Press Coverage - Occupy Wall Street

[NickTheCage]

Do any of you find it interesting to see the level of positive publicity being given to this occupy wall street stuff? Its getting coverage all over the place, even on financial shows like Bloomberg and CNBC. These are the same news agencies that refused to talk positively about the tea party rally, doing hourly live updates on these rallies. Maybe I am wearing my Oliver Stone tin hat but it is tough not to when I see levels of coordination throughout the media like this.

[LUCas]

Do any of you find it interesting to see the level of positive publicity being given to this occupy wall street stuff? Its getting coverage all over the place, even on financial shows like Bloomberg and CNBC. These are the same news agencies that refused to talk about the tea party rally, doing hourly live updates on these rallies. Maybe I am wearing my Oliver Stone tin hat but it is tough not to when I see levels of coordination throughout the media like this.

I certainly recall tons of tea party coverage.

[NickTheCage]

I certainly recall tons of tea party coverage.

I specifically stated "level of positive publicity" from the media and I should have stated excluding FN?

[qvgirl]

Maybe it's a positive thing that people are doing something to take part in the political process. People are actively making their voices heard. Other than on MSNBC, the TP was just shown. It's only when the TPartiers were yelling down politicians or creating a rukus that they were portrayed in a negative light. OWS are decidedly non-violent and not using yelling at Town Hall meetings to get their point across.

[mixiboi]

ha ha ha, thats is funny, only what three weeks ago, people where complaining how Occupy Wall Street was getting ZERO coverage....


And I don't know where anyone refused to talk about the tea party rallies..I remember them getting coverage day one they started to talk...And now no one can shut them up...

[NickTheCage]

Maybe it's a positive thing that people are doing something to take part in the political process. People are actively making their voices heard. Other than on MSNBC, the TP was just shown. It's only when the TPartiers were yelling down politicians or creating a rukus that they were portrayed in a negative light. OWS are decidedly non-violent and not using yelling at Town Hall meetings to get their point across.

I don't see any problem with protesting any view one might have and I also see nothing wrong w/yelling down politicians. I'm not sure if the TP was violent or not as well as OWS .. maybe you can get some data on arrests to compare & validate your point

[NickTheCage]

ha ha ha, thats is funny, only what three weeks ago, people where complaining how Occupy Wall Street was getting ZERO coverage....


And I don't know where anyone refused to talk about the tea party rallies..I remember them getting coverage day one they started to talk...And now no one can shut them up...

Who said anything about refusing to talk abt (cover) the tea party rallies?

[LUCas]

I specifically stated "level of positive publicity" from the media and I should have stated excluding FN?

You also specifically stated that news outlets "refused to talk about the tea party rally". That's what I was responding to.

I think the tea party people and the occupy people are two different bags of nuts, so my view is pretty neutrally negative of both. And I haven't discerned more or less positive or negative reporting for one group vs. the other.

[LUCas]

Who said anything about refusing to talk abt (cover) the tea party rallies?

You did.

These are the same news agencies that refused to talk about the tea party rally,

[NickTheCage]

My bad on that 2nd sentence as I was typing fast ... edit and back to the original premiss of positive/negative b/ i am going somewhete w/ this that I think everyone will agree with

[qvgirl]

When I made mention of the sole times I saw (excepting MSNBC) negative coverage of TP was during the Town Halls. I think at most maybe people got escorted from the meetings, but I doubt there were any police records. Here is an article about how yelling down or disrupting a Town Hall was meant as a form of protest or pattern that TPers should emulate. Tea Party Town Hall Strategy: "Rattle Them," "Stand Up And Shout" | TPMDC

[Sailaway]

FYI, I haven't found TalkingPointsMemo to be anything short of MSNBC-lite. That said, I do think the Tea Party members were encouraged to make ourselves known at town halls. Shout down? I'm not so sure.

I don't recall much of the coverage of the Tea Party being positive, especially later on. OTOH, a lot of the coverage of the OWS seemed quite negative initially, until the radical, nutty left-wing/progressive elements started filtering in. Either way, though, you can bet any coverage of the Tea Party today now will be very negative while any of the OWS movement will usually be positive.

