Ken Layne’s got it wrapped like a mummy, I don’t have much to add:
Shameful upper-crust real-estate brochure the New York Times is finally sort of covering the famous Occupy Wall Street protests now in their third week. We don’t care, because why is anyone waiting for some old newspaper to publish the news that everybody is making without the permission of the New York Times, right? But still, it’s funny how the first version of the NYT story about the Brooklyn Bridge fuckery by the NYPD was very quickly edited into a “tense showdown” that completely left out the part about the New York cops leading the protesters onto the bridge and into some weird Spiderman orange net trap, on purpose.
Honestly, complaining about the Corporate Media not reporting on the things you already know about is a waste of time. Corporate Media never reports on anything until they’re told about this thing by enough sources of Conventional Wisdom such as other media representatives, lobbyists, Senate staffers, the boss, and probably what they read on Slate or whatever.
Villago Delenda Est
A big problem here of course is that the vast majority of people out there don’t know anything but what they find out through the corporate media. They’re not wired into sites like this one. They’re too busy trying to scrape out a living and don’t have any extra time to devote to finding out what is really going on.
OT but related: What was the lead story on the ABC News with Nixon henchwoman Diane Sawyer? The acquittal of Amanda Knox. The Wall Street protests did make the cut, albeit well into the broadcast.
Southern Beale
Along the same lines, three of Michele Bachmann’s top aides have resigned, and the L.A. Times reports that she’s slipping in the polls and her recent events are sparsely attended.
And you know who looks like the asshole in all of this? The MEDIA. Because after she won a meaningless “straw poll” in Iowa they anointed her the Queen of Right Now and gave her a book deal and put her on the cover of Newsweek … and then her crown was quickly taken by Rick Perry woopsies I mean Herman Cain, er, nope I mean Chris Christie, er … who else have we got?
Seriously.
Alex S.
Because of some green party pothead who posted something on a forum, the next meme will be that this movement is all about communism:
occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/
JITC
One thing the graphic doesn’t highlight is the addition of Al Baker to the byline. Al Baker is the NYPD headquarters bureau chief AND the son of an NYPD lieutenant.
I’m sure there is no coincidence about the change in tone and the addition of this reporter to the piece…
Southern Beale
@Villago Delenda Est:
I believe you are referring to that great, glorious swath of the electorate known as “independents.”
:-)
Lojasmo
But EVERYBODY knows it’s illegal to walk on the street.
Short skirts are responsible for rape, also.
MikeJ
So they still have a
ombudmanpublic editor?Villago Delenda Est
@Lojasmo:
If you don’t want to be raped, don’t have any orifices. Pretty simple, is it not?
Newly-minted MBA
Where’s our Foxy Knoxy open thread? Hello…Hello… Is this thing on?
Southern Beale
Husband just informed me that he was watching Chuck Todd’s show on MSNBC this morning and there was a young, blonde reporter covering the Wall Street protests and she said everyone was protesting “big government.” Really.
He said he couldn’t believe his ears and actually rewound the DVR to be sure. Yep. She said they were protesting “big government” and also “social inequality.”
He said, “lady, listen to yourself ..”
Sheesh. Media FAIL.
JC
I posted in the Open NFL Thread the other day, but, I COULD NOT BELIEVE this AP article, about the ‘dysfunction of the Congress’, that was a form letter of the ‘both sides do it’, reporting.
As such, it was a FALSE report.
But, that writer – whose main quoted source was an ex Rethug – gets away with it.
El Cid
@Southern Beale: Trust me — tons of people I know just don’t get that there’s any other concern. “Wall Street” means big government in a way that is not that connected to a realistic analysis of capital’s sway over government.
beltane
@Southern Beale: Our media has become North Korean state television with slicker production values. Instead of hours of patriotic music and military marches, we are bombarded with deliberate misinformation and never-ending distractions.
If we had a half-way decent media, there would be no need for street protests.
Corner Stone
@Southern Beale: I saw that and commented about it earlier.
Kind of mind blowing, except not.
Should have seen the interview with Tweety that came on after. Talk about freakin’ out of touch and just absolutely mind blowing. I’ll never watch another second of Tweety on air, anywhere or for any reason.
Southern Beale
And the top 1% call the New York Times to ask if they should be worried:
What the fuck is wrong with this country?
maya
@Southern Beale:
Since this appeared
I would assume, Tom Arnold.
Southern Beale
@maya:
Well, I was talking about on the Republican side … :-)
maya
@Southern Beale: So was I.
Villago Delenda Est
@Southern Beale:
Shitstains like that CEO concerned with his personal safety.
When you’re pushed into the tumbrel, asshole, that will probably be a definite sign.
ChrisNYC
Just wanna say that this whole “it’s a well-known fact that the cops led them onto the bridge FOR THE PURPOSE of arresting them because — umm — hippie punching” is ridiculous to me. The damn marchers didn’t know where they were going — roadway or bridge. Because, you know, man, planning is so square. Now it’s “waah! The cops didn’t lead our march correctly! They were SUPPOSED to tell us where to march and how!!” Man up revolutionaries!
I was at Zucotti Park at 3. At quarter of 3, they announced a march would start at 3, with a destination still to be determined. Then 15 minutes later they said, “We’re marching somewhere at 4.” But the cops are supposed to like, what, follow them, ask the non-existent heads of this thing, where you going, what are you doing, can we give you an escort?
It also sort of grosses me out that the marchers could apparently give a crap about the ordinary citizens they are marching among. The people driving into Manhattan on Saturday must have had a hell of a time and probably a pretty big scare when DAMN there’s people on the g-d road!!! People — regular people just you know, living — fly over that freaking bridge. Not much 99% solidarity, if you ask me.
Also for all the people who are so convinced that hippies are the number one endangered species, I can tell you this, a bunch a homeless people would no sooner be allowed to sleep in that park, or in any park. They’d be hustled out pretty damn quick. And geez forget about setting up mattresses and tents.
Just so tired of the “poor us so mistreated” crying.
maya
Also, too. Perhaps these are not all Media fails. There may be a new news award they’re all vying for we don’t know about yet. The Goebbles has an easily memerable and flowing sound to it, don’t you think?
Corner Stone
@ChrisNYC:
I read your whole comment. Still a little unsure of what you’re trying to communicate.
ChrisNYC
@Corner Stone: Well, that’s the internet for you.
ChrisNYC
Guardian reports that OWS organizers now say it was “provacateurs” that led the march on to the roadway. Not the cops. Oops. Better change the line from “damn media, damn white shirts” to “damn provacateurs”!
PeakVT
@JITC: The NYT has a whole bureau for the NYPD headquarters? Or is the NYT practicing job title inflation?
handy
@Southern Beale:
MSNBC must be desperate for talent to be willing to give Miss South Carolina a microphone.
Arclite
That’s fucking outrageous.
Elizabelle
Erin Burnett, now on CNN, was scoffing at protesters last night.
“Seriously?”
gelfling545
@Southern Beale: What’s wrong is that he did not have to worry about his personal safety (like landing in jail) when he & his friends robbed the country blind.
Julia Grey
“First they laugh at you…”