Occupy Wall Street ... NYT shifts blame for arrests within 20 minutes

[JohnnyRingo]

edit for link:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/why_did_the_new_1.php

Sorry if this is a dupe, I hadn't seen it.

[Ken Burch]

1. Nothing New for the Old Gray Shady

These are the people who spent three straight years abetting a military coup in Chile, were Margaret Thatcher's cheerleaders in the Eighties, and have opposed the labor movement since it started.

Why does anyone still pretend the NYT is a "liberal" paper?

[Leopolds Ghost]

2. Why am I not surprised

The reason newspapers are dying in this country is BECAUSE of corporate control.

Did you know that the reason newspapers are not made of hemp instead of dead trees is because William Randolph Hearst owned a bunch of paper mills in Michigan?

So he campaigned to make hemp illegal on the grounds that braceros and jazz fiends were smoking it.

The newspapers seem to see their primary purpose as influencing the educated to accept corporate control, and only secondarily about making money. Much like NPR these days.

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Who is Al Baker? Their political officer?

[CoffeeCat]

4. Al Baker is a New York City cop...

He's been on the force for years. He writes for the New York Times and covers
articles about the NYPD.

Isn't that special? The NY Times has their own PR arm of the NYPD on their payroll.

No joke.

[elocs]

5. Posted here Saturday night with 170 Recs:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2039628