Forum Post: The Mass Media’s Disgraceful Coverage of Occupy Wall Street
Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 29, 2011, 11:49 p.m. EST by madler28
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Hey everyone,
This is Marc Adler, I've been covering Occupy Wall Street since day one, here's my latest article: http://thebloodycrossroads.com/403/the-mass-media’s-disgraceful-coverage-of-occupy-wall-street/
You are correct the media is another estate. The people's media is what matters, the peoples media is the only way for 4th Generation political movements to reach a critical tipping point, to where the institutionalized press carries the banner in the sake of self preservation.
The movement needs a clear principle to get coverage. People think it is a bunch of degenerate kids. It is not, and this needs to be made clear. We need to come up with a principle and send it to the news organizations.
Demands: a work in progress
https://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-please-help-editadd-so-th/
I just read it before coming here. Really shit job our media is doing (surprise~), and I wish I could be there.
Thanks, Marc! Great article. I'm sure that you're familiar with Noam Chomsky's famous line that "propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state."