Big Three Nets All But Ignore Occupy Oakland Violence and Arrests
By Matthew Balan | October 25, 2011 | 19:21
The morning shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC on Tuesday devoted just 19 seconds to the arrests of 75 people in northern California, after police evicted Occupy Oakland from their encampment in front of city hall there. The Early Show devoted a news brief to the story during its last half hour, noting the violent reaction from some of the protesters. Good Morning America and the Today show both punted.
News anchor Jeff Glor gave the news brief 35 minutes into the 8 am Eastern hour, and reported that "police are confronting 'Occupy Oakland' protesters this morning in northern California...Officers were sent before dawn to kick out about 300 demonstrators who have been camped out in downtown Oakland. Some protesters threw rocks and bottles. Police responded in some cases by making arrests, tearing down tents, and firing tear gas."
David Morgan's article on CBSNews.com about the confrontation specified that "Oakland police say they arrested 75 people while clearing an anti-Wall Street protest in front of City Hall that had grown into an encampment with dozens of tents." Morgan later noted that "there were reports of a sex assault and a severe beating and fire and paramedics were denied access to the camp, according to city officials, who said they had also received numerous complaints of intimidating and threatening behavior."
By contrast, CBS's competitors, ABC and NBC, failed to cover the arrests in Oakland on their respective morning shows, Good Morning America and the Today show. ABC News's website and MSNBC.com merely reproduced Reuters and AP's write-ups on the story.
Besides their paltry coverage of the violence and arrests in northern California, the media has been largely silent about the anti-Semitism that has popped up at Occupy Wall Street protests around the country. NewsBusters's Scott Whitlock revealed on Tuesday that the issue hasn't come up at all on ABC, CBS, or NBC, as MRC President Brent Bozell sent certified overnight letters to the presidents of the Big Three networks demanding that they report on the racism at these protests.
The MRC also documented in an October 13, 2011 report that these networks gave glowing coverage to the Occupy Wall Street movement, devoting 33 stories on their morning and evening news programs during the first 11 days of October alone. This compares to just 13 stories to the Tea Party movement during all of 2009.
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How blatant will they get....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:15pm.
This is direct media and image manipulation on the behalf of OWS.
They refuse to show the truth because they know the consequences.
The leftie media see OWS as an alternative to the success of the Tea Party and they won't let anything harm it.
They see it as a path to victory in 2012.
If that's the horse they want to bet on then I say good luck to them.
This is the plan
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:21pm.
they used to get Obama into office. They spent two years covering his campaign and never asked him a tough question or investigated his background. They think it will work again to keep him in office.
I doubt that we'd see coverage of the OBrownshirts if they went into a grade school and killed kids. The media is so far up his backside they can't see out.
Just More Proof...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:16pm.
...that the OWS is just the same as the TEA party...Yep, just alike...Sure thing...
Ignoring it will not make it go away
Submitted by kata on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:22pm.
Although I am sure they wish it would. Winter, hopefully, will clear out the "Occuposers". But I won't discount the ones holding the radical bookstore meetings just yet.
Rats
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:00pm.
Does anyone actually expect the Big 3 to RAT on their fellow Messiah supporters.
I wonder how many crimes
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:25pm.
are going on unreported within these groups. They're discouraging people from reporting them, and we know the MSM doesn't want to hear about them...
Rise of the Obamavilles
Submitted by bluecollarbytes on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 9:59pm.
A great video at liveleaks containing more truth than a roomful of journalists.
Does anyone actually expect
Submitted by bagtree on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:49am.
Does anyone actually expect the Big 3 to RAT on their fellow Messiah supporters.
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