In a fit of complete hypocrisy, find below the letter being sent out to the Huffington Posts troops today in an effort to ORGANIZE counter protesters and chill the free speech of Tea Party Patriots all across the nation as they confront their Congressmen and women in town halls. Check me if I am wrong here, but aren’t all the liberal talking heads all up in a tizzy saying the Tea Party people are just stooges of corporate interests?….but it’s ok for the left of course. Read it and gag. The libs are a tad worried folks, keep it up…Tom

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from Matthew Palevsky
– Eyes & Ears
reply-to Matthew@huffingtonpost.com
dateTue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:41 PM
subject Report on Health Care Town Halls and Tea Party-Style Protests
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Health care town halls are fast becoming ground zero in the battle over health reform, with attempts to hold a civil discussion sometimes being intentionally disrupted.

Just yesterday HuffPost’s Eyes and Ears reporter Denise Dennis attended a health care town hall meeting in Philadelphia where a group of protesters from the Tea Party Patriots movement interrupted the proceedings. Dennis wrote:
A well-organized, belligerent and loud group of right-wingers stood in the aisles and across the back and disrupted the town meeting throughout. They yelled, shouted and jeered, and it was clear that they were not there to participate, but instead to try to disrupt the meeting and make it difficult as possible for anyone else to ask questions.

Sunday’s health care town hall was only one of over a hundred that will take place across the US in the weeks to come, and conservative protesters with ties to the Tax Day Tea Parties plan to disrupt many of them. To cover these important conversations and the efforts of those who wish to stifle dialogue, we need your help. We’re looking for more Denise Dennises to report on their local town hall meetings on health care, whether it’s by videotaping the event, writing an article, or sharing photos.

Eyes and Ears has set up its first on-site campaign tool here. Just click “Join Now” toward the bottom of the page to become a town hall reporter and you’ll be given a short survey so that you can let us know which event you plan to cover.
If you don’t have one in mind yet, we’ve created a map of many of the upcoming events at the bottom of the page. If you don’t find anything near you, take a look at FireDogLake’s calendar of meetings here as well.

As always, take a look at our publishing standards and email me directly with any questions.

While recording confrontation between protesters and the town hall moderators will be exciting, we also stress that citizen journalists should report on the substance of the policy debate since conversations held around the country this month could determine our health care system for decades to come.

Thanks to those who sign up to help us cover these events and to all of you who have supported the Health Care Investigative Unit over the past month.
Best,
Matt Palevsky
Editor, Citizen Journalism
Huffington Post

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DISCUSSION THREAD ON THIS TOPIC VIA FREE REPUBLIC……

FOLLOW UP: – The following video / information links is a post by “Lorianne” posted on this topic via the Free Republic thread:

Town halls gone wild

TIM BISHOP PROTEST, SETAUKET, NY (part one)

TIM BISHOP PROTEST, SETAUKET, NY (part two)

Lloyd Doggett’s meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 Aug 2009

Sebelius and Specter at Constitution Center

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…..MORE more liberals worried about protesters