Video: Disparities in Media Coverage for
Occupy Wallstreet Movement
The Occupy Wall Street movement has been going on for months now and this week, we began to see a crack down on many of the Occupy Wall Street camps across the country. From Zuccotti Park, to Oakland, to Portland, OR, and Berkeley, CA police, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, began removing protesters from their camps, often leading to violent confrontations. There efforts proved futile, however, as protesters vowed to return no matter what, and return they have. What's interesting to witness is the disparity in media coverage of the protests and the crack downs. The video above, via the Huffington Post, provides a side-by-side comparison of the coverage between left-leaning MSNBC and the conservatively-biased Fox News. With movements like these, it's all about controling the messaging, and unfortunately it's unlikely the Occupy protesters will find many friends with the powers that be, that currently control most of our major media outlets.
What do you think? Is there a media-bias against the Occupy Wall Street movement?
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