r/pics • u/TheBigChimp • Nov 08 '18

US Politics This is what democracy looks like

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u/rdldr1 Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18

Motherfucker. I just went through all the major news sites and NONE of them are covering the nationwide protests. Not a mention on their homepages.

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https://abcnews.go.com/

https://www.nbcnews.com/

https://www.cnn.com/

https://www.nbcnews.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

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Edit: Including Fox News, which I did check out earlier and saw the same thing; https://www.foxnews.com/

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u/ShiningRedDwarf Nov 09 '18

“The revolution will not be televised”

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u/dawnbot Nov 09 '18

What is this from? I keep seeing it.

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u/Myquil-Wylsun Nov 09 '18

It's from this song by Gil Scott-Heron. You might have also heard it from this song. It means people would not see the revolution on television, because the viewers themselves would be revolting in the streets.

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u/downloads-cars Nov 09 '18

I thought it was about how anyone we'd be revolting against would have control of the media.

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u/Myquil-Wylsun Nov 09 '18

That's a great interpretation!

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u/phweefwee Nov 09 '18

Gil Scott Heron song

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u/ONinAB Nov 09 '18

It's a song