'Largely Peaceful March' in Oakland? NY Times Again Downplays Occupy's

Clay Waters
November 4th, 2011 7:20 PM
Yesterday Times Watch asked how prominently the New York Times would play the undeniable violence, property damage, and arrests that took place during the Occupy Oakland protests on Wednesday night. The answer: On the front of the National section, page A15.  Reporter Maria Wollan got in some of the destructive details from the protests, but still tried to emphasize the “peaceful march” that…
 

NYTimes Downplays Occupy Oakland Destruction; Will Violence Show Up in

Clay Waters
November 3rd, 2011 1:20 PM
The New York Times’s coverage of the left-anarchist Occupy movement has been very favorable, pushing the group’s vague aims of “fighting economic inequality” while downplaying the anti-Semitism, violence, vandalism, and general squalor of the leftist campouts. Now that undeniable violence has broken out at an Occupy Oakland protest that blocked the city port and halted commerce, how will the…