{"id":310900,"date":"2010-02-12T07:38:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T12:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/02\/12\/why-does-everyone-obsess-over-the-tea-party-yahoos\/"},"modified":"2010-02-12T07:38:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T12:38:47","slug":"why-does-everyone-obsess-over-the-tea-party-yahoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/310900","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Everyone Obsess Over the Tea Party Yahoos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/6472341\/12yfdy\/alternet~Why-Does-Everyone-Obsess-Over-the-Tea-Party-Yahoos\" >Why Does Everyone Obsess Over the Tea Party Yahoos?                     <\/a><br \/>Why didn&#8217;t the news media label the millions of people marching for immigrant rights a movement? And why are they so eager to inflate the importance of the Tea Partiers? <Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/6472341\/12yfdy\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>Why didn&#039;t the news media label the millions of people marching for immigrant rights a movement? 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