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St Louis TV Stations Cover Health Care Town Hall

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

More than 2,200 people packed the health care town hall meeting Wednesday morning in St. Charles, Mo.  Even if they had wanted to skew their coverage, the overwhelming anti-ObamaCare sentiment at the St. Charles Convention Center likely convinced them otherwise.
Below are video clips of the coverage of the meeting provided by three St. Louis television [...]

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St. Louis Tea Party Media Coverage Mixed

November 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Having worked with journalists at NHK while living in Japan 20 years ago, I was excited to see a crew from the Japanese television network at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis Saturday afternoon.  My first thought:  “The local tea party movement had finally earned a spot on the world stage.”  But I was wrong.
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Freedom Doesn’t Apply to Anti-Obama Speech? (Updated)

September 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments

The St. Louis C of CC Blog shared news about citizens in St. Louis allegedly being threatened by pro-Barack Obama prosecutors for exercising their First Amendment rights.
I didn’t see the newscast in question, but the blog post in question describes it this way:
KMOV Channel 4’s TV newscast last night at 10 PM had a story, [...]

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Report: Plot to Kill Barack Obama Thwarted

August 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Denver television station CBS4 is reporting that at least four people were arrested in connection with a possible plot to assassinate Barack Obama during his Thursday night acceptance speech at Invesco Field in the Mile High City.
The U.S. Attorney in Denver has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday afternoon, according to the CBS affiliate.
Developing…
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