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Or rather "not in the news"

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MiceElf Tue 24-Jun-14 07:07:15

We were there too. Not a whisper from the BBC - no surprise there then - I have complained and expect to receive the usual non reply in sis weeks.

JessM Tue 24-Jun-14 07:05:09

Maybe they only get reported if they are out of control. People invading buildings and throwing fire extinguishers off the route. Policemen kicking people to death. etc hmm

Grannyknot Tue 24-Jun-14 07:04:10

The Kindle is to blame for the capital M, should be march!

Grannyknot Tue 24-Jun-14 07:03:00

Eloethan do you think that it may also have to do with the changing face of media? Because I picked up about that March on Twitter, so it was quite widely reported on there.

Sometimes I think marches don't achieve much nowadays... or don't have the same impact that they used to have.

boheminan Tue 24-Jun-14 00:47:51

Well, nothing new there then! I've been on many marches, where it's taken the main body of marchers about an hour to move a few yards because the numbers are so high, yet when it comes to news/media it's put down to a couple of thousand attenders, all very mysteriously underestimated..

Eloethan Tue 24-Jun-14 00:32:30

On Saturday my husband and I attended the People's Assembly's March Against Austerity in Central London. The estimated number attending was 50,000, which you would imagine would receive some coverage in newspapers and on TV. There was virtually nothing.