Dude, that's just what a demonstration looks like around here. Police are there to make sure the demonstration sticks to their route, doesn't collide with traffic and everyone keeps the peace. And if it's peaceful they relieve themselves of their riot gear as much as possible, especially when...
Well, AP is a sort of cooperative of several US newspapers and stations.
http://www.ap.org/company/board-of-directors
and, yes, you can find representatives of the usual suspects in that board.
I don't think so as AP is the MAIN press enemy the revolution has.
All those little nameless, faceless journo grunts creeping around and spinning actual life in published reality are paid to keep everybody at sleep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2EPKKVrqI
*raises hand*
Watching this I currently have the same feeling like watching TV in the summer leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Does that make me a revolution veteran? :)
Well, as an old political animal from another country on the other side of the world, I have heard of people who solved their inner conflict between duty and prosaic mind by giving their vote to the candidate of their obligation and to the candidate of their wish at the same time.
Sadly, that...
The main German tabloid/daily newspaper carries an article about Super-Tuesday and they for some strange reason decided to admit RPs existance and included him in the poll with even a picture (this is a first for that pos-paper)...