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Some of the largest protests the world and specifically America had ever seen took place during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars drawing incredible numbers of people all across the country to protest. Our government got violent putting down a lot of those protests and The News largely just didn't report it.
It's just harder to hide shit now, but a lot of people seem to discount how much power the TV had over what people thought was going on outside.