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The shutting down of the National Mall

Because of the Government Shutdown, the National Mall is closed. Visitors to the WWII memorial found this out. Visitors to the Vietnam Memorial found this out. Visitors to the Lincoln Memorial found this out. Nothing but Barrycades. Well, what about yesterdays amnesty rally for illegal immigrants? Wide open! From Breitbart:

ABC, NBC, CBS Nightly Newscasts Ignore Amnesty Rally
On Tuesday, not one word about the immigration rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. was mentioned on the nightly newscasts for NBC, CBS, or ABC. Americans watching the nightly newscasts would not have known that such a rally ever happened during the government shutdown.

As Breitbart News reported, lawmakers in Congress were arrested at the event in acts of civil disobedience, a story line that often makes the mainstream media salivate. The media also often likes to use immigration stories to try to falsely make Republicans seem uncaring and prejudiced.

But coverage of the event, which had been planned for months and is in support of an immigration agenda the mainstream media is sympathetic to, could have made it difficult for the mainstream media to continue to play up the government shutdown. Additionally, Americans may have wondered why the Obama administration allowed illegal immigrants to demonstrate for amnesty on a National Mall that is supposed to be closed because of the shutdown after the White House barred veterans from visiting the World War II memorial.

Yeah -- the National Mall is closed down... Posted by DaveH at October 9, 2013 12:05 PM