CNN - Fair and Unbalanced?

The morning after the "Tea Parties" I went to the CNN website to read about the coverage of the Tea Parties Nationwide. I went to the front page, no story, hmmm so I clicked on hot topics, hmmm still not story, so then I click on Politics, awww I find a link to CNN's coverage of the BIGGEST GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT in modern history.

The CNN Headline: "Tea Party Organizer: A Freedom Movement"

Let me quote CNN: CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people spent part of April 15 at organized "tea party" demonstrations across the country, protesting what some view as excessive government spending and bailouts.

"Tea party" protesters rally on Wednesday in Boston, Massachusetts.

Widely promoted by conservatives on videos and blogs, the movement appears, in part, a reflection of a general anger among people who contend the government takes too much from their pocketbooks."

WHAT? CNN is trying to say that these grassroots tea parties were a reflection of "general anger among people". Hmm I was amongst 2000 people at the Downtown Dallas City Hall Tea Party, I don't recall one ANGRY person there. I would describe the crowd as proud, heartwarming, sincere, cheering patriotic Americans!

"CNN's Rick Sanchez spoke Wednesday afternoon to one of the organizers of the "tea party" protests, Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity." The director interview was published.

Rick goes on to ask about the turnout at the Tea Party in Boston which had a low turnout, however Tim replies that there were 800-1000 Tax Day Tea Party's going on across the country.

Rick then asks why "we" didn't see these during the Bush spending years and Tim responded by saying this is not just a Republican thing, it's a grassroots uprising that is telling elected officials in BOTH parties that there is too much debt. "Today is a movement, a freedom movement, a conservative freedom movement. It's not a party movement".

He's exactly right, in Texas there were close to 70 tea parties, Govt. Perry spoke at one in Austin, however other political representatives were turned away. Most of the "Tea Parties" like in Dallas had Conservative Talk Radio personalities as speakers.

My, my CNN you let the largest movement in modern day history move right on by your web pages. Tim encouraged CNN's Rick Sanchez and other news stations to go to one of the Tea Parties and ask the first 12 people WHY they are there. OOPS look like CNN didn't do that. Tim Phillips told Sanchez he would see: the most mainstream, broadly defined Americans who are genuinely concerned.