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‘RT was the only media outlet covering OWS protests’
Published: 12 October, 2011, 00:54
TAGS: Protest, Politics, Human rights, Law, USA, Bill Dod
US “corporate media” are trying to drive a wedge” between the American people by portraying the Occupy Wall Street protests as a left-wing movement, says Wide Awake News founder Charlie McGrath.
“When these protests started in New York City some 20-plus days ago, basically RT was the only one out there covering it, and after 19 days and the realization that it wasn’t going away, we saw an onslaught of mainstream media, corporate media, show up and try to paint this as a democratic cause,” he told RT. “So, what they should be doing and what they are doing are completely different things. What they are going to try to do is drive a wedge between the people of this country, painting this to be a left-wing event, versus the already co-opted Tea Party.”
“I think the agenda is very self-evident,” McGrath continued. “They want to take this OWS movement that is organic and spreading throughout this country – and even into London, I see now over the weekend – and they want to drive a wedge between different factions in this country.”
Occupy Wall Street protests began in the world’s financial capital, New York City, on September 17. This week protests spread to dozens of cities across the United States.
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Actually Huffington Post was doing a pretty good job of covering OWS and I alerted Charlie to it on Youtube
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What do you expect ,an ancestry of sewage rats from the gutter,can only produce more sewage rats.Anyway whats that saying " You can rise yourself out of the gutter,But cannot take the gutter out of you"PS Well Done RT Nice and Refreshing ,About fed up with our English,American, and European peasants in the broadcasting Industry.pitful grovelling humans have to jump and crawl when they masters call or beckon them ,if they accidently step out of line.Saying anything intelligent..They are the distributors of crap on our planet IE Broadcasters.
Tell me then what is intelligent about this. It is purposeless. Stop war, taxing the rich and protesting are only going to hurt us. The wars make jobs and the rich make jobs .Protests makes traffic and is a headache for our officers. These are nothing but socialists people have no idea what they are asking for ,a larger government. They think giving the government more money from the rich will some how fix their problems. America is not communist and the government does not make factories for workers so why do people want to give the government more money. They are desperate dogs willing to jump on any hope for a solution to their problems.
I think OWS is infiltrated, but it's time we protested. Everyone in this nation should be fed up and grabbing their pitchforks. It's not the BANKSTERS who were thrown out of their homes or lost their jobs...Nope, Wall St. and the Fed are doing quite nicely with the "JOBLESS RECOVERY."...Boy, talk about ORWELLIAN Doublespeak BS. The Federal Reserve and the Banksters DELIBERATELY caused the Housing Bubble and Derivatives Fiasco. Are any of them in jail yet? NO! They should be in jail with MADOFF and so should every Politician (BOTH PARTIES) who signed those bailouts (twice-without reading the bills-loaded with earmarks). Taxing the rich: Yes, some of them do create jobs but where did they create the jobs and for whom? China, India, Vietnam, etc through Offshoring-outsourcing? For VISA WORKERS and for ILLEGAL ALIENS? They are out of control and working towards an upcoming GLOBAL GOVERNMENT and threw this nation under the bus. So, why should they be left out of the equation and left unaccountable? What's their real tax load after all those loopholes and why does GE and Exon pay nothing in taxes? Perpetual wars: Really? The ones who want this aren't doing the dying, getting maimed or their houses and businesses reduced to rubble. MAINSTREAM (MSM): Let's not forget our fake and heavily controlled Fakimedia who acted as huge cheerleaders for these bailouts... I think they should be held accountable as well.