No 'Tea Party' in NY Times, But Room for Leftist 'Bus Tour' of AIG Homes


A left-wing "bus tour" protest prowled the affluent neighborhoods of Fairfield, Conn. on Saturday afternoon, looking for AIG execs to harass. The protest, run by a group sponsored by unlabeled leftists ACORN, were railing against the bonuses paid out to employees of the struggling insurance giant. The New York Times found the stunt worthy of a full story in the national section of Sunday's paper: "Carrying a Populist Message Into A.I.G. Territory." (The online headline differs from the print version.)

Reporter Manny Fernandez, while sounding supportive, remarked drily that more media than passengers were in attendance:

The bus pulled to a stop, and a pastor whose sister-in-law was facing foreclosure, a laid-off steelworker with a wife and five children, and a few of their colleagues nervously stepped out, like sightseers in some exotic land.

The exotic land was a residential neighborhood here in one of the wealthiest places in America, Fairfield County, where, at the end of a cul-de-sac a short walk away, an A.I.G. executive lived. The pastor, the steelworker and about 40 others slowly made their way up the street, past the house with the four-car garage, as an international press corps numbering about 50 chronicled every step.

The pastor, Mary Huguley, and the steelworker, Mark Dziubek, wanted to knock on the door belonging to the A.I.G. executive, Douglas L. Poling, and deliver a letter.

They got as far as the edge of the driveway.

A security guard wearing a dark blazer and sunglasses met the approaching crowd and told Ms. Huguley that she could leave the letter in the mailbox. She did, but not before Asaad Jackson, a community advocate, read every word of it aloud, standing outside Mr. Poling's clapboard colonial style home as Fairfield police officers and news crews looked on.

The Times didn't reveal the organizer, the Connecticut Working Families Party, until the middle of paragraph nine. Left unmentioned: CWFP itself is merely a front group for the controversial left-wing housing group ACORN.

Organizers called it "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous" -- a bus tour of the Fairfield homes of two A.I.G. executives. It was organized by the Connecticut Working Families Party, a coalition of labor and community groups. For the participants, the tour was street theater or sorts, bringing the public outrage over the bonuses to the doorsteps of A.I.G. employees.

In the end, the outrage was left on the bus. Outside the executives' homes, there was only civility on display, and awkward but polite exchanges with stone-faced security guards. Ms. Huguley left her letter in the black mailbox at Mr. Poling's home, and Mr. Dziubek read his letter and slipped it into the mailbox outside the residence of James Haas, another A.I.G. executive who lives in Fairfield.

Perhaps Fernandez was a little embarrassed at his colleagues falling for the hype, for he later reiterated that there was more press than protestors.

The advocates were outnumbered by the media and, at times, overwhelmed by skeptical questioning on the tour and at a rally outside the offices of A.I.G.'s financial products division in Wilton.

A Nexis search indicates the Times has yet to devote a full story to any of the grassroots "tea parties" in opposition to Obama's big-spending package that have been held in various cities -- including one held in Connecticut on Saturday.  

Blogger Don Surber noted that "300 people in Ridgefield stag[ed] a Tea Party against the entire $700 billion bailout and the subsequent $787 billion stimulus," in a post focusing on the disparate coverage in the Connecticut Post. The New York Times had nothing on this tea party brewing in its own backyard.

The Times has only mentioned the "tea parties" sporadically and dismissively, in stories on related topics.

—Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times.


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too funny

The NY Slimes does stories on 40 people going on a bus ride while 4,000 showed up for the Tea Party in Orlando. What bias? This is riduclous!

 

http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/

It must be a sad day....

When people will show up for a bus tour to go harass AIG employees. Just wait folks it is coming to your company shortly. Thank you Mr. Odumbo for making private citizens fear for their personal safety with your ridiculous incendiary remarks. Why aren't they protesting Congress for putting the bonus in the porkulous bill to begin with?  I suppose that would not look good for the Dear Leader, so the media wouldn't cover it.  

"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15." Ronald Reagan

No Bus Tour

This was not a Bus Tour. It was the left doing what it does real well - trying to destroy innocent people.

bus by ACON?? no way!!!!

 recently I read a similar story where Obama's fav union SEIU paid ACORN "supposedly" $$$$ to harrass the CARYLE GROUP and the home of David Rubenstein a founder of the group....Acorn had

no interest in Carlyle but still protested and disturbed a banquet and went to Rubenstein's home....remember that word "thug thistle"

by a young black man who said he couldn't wait for Obama to get in the W.H.  go figure......are we sure it is not ACORN who are harrassing the AIG execs.??????

