Independent journalists descended upon the Washington D.C. area this weekend to cover the People’s Convoy; a group made up mostly of truckers protesting existing emergency mandates still in effect from the federal government.
Several journalists told Barrett News Media that the mainstream media has turned its collective backs on some of the biggest stories in the country, including the People’s Convoy.
Quincy Franklin aka “The BC Preacher” is a live streamer from Portland, Oregon. He said he made the 2,700-plus mile trip because he knew there would be a lack of coverage for this event that started out West and made its way to the D.C.
“The mainstream media never covers these types of things and when they do it’s only for 20-30 seconds,” he said. “They don’t want to show you the full truth, they don’t want to show you the unity, the American spirit, and the true diversity in these events.”
The People’s Convoy drew coverage from some mainstream media outlets like WTTG-TV in Washington D.C. and WDVM-TV in Hagerstown, MD. Resources from cable news channels have been tied up for nearly two weeks covering the escalating crisis in Ukraine.
Anthony Cabassa from El American, one of the top bilingual media outlets in the U.S., has been with the People’s Convoy since it departed the West Coast last week.
“What I’ve seen is nothing but peaceful protesting. The mainstream media has misrepresented what this convoy is all about. This is nothing but peaceful. We have amassed more than 10,000 vehicles since we left last week.”
