Sunday, October 9, 2011

Introduction

When I first heard of these protests I was skeptical as there was only a picture of about 5 protestors, so I figured that a Fox News tactic was being used (i.e. make a small protest seem extra large by only focusing on closeups rather than full overview of the crowd). I saw nothing on mainstream media news channels so I thought it was nothing (CNN/BBC). Turns out some media channels were ignoring the protest to shut it out and then (or rather now) things are getting ugly...


[Notice: About 1 minute into the video 'Media moved from blackout to circus'.]

The best part is, this movement is actually growing.


Quick Overview of Protests: Here are the views of some of the protestors...

1. "Whitleblowers are being silenced"




2. ‎"How a corporation can have more of a voice than the American public is just beyond me "




3. A Fox News interview that still hadn't been aired till several days after, but it came on The Daily Show so it might have shown up on Fox News by now...



[Note: A clip of this video is in The Daily Show video clip above at about 1 minute and 50 seconds into the video]

Earlier Stephen Colbert had made fun of the lack of focus on the much advertised 'one demand' from some group...



The media took Stephen's writers observations as a good point and questioning has begun...




Now the super rich who fund the establishment republicans have begun fighting back - beginning with Herman Cain, as he starts a rumor and blames individuals for the financial crisis (plus other contradictions) ...

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