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And as I indicated, networks like CBS might give those events a passing mention if any at all.

"Media teams" are irrelevant when they are forced to go to the media that they don't own.

And who ran it? CSPAN and PBS Newshour.

ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc were NOT about to preempt THEIR programming to run him "live". MSNBC might have shown some blips or portions during their programming, but they would have needed to break away for commercials.

I posted the LBN thread (with the video feed) about Booker's record-breaking speech - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143430756

That got mixed DU reaction.

I was monitoring that much of the day and night and it got some "attention" but was soon forgotten.

Jeff Merkley ALSO did a marathon speech more recently and it got a few minutes of video coverage on the M$M and most people probably forgot about it or had no idea that it even happened.

I posted a thread about his effort done last month - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143551705 and linked to the DU cable forum post with the video of it - https://www.democraticunderground.com/132158925

And both threads got a yawn.

You have DUers whining about what the point is "speaking to an empty room" (despite the fact that the cameras are going and it is being broadcast live).

It's not the "messaging" or the "messenger", it's that people have their OWN personal expectations and needs at a particular time in their lives and their level of engagement with "politics" (or at least certain aspects of "politics" ) can run from "deeply involved" like many who post on DU, to "not giving a shit", like most of the rest of the country. And that sentiment can be extrapolated across the globe.