Politico covers OWS "liberal cable's" coverage - the last two paragraphs from Media Matters nails it

[underpants]

After more than two weeks of what Keith Olbermann has described as a “media blackout,” the anti-corporate protest movement, now bolstered by labor unions, suddenly got wall-to-wall treatment on MSNBC on Wednesday, with Tamron Hall and Ed Schultz all anchoring their shows live from Lower Manhattan’s Zacotti Park.


The enthusiastic coverage from Current and MSNBC at times has seemed like a mirror image of Fox News’s cheerleading for the early tea party rallies, giving credibility to those who argue that the movement could be the left’s tea party. But those who are running the coverage deny that they have stepped over the line from journalism to activism.
(this is the theme of the article)

then....at the end of page 2


Two years ago, the liberal media watchdog Media Matters was highly critical of how Fox News promoted tea party events on its airwaves. But so far, Media Matters executive vice president Ari Rabin-Havt said that MSNBC and Current TV haven’t crossed the line into calls for action.

“They’ve covered it, and you can have a conversation about how much coverage is warranted, but they haven’t been a driving force for organizing these protests.”

OUCH!

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65375_Page2.html#ixzz1a39jm5Sx

[procon]

1. But... but...

That's a good thing isn't... An activist press is not a free press. Or am I missing something?

[gkhouston]

2. It's a slam at Faux News, which is activist. n/t

[procon]

3. Got it... & thanx! nt