The next day, the New York Times put a photograph, but no story, on its print front page.
The cable network offered live video from many American cities and a banner headline: “Millions of people protest against Trump & Musk.”.
But overall, there was something of a shrug about the media coverage.
“From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action to reject authoritarianism,” they say.
In my American Crisis newsletter two days after the 5 April protests, I offered a few theories for why the media may seem so blasé.
First, I posited, much of the mainstream media tend to view this much as Fox News does.
If the protests grow large enough, and sustained enough, even the most reluctant media will have little choice but to pay attention. »
