Did you know 10,000 people protested the Banksters in NYC yesterday? (I heard nary a peep on MSM)

[marmar]

AlterNet / By Alexander Zaitchik

Thousands Rally in New York for Showdown with Wall St.
Over 10,000 protesters gathered in New York's financial district to demand financial reform.

April 30, 2010 |


After a year of what seemed like nonstop Tea Party coverage, it's easy to forget that Americans ever protested in anything but solid ethnic blocs, or that Americans ever gathered to express coherent grievances grounded in reality.

Yesterday's AFL-CIO-led protest on Wall Street was an overdue reminder.

More than 5,000 union members and others delivered a crisp message with their march from City Hall to the Bowling Green Bull. In contrast to recent protests on the right, the event was noticeably lacking in loaded and ahistorical symbols like Gadsen flags, and refrained from vilifying individuals in favor of calling out institutions. Of hundreds of signs hoisted, only one was branded with the Obama logo. The signs were non-partisan and dealt with real problems -- namely, this country's rogue, unregulated finance sector. There was only one puppet, a fanged vampire squid meant to symbolize Goldman Sachs. The banners declared "Wall Street: Never Again" and "Less Audis, More Audits." Almost to a one, they echoed the clear policy demands of the day: regulatory reform, new taxes on banks and speculators, and a jobs bill.

The afternoon began with direct action protests in the lobbies of Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase. Next came a series of speakers -- teachers, students, workers -- that put New York City faces on the nationwide hard times. Representing hundreds of labor, religious and community groups, they demanded Wall Street do its part to fix the mess it created. They railed against budget cuts in city housing, health and education, overseen by the city's billionaire mayor who opposes a financial transaction tax. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/action/146678/thousands_rally_in_new_york_for_showdown_with_wall_st.

[babylonsister]

1. Dylan Ratigan broadcast his show from Wall St. yesterday, so

it was covered on m$nbc.

[marmar]

2. Ratigan is a good egg.

nt

[Wednesdays]

35. Kinda unfortunately named, though.

[defendandprotect]

52. Agree with your sig --

just want to add that most of us go marching out each day with our ATM/credit cards

to earn a forture for banks/credit card companies every day!!

[a kennedy]

7. I saw Dylan's show too.......and who was that Chris Metzler???

a Ph. D. from Georgetown University talking about the Arizona law....... Really, really really creepy..... :scared: and out of him mind.

[Dappleganger]

46. It was impressive.

Ratigan's voice annoys the hell outta me, though. The MSM should have been covering this like they did all those kiddie tea parties, but noooooooooooo.

[bobburgster]

65. I agree...msm should have at least squeezed in a mention of it.

My guess is if they were carrying guns or had Sarah speaking it would have been on.

[Hissyspit]

68. PHOTO Thread Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8251378&mesg_id=8251378

[sasquuatch55]

81. Damn librul meedia

:sarcasm:

[aquart]

3. There was a solid block of parked tv trucks.

The tv news was there.

[annabanana]

9. Maybe they were just collecting faces

for the corporate data bases.
:tinfoilhat:

[aquart]

30. I saw at least two interviews in progress.

[lonestarnot]

15. Maybe they were trying to have a little tea party and didn't enjoy the interruption.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. It was reported here in Europe on the BBC & other media

I didn't expect the US media to show it and they didn't .
I'm not surprised

[Loge23]

5. Let it continue

There should be regular demonstrations scheduled in an attempt to peaceably
disrupt the area as much as possible.

[Echo In Light]

20. +1000

[teamster633]

6. I didn't hear anything about it yesterday...

...and I have yet to hear it mentioned today. I wouldn't have even known anything about it if I wasn't on the AFL-CIO mailing list (and a frequent visitor here). Lamestream Media indeed...

[sendero]

8. The MSM didn't have time..

... they were covering an important tea party rally with 100 people in attendance.

[KurtNYC]

10. "Freedom of the Press" belongs strictly to those that own

the press.

Unfortunately, we know who owns all the MSM in the USA.

But here is footage carried by Time Warner's local news outlet:
http://www.ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/top_stories/117792/local-community-groups-rally-in-support-of-financial-reform

[TheOther95Percent]

11. Didn't hear a word.

And I work here.

[xchrom]

12. Recommend

[KittyWampus]

13. Protesters should rally at CNN headquarters

[sinkingfeeling]

14. I didn't have the TV on yesterday, but it was covered on this morning's MSNBC, CNN, WP,

Yahoo, NYT, SFgate, StarTribune, and many more sites.

[ellenfl]

16. they probably were not bizarre enough. eom

[Overseas]

17. K&R. //nt

[tabbycat31]

18. I was one of them

great time. However tehre were some Wall Street people there with a banner that said "Fuck Main Street."

I was walking too fast to get a clear pic of it.

