Bam!
As Twitchy has reported, Egyptian protesters continue to take to the streets by the millions.
Ace of Spades has noticed a distinct lack of U.S. mainstream media curiosity about what’s going on in Egypt:
media strangely incurious about massive protests against Obama allies Ergodan and Morsi #Tahir #Taksim #WeNoticeEvenIfOurMediaDoesnt
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
.@nbcnews is thisclose to just playing Penguin Documentaries
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
Turkish democrats/reformers have been trying to get the world's attention for weeks; the American media has almost completely ignored them
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
But as with Turkey, the media is bored. They only seem to be interested in foreign stories to the extent they can be played as pro-Obama.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
I would love to know if Obama flacks are poor-mouthing the #Taksim and #Tahir uprisings to the media behind the scenes.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
Media seems to only care about momentous foreign events when Obama tells them to http://t.co/KEmHTxTc59
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
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With that in mind, Ace decided to perform a valuable service for the Egyptian protesters by informing them about what they need to do in order to draw more attention from the American press:
If the Egyptian democrats were smart they'd ask Wendy Davis to give a speech. Pretty sure @sarahkliff would be all over it then.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
Ha!
Ace then went on to get to the bottom of what caused the protest, U.S. State Department style:
The State Department just blamed the #Egypt protests on "that disgraceful video" Weekend at Bernie's II
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
just saw a man in #Egypt say, "The first Weekend at Bernie's was magical, inspired, but the second? A shameful cash-in."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
Hillary Clinton has announced she will "find the people responsible" for Weekend at Bernie's II. BOLO: http://t.co/bYdEg6xiMw
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
People are now throwing stones at the #Egypt embassy waving signs that say "The body would have decomposed after so long!!!"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
Breaking: State Department produces $25 million ad to run on #Egypt tv that states "the future must not belong to those who sully Bernie"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 30, 2013
The State Department’s Monday morning press release has just been undercut.