Occupy Wall Street

[jonathan180iq]

It's one of those things in the media where everyone agrees that the principles and points made are legitimate problems in this society, but they don't know how to acknowledge it without being deemed hypocritical. Because the truth of the matter is, like everything else, our mainstream media will move on to another popular topic just as easily as the tides change during a day. And when our mainstream media isn't reporting something, the general populace assumes that it's out of the picture and no longer a real issue.

Are we still at war with insurgents in Iraq or Afghanistan? You wouldn't know based on the media coverage.

When did the OWS protests start? As you said, it must have been Oct. 1st because that's when the media picked up on.

Our reporting and national journalism has been reduced to little more than heavily opinionated talk shows that change topics faster than Oprah changes diet programs. There is very little reporting actually going on. And even when it is reported, you get a biased view showing little more than a punk kid standing in front of police cars. And because of that, you have a very dumb and uneducated populace that never ever hear the message of the protesters (of either party) because so much time is spent trying to spin the image that is created.

It's pathetic, really.

"I know it's true because Fox News told me."
"I know it's true because I saw it on CNBC."
"Anderson Cooper never sensationalizes his stories."
"Rush Limbaugh is unbiased and the only one searching for answers in this world."