More Press Omissions - The

More Press Omissions - The Strib's story on today's demonstrations in Minneapolis leads with this:

While protesting the 1991 Gulf War at a Washington, D.C., rally, Marlys Weber of Minneapolis wore a sign saying that her son, an Air Force pilot flying missions over Iraq, was over there.

Today, Weber will be back in Washington to oppose another war in Iraq, with a message about her grandson who is serving overseas in the Marines.

"I'm just using the same old, beat up sign and just putting 'grandson' " on it, Weber said. "Here we are, another generation and back at doing this again."

Weber will be among several hundred Minnesotans arriving in Washington for a demonstration today against a possible war against Iraq.

Just a typical Minnesota grandma, out to protest a war out of concern for her grandson?

Hardly. The Strib doesn't mention that Weber has a record in the "Pro-Dictator...", er, I mean "Peace and Justice" movement.

In the meantime, it says the following about the protests' nationwide organizers:

The rally and march are being organized by International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), the group that coordinated an Oct. 26 anti-war rally in Washington that drew more than 100,000 people.

Tony Murphy, an ANSWER spokesman, said he expects a similar or even larger crowd today. Murphy said there are 225 organizing centers across the country arranging trips to the march, 70 more than in October.

Murphy is a local flak for Ramsey Clark, according to a Google search . Hardly someone who just happened to organize a peace protest, but you can't expect the Strib to bother with that...

More to come.

Posted by Mitch at January 18, 2003 03:54 PM