Why is C-Span covering -- indeed promoting -- this tea party convention?

[subterranean]

These people do not hold any government office, and this is not an official government event. It's just a bunch of whackos spouting off complaints about our current government. I don't watch C-Span much, but is it common for them to cover fringe political gatherings like this? Somehow I doubt it.

[pearl]

1. They cover the fringe opposition

only when the dems are in power.

[CC]

2. I'm not happy they are covering it but I was reminded

by my mother that they covered the anti-war protest in 2004. I didn't realize they did cover it but she was watching to see if she could catch one of us on TV. It was about the only coverage she could find. They covered some of the other anti-war stuff too.


Course I'm not watching C-Span's coverage of the tea-baggers, why give them the ratings.

[subterranean]

3. I'm not watching it either.

I'm just seeing lots of posts about it here.

Good to know that they covered the war protests too -- those were a hell of a lot bigger than this teabag convention!