Ultra Verified<p>Tepid, almost non-existant coverage of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handsoff</span></a> by cable and network media. </p><p>Compare and contrast.</p><p>When the asinine <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/teaparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaparty</span></a> loons and fools like sarah palin had events, more 'news media' showed up to cover it than there were participants. Pathetic. </p><p>The non-stop 'reporting' of these crackpots filled the airwaves for months. Disgusting.</p><p>Corporate media news <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/journalismIsDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalismIsDead</span></a> and has been for generations - they are <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> of the oligarchs and plutocrats.</p>