"Remember in November" is what a protester's sign read at Monday's anti-pay raise rally in Harrisburg.

The population at large has done a commendable job for not letting their legislators forget they are still angry about the salary increase their elected officials gave themselves last July.

Throughout the past two months, constituents have consistently demonstrated in various forms that they are willing to make their representatives pay for a lapse in judgment.

Monday's rally, as well as responses from state constituents at large, only continues to exemplify the cyclical relationship between the media and the public.

If events are planned and news is happening, chances are that a media outlet will cover the story.

The fact that current events are what the media feed upon is simply the nature of the beast. Despite what people may think, reporters can't create a story with a scrawl of the pen or a wave of the magic notepad.

And naturally, coverage of any news event helps keep the public's sentiments, whatever they may be, alive and thriving.

When nothing's happening, there's nothing to report, and people have a tendency to forget what was once important.