As you know yesterday I attended the local Tea Party rally in Cedar Rapids, IA. I think this event was well organized, had some great speakers, and everyone was very well behaved. It should be clear from reading my posts that I am a Conservative and now I can officially call myself a Tea Partier. I have read most of the local articles regarding this event and I'd like to elaborate on what I have determined.
When I first arrived at the event I noticed Dave Franzman one of the local television news correspondent's from KCRG. I think that his article was a little dry and failed to actually name the speakers. We wouldn't want to give any free press to these GOP candidates. But the article did seem bi-partisan and he at least did show up to cover the event. I also found this picture on http://crteaparty.blogspot.com/, the man sitting down is Dave Franzman and the man holding the sign was one of the organizers. Priceless...
KGAN another local media outlet had one video on their website which covered the Waterloo and Iowa City Tea Parties briefly. I could not find a written story or article on the rallies and they seem to have failed to cover the Tea Party Rally right in their own city.
Todd Dorman is a columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette and he did venture across the street to cover our local event. As I first started reading his article it was apparent that he is a Liberal and he made it no secret that he actually gets paid to be biased. What? Here is a quote from his article:
"The yucks level may be lessened somewhat by the fact that I actually get paid to be biased. Opinion. Columnist. You know. Still, I’m nothing if not a good sport."
To his credit, he did interview many different people attending the event and did print all of the quotes that he collected. So despite his bias I think that his article was by far the best that I've found and he actually did a great job covering the event.