Acorns on the bus...

rhetorical question?

To answer the question about who is doing the harassing:

From http://tinyurl.com/c... via S&L http://sweetness-lig...

According to the party’s website, WFP is a coalition founded jointly by ACORN, the Communications Workers of America, and the United Automobile Workers. However, ACORN clearly dominates the coalition. New York ACORN leader Steven Kest was the moving force in forming the party, and WFP headquarters are located at the same address as ACORN’s national office, at 88 Third Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.

A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections

CNN followed and filmed the bus

YouTube clip

Obama does not perform as advertised.  I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.

→ Funny kat

Funny they couldn't find a Tea Party to film.


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

...and we tax-payers are

...and we tax-payers are funding ACORN and sister groups, the Unions are doing this in conjunction with them, we are forced to fund the enemy within...I have been absolutely furious about this, yet no coverage of the Tea Parties, Beck just covered one of them that had over 5,000 people there....

NO AGENDA here in this story along with the rest of the msm is there?

No BIAS....

No Double Standard///

HYPOCRITES....all of them, I cannot wait until more of these papers get taken down....some of the msm next.

Hope springs eternal! 

Arrest that woman

Only authorized letter carriers can put something in your mailbox.  It is a federal offense for tampering with the mail and a fine or possibly jail time can be the punishment for the offense.

katie... That works for

katie...

That works for me!

...Book 'em Dano!

→ Steve McGarrett

You got it Bruddah - Chen Ho Li


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Uh-oh, I usually put things

Uh-oh, I usually put things in friends' boxes if they aren't home. lol

"two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century" - PreBO

It is called projection. They wished for a bigger turnout.

The truly loony left is now outnumbered by the biased loony leftist journalists.

Yet they still fail to see the sadness in that little factoid.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Tea Party Location

Maybe someone should throw a tea party in front of their building. I bet they would still ignore it.

dmam.... You bet they

dmam....

You bet they would!

Delicious idea!!!!

I do wonder if Fox would cover that one big-time....come on you few patriots in New York City...get 'er done!

This is all a fraud

The old media needs to find the cojones to blow the lid off of the paid-protesters scandal and Obammy's astroturfing. It's as much a fraud as Dan Rather was, and NBC's rocket engine ignited trucks was. This is no different than the usual-suspects that protested in the Soviet Union, Iran, Venezuela, Cube, or any other totalitarian country. Like in those countries, we the citizens are paying for this bus and the 'protesters'.

My son

My son sent me an e-mail that is going around that invites people to send tea bags in envelopes (nothing more, just the bag) to the capitol in DC so that they arrive by April 1st if anyone's interested.  I guess a lot of people have shown interest in doing this.   Edit: sorry it was 1600 penn, ave.

 

 

 

The great Socio/Economic Experiments of the 20th cent. (communism, socialism, fascism) only killed a few hundred million.  Let's give 'em another try! - me

They've been a total "non-event"

Why should  they pay attention?

It's like the 1880s all over again

What is it with these people? Do they not realize that these execs RUN companies and have the most risk out of anyone? These "big wigs" also provide you jobs. This wealth hate is disgusting and shows how some just don't understand that risk brings reward. 

OMG

Oh my God..now we have entire bus loads of blacks being "community activists" wanting to be president..this is how it all starts..Next stop, the white house, if we are allowed to call it that much longer..

Me thinks maybe someone should see if these folks are on the public dole, and if so, find out if food stamp money was used to pay for this..anyone taking bets here..

They ignored the tens of

They ignored the tens of thousands that came to hear Sarah Palin talk at The Villages as well.

Think about it, though...do we really want the MSM reporting on this?

Katie:  Yes, these people look really scary.  I believe one of them had a T-Shirt with Timothy McVeigh's picture on it.  John, do we have that shot?  No?  Well, I'm sure I saw it.

Obamabot pundit:  Uh, huh, Katie, and if you listen carefully you can hear them chanting 'kill him, kill him, kill him'.

Katie:  Ooooh, that's so frightenting.  Hopefully the Secret Service are investigating these people.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

DO NOT send tea bags to

DO NOT send tea bags to DC.  The organization who started this learned that due to the possibility that one bag "may" contain a harmful substance, that the P.O. is destroying all envelopes with bags in them.   Instead they advise to tear off the little tag on the tea bag and send that in instead.  It will send the same message.

As for the New York Times, IMHO they are to America what NAMBLA is to children.  They prove it every day without fail.  They could prove me wrong on their front page but I have little hope they ever will.