Tea Baggers demand transparency from Dems but ban media from convention
On Jan. 11, FreedomWorks โ the corporate-funded, Washington-based community organizers behind the astroturfing of the Tea Bagger movement โ put up a petition demanding that Democrats allow the media to cover health-care reform negotiation. On that same day, organizers of next monthโs Tea Party convention announced that, except for a small group of hand-picked propagandists, the media will not be allowed to cover their meeting at a luxury hotel in Nashville: Word from Nashville on Monday was that the First…