Mainstream media vs. Occupy Wall Street – the battle

While the mainstream media criticizes the demonstrators for being anarchist hippies, corporate media outlets don’t actually go into the crowd that much to listen to what the frustrated people have to say.

­Reporters go live from across the street. TV satellite trucks are on stand-by for violence and arrests. The independent and foreign channels are the ones covering the important issues from within the action. RT’s Anastasia Churkina takes a look at media coverage of Occupy Wall Street.

Step 1 – Ignore. Step 2 – Ridicule. Step 3 – Undermine. That’s the approach some media outlets seem to have been taking when it comes to Occupy Wall Street.

“The real big thing that this movement needs to do is to appeal directly to the millions of people who are direct victims of what has happened since 2008,” said editorial columnist and author Ted Rall.

This has been tough to do through mainstream media outlets.

“America is all about having your voice heard. No matter how stupid that voice may be.”

“It’s a joke. They just want to have a party. It’s their lame excuse to have burning man, right? It’s a joke."

These are some of the many criticisms from corporate news channels while covering the Occupy Wall Street movement.

“The media in America, it’s a joke,” counter argued comedian Travis Pinon.

“We’re not hippies, we are not trying to have an excuse to party around. These are working people. People actually come from work, come here, and volunteer their time,” explained one of the protesters, Rafael Moreno.

Showing up at the protest without the network’s logo, FOX News Channel has spear headed operation Undermine Occupy Wall Street.

“All they have to do is take a shower and then get a job, if they went to college,” said host Bill O’Reilly in his show.

FOX’s coverage has seen a hit below-the-belt approach prevail.

“They are going to chop up whatever you say, and they are going to leave the truth on the cutting floor, and they’re going to run with whatever pushes their narrative,” said protester Jesse LaGreca.

It’s no secret that it’s the corporations, protested against at the encampment, that own the big TV networks in the US.

“People are standing up against corporations that actually run the media. Benito Mussolini defined fascism as a collaboration of corporation and government. Welcome to America, guys! That’s what it is. This is fascism at its finest,” said comedian and protester Travis Pinon.

Little interest in substance or analysis has been shown, like exploring why Americans have been driven out onto the street.
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