11/05/2009 01:37:12 AM EST
(6 UPDATES) Demonstrations in Favor of the Public Option This Week in NYC, LA and Atlanta!
posted by Cenk
We are organizing street demonstrations in favor of the public option across the country. We are going to ask CNN - Most Trusted Name in News - to accurately tell the American people and the politicians that come on their show that the clear majority of the American people support the public option (
here is a clip where they totally misrepresented the facts on national support for the public option).
Crazed right-wingers made a very public display of their antipathy toward health care reform earlier in the year. The overwhelming majority of the American population that has been in favor the public option has been called the Silent Majority. It's time to stop being so silent.
So, we're going to go to CNN headquarters in NY, LA and Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 at 12Noon local time to show that there are people willing to stand up for the public option. Votes are coming up in the Senate and the House. The fate of the public option hangs in the balance right now. If you want the public option, this is the time to fight.
Here are the addresses of the three different locations:
CNN Atlanta
190 Marietta St, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
CNN New York
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
CNN Los Angeles
6430 W Sunset Blvd Ste 300
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Here is the link to the Facebook events where you can see who else is coming and coordinate in your area:
UPDATE: People have been asking about signs. Here are some signs I would love to see. I would just write these numbers, nice and big on the sign and then write the Survey it came from at the bottom. These are all the percentage of Americans who said they wanted the public option:
UPDATE II:
I want everyone to know that, of course, the whole TYT crew will be at the LA protest, including me. We will also be taping it for the show.
And if you can tape the NY or Atlanta ones, please let us know in the comments here because we'll reach out to you on how to get that video from you so we can use it on the show. Thanks!
UPDATE III:
I want to explain the two reasons why we're going to CNN to protest on Thursday. First, we want the media to cover a very obvious fact -- the great majority of the
American people want the public option. CNN has
not reported this accurately on occasion and they need to make this clear to all of their viewers.
Second, when they have politicians on their shows that are going to vote on this issue, they need to ask them a simple question -- are you going to follow the will of the majority of the American people in passing a public option?
UPDATE IV:
Now, for all of you who can't make it, you can also participate by doing one of two things: a tweet bomb or simple e-mail.
Everyone send a tweet to @cnnbrk at 12 Noon Eastern on Thursday saying:
@cnnbrk We want the public option! Look at the polls! Tell your audience what the American people want. #cnnprotest
You can also send an e-mail at the same time telling them the same thing at:
feedback@cnn.comIf you're coming in person bring signs with poll numbers on them (
see video for example). You can also do signs against
Lieberman or ones that encourage the president to do the right thing. But let's keep it clean and respectful. Thanks for your participation!
PS---For more ways to help in person and from home, Click Here. UPDATE V: We're going to be doing a live show on our website at 11:45 AM ET to do the Tweet Bomb live on-air and talk to people at the rallies in NY and Atlanta. Once we're done with that, we'll head out to the LA demonstration at 12 PM Pacific.
UPDATE VI: We need someone to record some footage of the events in NYC and Atlanta tomorrow. Also, we need a coordinator for ATL, i.e. someone that can organize the people that gather, speak to the press, call in to TYT to report, etc. Please email me at TYTJobs@gmail.com ASAP if interested!
