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If You Were Wondering Why Protest Coverage Seems Fairly Muted, NPR's Public Editor Confirms This is Intentional (lemmy.ml)

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https://www.threads.net/@nprpubliceditor/post/DIhOEQQOyqP

EDIT: Also worth noting that the next nationwide protest date for 50501 is May 1st

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Are there non-American news that are covering it?

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

Not fully free from similar issues here. For instance, the BBC is massively downplaying turnout

The BBC is saying "thousands" were protesting on April 19th when others estimate in the range of 4 million. Counting people in photos on social media in just a handful of cities gives a figure higher than thousands. There were hundreds of protest locations

The BBC also claims there were "tens of thousands" on April 5th when it was estimated at 3-5 million. There were over 100 000 in DC and 100 000 in NYC alone on April 5th!

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 19 hours ago

I'm in Portugal and the anti-Trump protests in the US have been covered in prime time TV news here.