[EFerrari]

24. Was it theater or was it real?

[tabbycat31]

42. it was real all right

[unpossibles]

34. I did not see the banner but I heard about it

I got off work late, so missed it - when I went down there it was mostly cops milling about.

I noticed that MSNBC - you know, that "liberal" station the right hates so much, said about 300 people were there.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36862670/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/

[tabbycat31]

41. it was hard for me to guess a crowd size

[Hissyspit]

70. Photo thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8251378

[florida08]

19. yes

and on in Chicago the day before. Joanne has posted both excellent videos.

chicago
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x460629


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x460625

[Greyhound]

21. No TeeVee, but it would surprise me if there had been. We've been

living in a corporate kleptocracy for generations now, while desperately clinging to this illusion of freedom.

[EFerrari]

22. Amy had it.

“You Got Bailed Out We Got Sold Out”–Thousands Protest on Wall Street

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/30/you_got_bailed_out_we_got

[Echo In Light]

23. Ya know, it's funny, some of DU's loudest/smuggest voices are almost always absent from such threads

Read into that what you will

[Subdivisions]

25. Yep. n/t

[Blackhatjack]

26. Every Wall Street Protest Should Begin & End With A Protest At Studios of MSM Outlets....

Take each of them on .... ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and make sure to raise enough noise to be heard.

Until there is MSM coverage of such protests, the great majority of Americans will not know it happened.

[librechik]

28. +1000

do it, DUers!

[Echo In Light]

32. This was suggested by Nader, just to see if they'd cover themselves

[butterfly77]

54. I thought that would happen in..

August 2008 and throughout the bush years,Then I thought it would happen during the stimulus debate,then I thought it would happen during the healthcare debate especially when many of us know they lie their asses off and report bullshit all day long...

[olegramps]

79. Would you suggest that maybe they should deliver them few bricks?

Now I am not advocating violence like the Tea Baggers. Just peaceful delivery. I am not winking, got something in my eye.

[alp227]

27. Seems that the US cables have reported on this (not FNC though!) What about PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC?

I'll tune into the PBS Newshour and the Big Three Broadcast Nets later today and see if they'll report on this. Thank you everyone for the heads up re CNN and MSNBC and international news outlets.

Of course, the conservative, pro-business Fox News Channel will just skip over this and maybe report on stuff that's much more important for the American people to know, like less-than-credible findings of Noah's Ark.

[JackInGreen]

29. I saw

it yesterday in the Seattle Times, watched MSM looking for more, and NADA,ZIP, ZILCH.
Le sigh...wonder if we put on tri-corns and teabags and did it if we'd get any press.

[Greyhound]

31. Related clip from MM (local news program)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0a6jyuxm1s&playnext_from=TL&videos=IBdDcbjjqqQ&feature=sub

[emilyg]

33. I knew. Heard it on Fox.

[JackRiddler]

36. Incredibly I didn't either!

I would have been there if I'd known. I can't believe I missed it.

Is this an indicator of failed promotion and an insular approach? As unions they know they can get thousands of feet on the ground, but don't they have the resources to let millions of people in this region know it's coming?

[earth mom]

37. Why isn't this thread loaded with pictures from the protest?

I remember when a protest like this would have several threads here on DU with oodles of photos.

[Hissyspit]

69. DKos has a photo thread:

I have posted some of them HERE.

[Plucketeer]

38. I believe it was KO that had the head of AFL-CIO

on his show last night. This protest was what they discussed. Since I'd heard about it a few days before (here at DU!), I was listening to see if and how it was covered. Keith didn't disappoint!

[femrap]

39. 3 little tea partiers get

together and its major news.

I'm sick of it.

I hope Murdoch chokes on his caviar.

[scentopine]

40. Here is why, I just learned this...

People surf the web at work. They look at CNN and Yahoo and MSM sites and if you work for SEC you are allowed to surf for porn. As long as MSM sites paint a safe, pro-business picture, companies are quietly tolerant of the web surfing. The fire walling and monitoring is worse than surfing in terms of control headaches.

So the deal is, promote a pro-corporate culture on MSM and its like people watching TV at work. So, when you go to "safe" sites like abc, cnn, et al, you are will only ever get nice easily digestible morsels of news, scooby snacks and never anything that will challenge corporate culture. In return, these fake news sites get massive exposure to their advertising, all day and all night.

Teabaggers are inherently pro-corporate, pro-wall street. This is something corporate management can get behind even when they are completely crazy.

[Jefferson23]

43. I saw a tv van there but yea, no AC 360 that I'm aware of.

It was GREAT though!

[Jefferson23]

44. There have been youtubes posted here on it and this too:

Unions Members March, Demand Bankers ‘Fix The Mess’ (Update1)
Edited on Thu Apr-29-10 11:38 PM by Jefferson23

* This was well worth taking the time to attend! If you can, do paricipate, check out the AFL CIO website.
Find an event in your area, here: http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/jobs/americane...








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[Enthusiast]

45. "I heard nary a peep on MSM"

And you won't. All pretense of a fair media is gone.

