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daredtowork

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43. Not what I saw

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 08:20 AM

Oct 2014

What I saw was kids constantly running up at cops and trying to provoke them while the cops were being extremely patient and unperturbed about the whole thing.

I believe passionately in exposing real police violence, but I don't think *creating* or *faking* the police violence will help that cause. What I saw in Oakland was a relentless stream of attempts to provoke the police for the sake of creating some media event.

This was during the march. I don't question that actual police violence occurred in the course of displacing the people that were actually camped in Frank Ogawa Plaza.

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Gotta love Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! ....... [View all] marmar Oct 2014 OP

She's Thomas Paine !!!! orpupilofnature57 Oct 2014 #1

Best American news source, by far. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #2

Amy shows the world what true journalism looks like. onwardsand upwards Oct 2014 #3

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Totally agree, SheilaT! RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #14

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K & R! A genuine American hero RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #6

Amy Goodman is badass! SunSeeker Oct 2014 #7

Never miss her show. It's the only one that exposes the lies Cleita Oct 2014 #8

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Oct 2014 #9

She's excellent. I wish I could listen live on my commute. Orrex Oct 2014 #11

Depending on when you leave, have you considered downloading an MP3 file? RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #15

I do that, or I stream it when I get home. Orrex Oct 2014 #16

Definitely love Amy Goodman! liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #12

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She's a troublemaker, a whistleblower, and has opinions. We need more like her. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #17

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agreed, but.... ellennelle Oct 2014 #19

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She's solid, an absolute treasure! G_j Oct 2014 #23

Amy Goodman RoccoR5955 Oct 2014 #24

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Kind of iffy on her tuhaybey Oct 2014 #26

Was that Oakland? daredtowork Oct 2014 #29

"Cop provoking"....what kind? Like Michael Brown provoking, or Kelly Thomas provoking? U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #33

Not what I saw daredtowork Oct 2014 #43

cool story bro U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #59

No, DC tuhaybey Oct 2014 #54

Oh do tell us more I am dying to hear it since you were there and all. Kalidurga Oct 2014 #32

wow--do you have video of abusive behavior that she didn't cover? yurbud Oct 2014 #48

She was just kind of hamming it up tuhaybey Oct 2014 #56

Amy has been in some truly hairy situations like the midst of a genocide in East Timor yurbud Oct 2014 #57

She's kind of a Michael Moore type IMO tuhaybey Oct 2014 #58

which protest was this again? yurbud Oct 2014 #60

IMF/World Bank protest in DC tuhaybey Oct 2014 #61

Amy kicks ass! Kath1 Oct 2014 #27

Do you remember when she got arrested? blackbart99 Oct 2014 #31

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Tough call. She was much better before 9/11. ucrdem Oct 2014 #30

Saying that Amy's show is "no better than Limbaugh on most days" U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #34

The point is that she deliberately slants the news ucrdem Oct 2014 #35

You are one who said her show is "no better than Limbaugh on most days" am I correct? U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #36

Yes, and as I mentioned, if that sort of thing appeals to you, you like her. ucrdem Oct 2014 #37

There's a difference between using the media to mislead rather than inform mdbl Oct 2014 #38

What looks information to you looks like disinformation to me. ucrdem Oct 2014 #39

maybe not, just unethical mdbl Oct 2014 #40

Nothing was misreported marmar Oct 2014 #41

Nothing was reported, you mean. ucrdem Oct 2014 #64

hardly. When there's good news about Obamacare, she reports it. yurbud Oct 2014 #46

so...she would be more objective if she was a cheerleader for Obama? yurbud Oct 2014 #49

Do you remember what happened to NPR when Bush was president and appointed their president? yurbud Oct 2014 #50

Because they dare to criticize Obama (who absolutely deserves it)? alarimer Oct 2014 #52

In terms of her role as an important public intellectual she's on par with Chomski IMO Monk06 Oct 2014 #42

right after 9/11, Amy was the only sane voice on the radio yurbud Oct 2014 #44

I wonder what our corporate, DLC/centrist/New Democrat friends think of Democracy Now... yurbud Oct 2014 #45

A few have. Check out response #30 marmar Oct 2014 #47

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