http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/26032/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/liberals-desecrate-old-glory-networks-silent <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> This Memorial Day, ABC, CBS and NBC probably won’t talk about lefties defiling the flag so many died for. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matt-philbin">Matt Philbin</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Time was, burning an American flag was a reliable way of getting on network TV, there to shock the taxpayers over their TV dinners. </p> <p>But these days, the network news programs don’t seem interested in American flag desecration, unless it happens in the Middle East. In the last five years, there have been only two mentions of domestic flag desecration on ABC, CBS and NBC. Both of those were on ABC.<img width="179" height="246" style="float: right;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/US_Flag_Burn.jpg" /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/liberals-desecrate-old-glory-networks-silent" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Patriotism Politics American flag Ferguson Missouri flag burning Memorial Day Occupy Movement patriotism protest Thu, 21 May 2015 12:43:25 +0000 mike.ciandella 48954 at http://archive2.mrc.org