"The March for Our Lives’ mission was to push for common-sense gun regulations and to protest gun violence in the wake of a mass school shooting."
Instead of front pages describing students exercising their right to free speech or the reason behind the March for Our Lives, the more than 800,000 participants were greeted with sarcasm and belittlement. That is, if they even made the news. "Although the D.C. march garnered international coverage, many U.S. papers chose not to put the rallies on the front page," and chose to ignore the attempts by outraged and scared students to have their voices heard. When the marches were covered, as they were on the above New York Times front page, it was plain to see that the papers editors did not take them seriously. The language used is almost laughable, with the phrase "youth in revolt" drawing comparisons to so-called "teenage angst". Additionally, the reductionist views expressed immediately after do not paint a flattering picture of the participants. "Over guns" implies that this is a tantrum over firearms, and not over the ludicrous number of mass shootings occurring annually in schools around the United States. The photograph used certainly isn't flattering either, again drawing comparisons to a tantrum. All in all, the point of front pages like this one were not to genuinely cover the event that had taken place, but to poke fun at the participants and their stance.
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