Having been involved in politics for many years I can tell you a few facts.
Professional cameramen and photographers will always be on the lookout for interesting characters. They may be a couple of attractive young women or a man holding a particularly amusing sign. Believe me, I’ve been at secessionist rallies with over 100.000 persons in attendance and photographers and cameramen always seemed more interested in the obviously inebriated gentleman dressed up as a Gaul from the Asterix comic books than in a huge crowd of absolutely ordinary persons. Then the aforementioned gentleman was not-so-cunningly used by the sycophantic media to portray us all as drunken idiots. [;)]
Interestingly enough the only time I went to a secessionist rally with a really nice woman (long story, don’t ask because i won’t answer) she was completely ignored by the media swarming over the place looking for “colorful” characters. When I saw that episode of The Simpsons where Homer is subjected to a ridiculous montage after being accused of sexual harassment I laughed for two weeks because it’s all so true! [:D]