Thom Hartmann: Corporate Media Stumped on Occupy Wall Street

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 07:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kv6bzRSbc0   Posted on YouTube: November 09, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 09, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 1139

 
Russ Baker, author, Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty joins Thom Hartmann. The Occupy movement received a boost yesterday from senior citizens. To send a message to Congress about plans to cut Medicare and Social Security - cuts that will likely come out of the Gang of 12 - hundreds of senior citizen patriots occupied a downtown intersection in Chicago. They were joined by nearby members of Occupy Chicago and other grassroots organizations - as well as a few members of Congress including Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Danny Davis. Ultimately - police moved in to break up the demonstration - hauling away 47 people - mostly senior citizens - away in handcuffs. We can add their names to the growing list of 3,362 patriots who've been arrested since the Occupy movement started more than a month and a half ago. But these mass arrests of patriots instead of banksters don't jive with the attitudes of most of the American people. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows Occupy Wall Street popularity surging with 60% of Americans supporting the basic sentiment of the occupiers. That's twice as much support as the Tea Party received in the same poll. So while more and more Americans seem to be "getting it" when it comes to the 99% movement - there's still one group that's woefully ignorant...the corporate media.

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[mrdmk]

1. It is not the corporate media does not get it!

It is more like this movement goes against their corporate policy! So the corporate media will say anything to put down this movement...

K & R

[ChiciB1]

2. I Watch Thom Hartman On DISH Earlier, But Didn't Get To Watch Yesterday!

Thanks for the link! I caught the tail end of a conversation that Keith Olbermann was having with Graham Nash & David Crosby last night and I thought I heard them saying that OWS NYC might not be continuing on the streets for much longer. I will have a chance to watch the show again here at 12:00 PM, in a few minutes to see if I heard correctly!

Anyone hear anything like this about OWSNYC?? Anyway, going to watch Current and see if I heard correctly!

Thanks again for the link! IDIOTS, Corporates must be feeling heat!

[sabrina 1]

3. 60% approval rating for the people. And still the government

is attacking them, using their militarized police Dept to protect the 1%.

Senior Citizens now arrested for exercising their 1st Amendment rights, while the criminals who put two Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans in the hospital along with several other peaceful citizens, have yet to be arrested.

One thing this movement has made crystal clear, the US Government views its citizens as the enemy. It could not be clearer.

And we are still waiting for an official statement for the Government condemning the brutality of the police against peaceful citizens exercising their rights.