2011-09-24 13:14![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitaldiscipline
digitaldisciplineNo, this has nothing to do with the Palestinian petition for UN membership (to which I say, "Good on ya," but am not conversant enough in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict to have developed a sufficiently nuanced take on things beyond "CAN YOU STOP BEING SUCH ASSHOLES TO EACH OTHER?!?")
No, this is about the complete media blackout on the Occupy Wall Street protests, which are, primarily, trying to call attention to the deep and abiding corporate influence on governmental policy in general, and economic policy in particular, especially as it pertains to coddling corporate interests at the expense of the rest of us. As a friend and cop who was on the scene summed up the protesters themselves, succinctly and eloquently:
Rude Pundit visited the demonstrations on Thursday and makes a good point about whether or not a larger demonstration will be taking place once people who, you know, have jobs and real shit to do, have a day off to join in the protest and ramp up the signal.
Not that the MSM, which is owned by and beholden to the big corporations that are the target of the protests, are going to say the first fucking thing about it. I kind of hope NPR gets their shit together, at least. Objective journalism should still have a fucking place at the table, especially when shit's this pervasive.
No, this is about the complete media blackout on the Occupy Wall Street protests, which are, primarily, trying to call attention to the deep and abiding corporate influence on governmental policy in general, and economic policy in particular, especially as it pertains to coddling corporate interests at the expense of the rest of us. As a friend and cop who was on the scene summed up the protesters themselves, succinctly and eloquently:
"The goals of the Occupy Wall Street protest are righteous, but there are a whole lot of crusty trust fund baby professional agitators who are not winning hearts and minds."
Rude Pundit visited the demonstrations on Thursday and makes a good point about whether or not a larger demonstration will be taking place once people who, you know, have jobs and real shit to do, have a day off to join in the protest and ramp up the signal.
Not that the MSM, which is owned by and beholden to the big corporations that are the target of the protests, are going to say the first fucking thing about it. I kind of hope NPR gets their shit together, at least. Objective journalism should still have a fucking place at the table, especially when shit's this pervasive.
