STOP THE WAR DEMONSTRATION MANCHESTER SUNDAYJUNE 24th

There was almost no coverage of the demonstration in the mainstream media. The BBC, ITN, and Channel 5 news of Sunday 24th June all had nothing. There was a 25 second clip of some of the protesters on Channel Four news at 6.55pm on Sunday evening. Around half of all the bulletins covered Brown’s confirmation as new Labour Party leader but the voice of the people outside was not heard.

The afternoon and evening television news bulletins throughout the day added up to 115 minutes and half of all the news was of Brown’s coronation and Harman’s surprise selection as his deputy. There was less than half a minute about the protest – 0.4% of all news coverage – blink and miss it. The radio was no better – nothing on the World this Weekend or the Westminster Hour – 90 minutes between them.

I very much doubt there is anything in the Monday papers. A search of today’s Guardian and Independent websites drew a blank. I suspect the tabloids have nothing – unless Murdoch’s `Sun` has had a brainstorm.


Here is a short video clip from the Stop the war website:
 http://www.stopwar.org.uk/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=60


Even Indymedia has nothing – Manchester Indymedia has this:
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/2007/06/374326.html?c=on#c176278
but where are the photos?


I’m afraid for most people this demonstration, big though it probably was, simply did not happen.


I found this on the BBC Internet website:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6235170.stm



Last year’s (I stress this is from 2006) demonstration was reported on the BBC website:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5373128.stm


Sorry, Manchester demonstrators, you don’t seem to exist as far as our wonderful seekers after truth are concerned.