Matt Gratz, Political Fail Blog-
"America is waking up" read a sign made my a San Francisco protester on Saturday, the first day of #OccupyWallStreet & #OCCUPYFDSF.
That simple line speaks so much power, that Americans are finally beginning the process of realizing the illusion can be changed to better fit our lives. Americans are starting to see that that the main stream media puts out a great effort to control the collective consciousness by picking and choosing what to report, and how to report on it.
While I was at day one of #OCCUPYFDSF I did not see any news cameras or news crews, there were no major news outlets on the ground interviewing protesters or attempting to tell their story. There were however numerous bloggers and small local magazine reporters buzzing around the crowd asking the questions CNN and other MSM companies refuse to. While CNN was reporting on the Emmy's and how pretty the anorexic role models for parent-less children are, PFB's Vincent Vibbert was on the ground in NYC interviewing protesters and documenting history as it really is, not how the corporations want it to seem.
I did see one "report" on CNN about the Wall Street occupation when Don Lemon had a 30 second video-less phone interview with a reporter who claimed to had been on the ground earlier that day. The caller only talked about how much of a flop the event was and went on to discourage others from joining. After the clip ended CNN went on to encourage Americans to support the uprisings in the middle east and to push us towards accepting military intervention in Syria.
Keep reading and watch video reports from PFB here:
http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/09/media-blackout-on-occupywallstreet.html
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