PROTESTERS BLAST NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF EVENTS IN IRAQ.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD - Protesting what they called the broadcast media's uncritical coverage of the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. , thousands of anti-war protesters streamed through the streets of Hollywood on Saturday, on their way to CNN's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. high-rise. Nearly 80 people who sat in the middle of a blocked-off intersection, defying police orders to disperse, were arrested in the demonstration, one of the largest in four days of Southland protests. No injuries were reported. Protesters gathered at the 24-hour news agency's Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. office building decried the Bush administration's policy of pre-emptive strikes in Iraq and railed against the media's ``cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. coverage.'' ``We feel that CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. and all the major broadcasters act as the information ministry for the government,'' said James Lafferty James Martin Lafferty (born July 25, 1985 in Hemet, California) is an American actor. He stars as Nathan Scott on the CW’s prime time teen drama One Tree Hill. Biography Lafferty was born on July 25, 1985 in Hemet, California. , a lead organizer and executive director of the National Lawyers Guild. Two days earlier, Iraqi officials expelled CNN's Baghdad crew, calling them an arm of the U.S. government. Similar protests against the news station took place at its Atlanta headquarters Saturday. Calls to CNN offices in Los Angeles and Atlanta were not immediately returned Saturday. Police estimated 3,000 demonstrators participated in the Hollywood protest, while march organizers put the number at 15,000 to 20,000. After the rally at CNN, demonstrators returned through Hollywood's storied streets, marching to Hollywood and Vine, where for more than two hours protesters peacefully faced off with police in riot gear riot gear n → uniforme m antidisturbios inv riot gear n in riot gear → casqué et portant un bouclier riot gear n , some mounted on horses. ``I feel like I can't be quiet any longer,'' said Monique Beatty, a 37- year-old animation producer from Burbank. ``The media is treating this like a grotesque reality show.'' Cameron McHarg, a 32-year old former Marine, was disturbed by the Bush administration and media's reference to the invasion as liberation. ``It has nothing to do with our freedom or theirs; to say that it has to do with liberation is an insult to our intelligence,'' he said. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, dressed casually in khakis and an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. golf shirt, followed the four-hour demonstration. ``They wanted to make their point; they made their point,'' he said as he watched. ``It's unfortunate people are losing a lot of business. ... It's a disservice to the rest of the city.'' Anti-war protesters have vowed to have a large presence at today's Oscar awards in Hollywood. Meanwhile, on Saturday in West Hills, a dozen residents gathered in a sidewalk rally at Vanowen Street and Platt Avenue to show their support for American troops. ``Whether you're for the war or not, it's going on, and the troops need to know that we are here for them and that we support them - they're the reason that we are free,'' said Cherry Dewberry dewberry, name for several species of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). See bramble. dewberry Any blackberry (genus Rubus) that is so lacking in woody fibre in the stems that it trails along the ground. , who organized the rally of her neighbors. Dewberry and others held signs that read, ``Honk honk Pediatrics A widely-transmitted precordial whoop, described as a high-pitched, musical, late systolic murmur in some Pts with mitral valve prolapse–MVP, a sound attributed to resonation of the valve leaflets and chordae; non-honkers with MVP may be made for the USA.'' ``Almost everybody is honking - some people are coming by more than once,'' Dewberry said. In San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully through downtown Saturday, a sharp contrast to raucous protests earlier in the week that led to hundreds of arrests. There were no arrests Saturday, but at least one organizer said protesters would resume more confrontational tactics in San Francisco on Monday. Outside Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. in Santa Barbara County, about 40 people silently protested, striking poses meant to depict the suffering of Iraqi civilians. They got down on the ground, covered their mouths and raised their hands to the sky. Three protesters were arrested after they crossed a painted line that designated an area off-limits to demonstrators. Californians also gathered to show their support for military action. Approximately 2,000 people rallied at the state capitol in Sacramento, waving flags and chanting ``USA! USA!'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Marchers rally on Sunset Boulevard at the CNN Building to protest its coverage of the Iraq war. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer (2 -- 3 -- color) Protesters shout disapproval, right, to the Iraq War as they march on Sunset, while others on Vanowen Avenue in West Hills, left, show support for U.S. troops engaged in the battle. John McCoy/Staff Photographer Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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