[Bulworth67]

Do any of you find it interesting to see the level of positive publicity being given to this occupy wall street stuff? Its getting coverage all over the place, even on financial shows like Bloomberg and CNBC. These are the same news agencies that refused to talk positively about the tea party rally, doing hourly live updates on these rallies. Maybe I am wearing my Oliver Stone tin hat but it is tough not to when I see levels of coordination throughout the media like this.

Total BS.
The MSM was saturated with Tea Party coverage.

[NickTheCage]

FYI, I haven't found TalkingPointsMemo to be anything short of MSNBC-lite. That said, I do think the Tea Party members were encouraged to make ourselves known at town halls. Shout down? I'm not so sure.

I don't recall much of the coverage of the Tea Party being positive, especially later on. OTOH, a lot of the coverage of the OWS seemed quite negative initially, until the radical, nutty left-wing/progressive elements started filtering in. Either way, though, you can bet any coverage of the Tea Party today now will be very negative while any of the OWS movement will usually be positive.

Rush, Hannity, Beck, Fox News, Fox Business, etc ... They covered the tea party with the negativity that they are covering the occupy wall street crowd?

[Hospitalitygirl]

Maybe it's a positive thing that people are doing something to take part in the political process. People are actively making their voices heard. Other than on MSNBC, the TP was just shown. It's only when the TPartiers were yelling down politicians or creating a rukus that they were portrayed in a negative light. OWS are decidedly non-violent and not using yelling at Town Hall meetings to get their point across.

I don't know what you're watching or more importantly, ignoring, but I know I saw footage last night which clearly showed the Occupants disrupting a board meeting at Temple University.

[LUCas]

I don't know what you're watching or more importantly, ignoring, but I know I saw footage last night which clearly showed the Occupants disrupting a board meeting at Temple University.

Was that positive coverage?

[Sailaway]

Rush, Hannity, Beck, Fox News, Fox Business, etc ... They covered the tea party with the negativity that they are covering the occupy wall street crowd?

I don't watch much of any of them, so I wouldn't know. Moreover, Rush, Hannity and Beck are all opinion shows.

[five apples]

Do any of you find it interesting to see the level of positive publicity being given to this occupy wall street stuff? Its getting coverage all over the place, even on financial shows like Bloomberg and CNBC. These are the same news agencies that refused to talk positively about the tea party rally, doing hourly live updates on these rallies. Maybe I am wearing my Oliver Stone tin hat but it is tough not to when I see levels of coordination throughout the media like this.

I don't know if this is true, I have seen plenty of coverage mocking the Occupy people in a slight handed way, and I must admit it isn't hard to do. The Tea Party did get lots of coverage when it started and it is hard to read an article on the Republican nomination process without a mention of the Tea Party. I think right now there is so much coverage because it is the hot story, coverage will go down as it goes along. The US news media, especially tv, doesn't seem capable of covering more then one hot story at a time, and when they do cover it, they do it ad nauseam. I think back to a few years ago when the hot story was Iran, then MJ died and it was like nothing was happening in Iran anymore.

One more thing the Occuppy thing has going for it, as far as constant coverage goes, is that it is 24/7, while the Tea Party events were one offs.

[jdhill]

The coverage of the OWS protests has been short on journalistic competency. The daily "rah-rah" in the Inquirer yesterday was nothing short of a free advertisment to solicit donations.

Occupy Philly gets wet, gets up late and needs supplies - Philly.com

"A lot of new people showed up"
"There was a lot of energy,"
"There were a few heated debates but no arguments."
The general sense of those who were awake seemed to be that the camp-in crusade for a fairer economy has been proceeding peacefully in Philadelphia".
"Everything is going well,"
"The spirit has been upbeat"
"I have never before seen such camaraderie,"
Terry Plessel, 61, of South Philadelphia said more donations were needed, especially "raincoats and warm coats."
A cardboard list taped to a table included blankets, pillows, ponchos, umbrellas, socks, "ziplock bags," shower supplies and towels.
Food and beverages also were needed, said West Philadelphia teacher Ian Winter, 23,
Another wish: "More tents," said Martin.

[Politburo]

People, by their own words, are upbeat and positive at the protest.

Just because you don't like that doesn't mean the reporter is incompetent.