How on Earth can this still not be on the news?!?!?
Does anyone here know anything about it? Any thoughts? Views??
Occupy Wall Street
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CJ
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Occupy Wall Street
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Risk more than others think safe; dream more than others think practical;
care more than others think wise; desire more than others think possible..
... then the Universe is yours.
and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Risk more than others think safe; dream more than others think practical;
care more than others think wise; desire more than others think possible..
... then the Universe is yours.
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bigdjiver
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
You still look for the news on TV? How quaint.CJ wrote:How on Earth can this still not be on the news?!?!?
Does anyone here know anything about it? Any thoughts? Views??
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23OccupyWallStreet
youtube
search wall st protest
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cederic
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15031358
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15051554
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15134806
Sure, it's not wall-to-wall coverage, but it's not being completely ignored. There wasn't much coverage of Brian Haw's protest either (apart from mention of the various legal bids to get it stopped). A couple of hundred people with spare time isn't all that newsworthy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15051554
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15134806
Sure, it's not wall-to-wall coverage, but it's not being completely ignored. There wasn't much coverage of Brian Haw's protest either (apart from mention of the various legal bids to get it stopped). A couple of hundred people with spare time isn't all that newsworthy.
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David Franklin
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
"couple of hundred people" seems to be somewhat understating things if 700 people were arrested yesterday.
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cederic
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
From yesterday's coverage:David Franklin wrote:"couple of hundred people" seems to be somewhat understating things if 700 people were arrested yesterday.
The British Broadcasting Corporation wrote:An estimated 2,000 people have gathered in Lower Manhattan, New York, for the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street.
The Telegraph wrote:Almost 1,000 “]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ridge.html
So less than 2000 people are involved, they're getting international media coverage and cynically it's only their marketing/blogging that's making you think they're being ignored.
Hell, 35000 people are marching in Manchester today and by Tuesday the media will have forgotten about them.