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Okay, this is getting into Indymedia territory.
There are stories about protests on the news and it's always hard to gauge the numbers at protests - the organisers will always claim a number far bigger than the police estimate.
But yes, the coverage will likely always disappoint protest participants because it's unlikely to be given the billing you think it warrants. And there's always a question of newsworthiness. 'Occupy' got loads of coverage, so did the Spanish movement and more recently the Hong Kong protests. But is every protest going to make it into the news? No, not really, not with fewer journalists and the audience's limited attention span.
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I searched the BBC website for anti Government protests and not single mention of any in the UK but plenty about Hong Kong.
There's also the style of reporting of the BBC when they did finally report. Saying 'hundreds' isn't wrong but when it can be described by 'thousands' it's disingenuous and misleading.