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In reply to the discussion: Because US media did not show you. Wouldn't want people getting any bright ideas, would they. [View all]malaise
(296,165 posts)43. Corporations and their tools will learn
People will not go backwards
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Because US media did not show you. Wouldn't want people getting any bright ideas, would they. [View all]
Fire Walk With Me
Oct 2012
OP
No use surrounding our congress, aren't they all out to beg money from the rich?
fasttense
Oct 2012
#11
When people in Eastern Europe did this in 1989, our media applauded them
Lydia Leftcoast
Oct 2012
#17
There were thousands in LA, Seattle, even North Carolina & other States and the demonstrations
KoKo
Oct 2012
#49
At the time those were the first huge demonstrations, though. "The People" thought they
KoKo
Oct 2012
#59
And yet, you don't hear the MSM going into the real origins of the Tea Party.....
AverageJoe90
Oct 2012
#45
OWS is a populist uprising against mutual enemies. It's still around but per the message of this
Fire Walk With Me
Oct 2012
#25
american media can only do one story at a time...they have fewer & fewer foreign correspondents
spanone
Oct 2012
#37
Off Topic: Unable To Win Honestly, Romney Campaign Turns To Poll Challengers
boyedav1969
Oct 2012
#56
Found a single sentence about it in this week's Time magazine; added it to the end of the OP.
Fire Walk With Me
Oct 2012
#65