What The Media is Doing to the Wall St. Protest is What They are Paid to Do!

[FrenchieCat]

The Wall Street protest, which started on September 17, 2011, had been planned for months. What started as a peaceful march onto Wall Street by no less than 10,000+ protestors last week then morphed into a sit-in, as planned. Those passionate and dedicated in their efforts to send an important populist message to Americans, as well as to Wall Street, showed up determined and prepared. However, the protest has now been turned into a violent circus by those so good at doing such things, the American corporate media.

The Wall Street protest's message was straightforward and could be boiled down to a calling-out of Wall Street as a symbol of corporations and the rich, who (with the help of politicians) protect themselves no matter what, while displaying a shocking lack of concern over the hardship faced by millions of regular people. One of the protestors on September 17th, there at the site, clearly stated, "You need a scorecard to keep track of all the things that corporations have done that are bad for this country," notwithstanding the fact that American corporations hold 2 trillion dollars in cash, waiting for the next election while the country suffers massive unemployment, actions that are not merely unpatriotic, but treasonous.

But right on cue, even before the march had begun the city had closed down many sections of Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall. This undertaking wasn't going to be made easy by the powers-that-be.

Initially our corporate media placed small news stories about the peaceful protest here and there, miniscule in breadth of coverage and misleading when they did occur. The media worked slowly but surely to portray people trying to make a difference as wild-eyed incoherents who were aimless and unorganized. As of this week, what was found reported in the media was, overall, negative, dismissive and superficial, and then - BINGO - came the arrests.

With those arrests came a sigh of relief from media offices around the nation, as the media had finally found its "hook"....

more... http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2011/09/25/what-the-media-is-doing-to-the-wall-st-protest-is-what-they-are-paid-to-do/

[enough]

1. CORRECT! Sorry to shout, but I've gotten so tired of wondering "Is there any coverage?" (nt)

[FrenchieCat]

2. You'll get coverage now....

But it won't be accurate. Bet on that!

[FrenchieCat]

5. Just won't be the kind you wanted....

or the kind deserved.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. I assume the 'Uncle Pat Crew' Larry, Rachel, Ed and Co have

remained well paid and mum, but Keith and Current have been covering it nicely, thanks.

[FrenchieCat]

4. The Corporate media is not equated to a few shows......

it is the AP wire service, coupled with the major networks,
and then comes cable....Fox, CNN and finally MSNBC and Current
in that order. The fact that MNSBC and Current have the programming
that reports more accurately, that doesn't even make a dent...Current included.
The media understands better than us that the only need to have convince a certain
number of viewers, not all views.
They know that.
We know that.

[pintobean]

6. no less than 10,000+ protestors?

:rofl:

No one has made that claim before.