SOMETHING IN THE AIR

Rallies catch fire against Obama's 'Minion Media'

'Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?' exploding 1 week after WND report

Posted: September 22, 2009
8:21 pm Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily


9-12 Washington march photo by Barbara Hauchter

American citizens outraged by President Obama and the actions of Congress have set their sights on a new target – the so-called mainstream media – with tea-party protests now set to boil in front of more than 30 press offices across the U.S.

Following a WND report on the growing popularity of "Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?" taxpayers are making plans to bring their protests to the front doors of major media outlets.

More than 1,400 fans have flocked to a new Facebook page for the event. The following are some locations for protests being planned for Oct. 17:

Alabama

Birmingham

California

Burbank – NBC Studios, 3,000 W. Alameda Ave. from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Fresno – KMPH-TV Fox 26 and KSEE-TV 24 News, 5111 E. McKinley Ave (KMPH) and 5035 E. McKinley Ave. (KSEE), from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

La Jolla – NBC

San Diego – NBC studios, 225 Broadway, 3 p.m.

Florida

Doral – CBS 4, 8900 NW 18th Terrace, time TBA

Miami – ABC

Mirimar – NBC

Georgia

Atlanta – CNN Center, One CNN Center

Indiana

Indianapolis – location TBA, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Michigan

Troy – ABC studios in Southfield or NBC coprorate offices in Troy, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Minnesota

Minneapolis – KARE 11 (NBC), 8811 Olson Memorial Hwy

Missouri

Kansas City – location TBA, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

North Carolina

Asheville – WLOS-TV (ABC), 110 Technology Drive

Wilmington – Star News, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Charlotte – location TBA, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

New York

New York City

Rochester – location to be determined, 2 p.m.

Oregon

Coos Bay

Eugene – location TBA, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Portland – KGW-TV 8 (tentative), 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Roseburg – location TBA, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Salem – location TBA, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Ohio

Zanesville – Times Recorder newspaper, meet at Times Recorder, 34 South 4th Street at 12 p.m. and go to WHIZ, 629 Downard Rd. at 2 p.m.

Oklahoma

Tulsa – ABC, CBS, NBC, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Pennsylvania

Allentown – The Morning Call, 101 North 6th Street

Scranton – WNEP-TV 16, 16 Mountain Rd. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Texas

Austin – KXAN-TV , 3 p.m.

San Antonio

Houston – Channels 2, 11, 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Virginia

Richmond – WTVR 6, 3301 W. Broad St., 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Richmond – WWBT 12, 5710 Midlothian Turnpike, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Richmond – WRIC TV 8, 301 Arboretum Pl, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Washington

Seattle – ABC, CBS, NBC, Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Wisconsin

Green Bay – WGBA-TV 26 (NBC), 1391 North Rd.

Milwaukee – location TBA, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

As WND reported, the "Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?" webmaster, who has chosen to remain nameless, launched his website on Sept. 15. After only one week, he is experiencing an outpouring of support from citizens interested in hosting and attending rallies.

"People are really psyched up," he told WND today. "There are thousands of new visitors coming to the site daily."

The operation website states, "Imagine: There was a million-plus person march on Washington, and no one reported it. It did not happen."

It's not just Obama who's lying. It's his Minion Media, too!

The operation website asks citizens to rally outside "left-wing media outlets" on Oct. 17 and lists the following locations as suggestions:

* CNN – One CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga.

* NBC's "Nightly News with Brian Williams" – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

* ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson" – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.

* ABC News' "Nightline" – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.

* ABC News' "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.

* CBS' News' "Evening News" with Katie Couric – 524 West 57th St., New York, N.Y.

* CBS' "The Early Show" – 524 West 57th St., New York, N.Y.

* ABC News' "Good Morning America" – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.

* MSNBC's "Today" Show – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

* "Dateline NBC" – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

* MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

* MSNBC's "Meet The Press" – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

* New York Times – 620 Eighth Ave., New York, N.Y.

* Los Angeles Times – 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, Calif.

* Atlanta Journal Constitution – 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, Ga.

* Seattle Times – 1120 John St, Seattle, Wash.

Get ready for Oct. 17! Visit the one and only "tea party store" now.

The webmaster said citizens should connect through tea party groups, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and message boards to spread the word. He also said organizers must pick the best times and local media locations for the Oct. 17 events.

"Some people messaged me and asked why not a more symbolic day," he said. "I say, why shouldn't we be the ones to make it a symbolic day, a day in history the press will never forget?"

He encourages attendees to bring signs, banners, flags and voices to the events. Make no mistake, he said, there is no "Astroturf" springing from his website – it's just another grassroots movement catching fire.

"I'm just one guy, not an activist," he told WND. "I have no sponsors, no bankroll, no agenda – except to help put a nail in the mainstream-media coffin."

Citizens interested in adding or coordinating an event may contact organizers.

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