[DailyGrind51]

47. "Brought to you by..."

Smith-Barney, Morgan-Stanley, USB, Chase, Bank of America, etc.

[Yeahyeah]

48. If Sarah Palin wasn't there it didn't happen.

[kittykitty]

49. I watched to live stream on the MoveOn.org website! Surprised no one got the e-mail

from MoveOn. Other than Dylan Ratigan, it wasn't acknowledged.

[patrice]

50. I'm so proud! I only wish my Dad had lived to see this. I sure hope he's lookin' on, because I know

he'd be very proud and excited about this renaissance in American Labor!

[defendandprotect]

51. Did Rachel or Olberman do anything on it?

Weather's been good here so out a lot!

[senseandsensibility]

53. The double standard is jaw dropping

We should keep this kicked.

[Tsiyu]

55. Kick in solidarity

:kick:

I remember one of the Corporate hacks - maybe it was Brian "Xanax Eyes" Williams - whining that people were getting their news from HORRORS bloggers. He went on and on about his training and his credentials and his commitment and how we were doomed if people started relying on "just anybody" to report news.

Had I listened to him, i wouldn't know a damn thing.

Corporate News is an endless Infomercial

[whereaminow]

56. I grab my news from Google

Not a single word. I had to specifically search for "wall street protest"... Bah! If you want real news, you gotta seek it out yourself. Ain't nobody gonna spoon feed it to you...
EDIT: Anybody who thinks msn is any different from FOX is a fool.

msn -> nbc -> GE... nuf said

[Name removed]

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[LaPera]

58. Ed Schultz of course had a segent of the protest on his MSNBC television show today.

[The Damned]

59. The Lamestream Media

For exactly the OPPOSITE reasons that Sarah Youbetcha thinks!

[Shining Jack]

60. No I didn't...

Thank you for telling us.

[SpiralHawk]

61. "Move along. Nothing to see here." - Republicon corporate media

eom

[Captain Hilts]

62. I read it in the Washington Post. Amazing, but true. nt

[B Calm]

63. I wonder if the protesters would have strapped on guns if it would have. . .

[Taitertots]

64. Of course not, we live in 1984

There could be a million people protesting something and it wouldn't get 1/10 the coverage the tea party gets. That way 99% of the people won't even know millions of people stand beside them.

The tea party movement is a creation of the corporate media.

[Tesha]

66. The Boston Globe had a small article...

and the comments were interesting....

READER COMMENTS (4) Sort: Chrono order | Latest first | Most recommended


denliz wrote:
The Globe and the Unions! All a bumch of Socialist. No wonder the Globe is on it's last legs.


TheSageJohnLocke wrote:
Isn't this the same union that Obama gave GM and Chrysler to over the rights of the bondholders, the valid owners in a bankruptcy......
This union has ripped us off more than the banks they're protesting!!


TheGlobeLies wrote:
Q: Can you spot the only people not on the dole (i.e. welfare)?
(Hint: They are holding video cameras)


Fox followers all.

[B Calm]

67. Someone forgot to inform that one bastard that GM paid back their loan and

President Obama saved US manufacturing jobs by giving those auto loans. . .

[Hannah Bell]

72. paid it back with government money, don't you mean....

[B Calm]

75. No, they paid it back by making profits from selling automobiles.

[Hannah Bell]

77. no, actually, they didn't....

GM Summary

•GM is still Government Motors.
•The US Government converted $45.3 billion in loans to a 70% ownership position.
•The Canadian Government converted an $8.1 billion stake into 12% ownership.
•GM lost $3.4 billion in the 4th quarter of 2009.
•GM still has $15 billion in debt.
•GM has $27 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.

Until GM IPOs we will not know an approximation of taxpayer losses. Moreover, those losses do not include the pension time bomb.

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/04/gm-repays-government-debt-its-still.html

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/23/general-motors-economy-bailout-opinions-columnists-shikha-dalmia.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest

http://www.propublica.org/ion/bailout/item/gm-announces-it-will-pay-back-govt-loan-with-govt-money-1116

[B Calm]

78. I guess the republicans just can't grasp the fact that he saved US manufacturing jobs

(thousands of them in fact) by using socialist tactics.

If what you posted is true, why all the news last week that GM paid us back with interest?

[senseandsensibility]

71. kick

n/t

[fascisthunter]

73. proof the media is protecting the wealthy class's interests over everyone else's

also... where were the concerned tea baggers? Exactly...

[WinkyDink]

74. They needed a catchy name. The MSM goes gaga for'em.

[senseandsensibility]

76. Unions could have the catchiest name ever

and our corporate media would never cover them. Ever.

[certainot]

80. 1% would have got more media if they'd gone to the local limbaugh stations

that were so instrumental selling the deregulation in the first lace and now do the heavy lifting for wall street on obstruction and enabling the GOP and blue dogs to get their compromises.