don't like the media's agenda, unless that agenda is pushing fringe political groups that you like. If the media did a story about the leader of the Green Party, people would think "Who is this? Oh yeah, someone who has no bearing on any political outcome in this country." And then they would think, "The media should spend hours a day on this guy. Enough with all of this news related to 98% of our political representatives." Well, maybe not that.
It just seems you want the media to start covering things for the heck of it. Every fringe political group deserves its day I guess.
if less than 1/2 of the population votes and less than roughly 1/2 of that picks the president...doesn't that mean our president is picked by less than 1/4 of our population? wouldn't 20 or so % picking the leader for the other 80% be considered 'fringe'?
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
"What makes the Green Party newsworthy? I'm not try to be an asshole like I usually am, but I wonder why the national media should cover the green party? Is a green party candidate going to win in 2008? No. 2012? No. 2016? No. It makes sense to me that media do not cover them. I'm not saying it is a good thing, but it makes sense."
I did contradict myself there. I guess what I was trying to get at was sort of a "no offense to the Green Party's views, but..." comment.
if less than 1/2 of the population votes and less than roughly 1/2 of that picks the president...doesn't that mean our president is picked by less than 1/4 of our population? wouldn't 20 or so % picking the leader for the other 80% be considered 'fringe'?
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then what did you mean by this???
"What makes the Green Party newsworthy? I'm not try to be an asshole like I usually am, but I wonder why the national media should cover the green party? Is a green party candidate going to win in 2008? No. 2012? No. 2016? No. It makes sense to me that media do not cover them. I'm not saying it is a good thing, but it makes sense."
if less than 1/2 of the population votes and less than roughly 1/2 of that picks the president...doesn't that mean our president is picked by less than 1/4 of our population? wouldn't 20 or so % picking the leader for the other 80% be considered 'fringe'?
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
I did contradict myself there. I guess what I was trying to get at was sort of a "no offense to the Green Party's views, but..." comment.
That is reaching.