Signs of bias

Remember the media coverage of the Groundswell initiated protests?

The protests attracted big numbers and almost all the signs were, as the organisers requested, on message and polite but the media managed to find a few that weren’t and gave them the focus.

Spot the difference in the coverage of last week’s protest which contrary to its climate focus name was a sort of omnibus protest of the left’s latest causes.

Did you see any of these signs in the mainstream media? (You will have to click on each one to read it properly) :

Remember how when the farmers protested the media downplayed their numbers & focused on the few people with dodgy signs?
Weird how now they’re exaggerating the turn out for the School Strike for climate & haven’t showed any of these signs… pic.twitter.com/up9ZcmMDBd

— Ani O'Brien (@aniobrien) April 5, 2024

Why did a very few rude and/or anti-Ardern signs among the mostly polite Groundswell protesters get coverage when several like this among last week’s protest did not?

Could it be that the former weren’t singing from the left’s song book and the latter were?

If so, the treatment of the signs looks very like signs of media bias.