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Massive Appearance of Bikers in DC Largely Ignored by Media.

  • In the nation’s capital on Wednesday, renewed hope was given to millions of Americans as more than 1.2 million bikers descended upon the city in a show of solidarity and respect for those souls lost during the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in 2001 and the one-year mark of the murders of American personnel in Benghazi, Libya.

    Initially, the 2 Million Bikers to DC ride was started in response to the One Million Muslims March that was scheduled to take place on September 11; that event ended up changing their name to Million American March Against Fear when the public backlash became so strong.

    “The lack of coverage by the mainstream media was unbelievable,” said Sandi Battefeld Morrison.  “And a lot of the coverage via the net was incorrect but at least they tried. Thank goodness for Facebook and other social media. Although, a lot of us didn’t ride today we were with the bikers every inch of the way. They gave a renewed hope to America.

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  • Bitchy It got hardly any coverage... No one outside of the biking community knew of this. I keep asking people and no one seen any thing on the TV or in papers about the bikers but they was reading about the other march... Makes me wounder wtf???
  • Hunter55 The media only prints or televises what the believe to be important in their views,no longer unbiased news outlets,just another PAC voicing the network owners views.
  • blurplebuzz Its sad yet true.I scanned every available newspaper/news/online outlet locally & regionally,didnt see any mention of it.Apparently it is no longer fashionable to report such mundane matters.Its feels like an orchestrated attempt to censor the...  more
  • donnmartie I live in Richmond Va and two of the local channels covered the event.
    http://youtu.be/4Rriv6HMV70