Despite expectations to the contrary, I found that many inauguration attendees were not as unified as MSNBC would have had me believe. Some people shouted as others shoved past them, trying to get to the front of the crowd; others shoved back. Shouting matches occurred when some spectators booed former President Bush and others decried said behavior. There was without a doubt a degree of disconnect between what was reported, and the actuality on the mall; however, MSNBC's coverage colored the behavior of some people, as in the those who begged others for unity, because that's how we were "supposed to behave."
So in not as many words:
MSNBC's coverage focused on what they felt should have gone on; some people presumably saw such coverage and tried to model their behavior after what was expected; despite this, there was a disconnect between reporting and reality.
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