Reuters' Occupy Wall Street Story Draws Fire For George Soros Connection

[Derechos]

Reuters is drawing heavy criticism -- including from some of its own journalists -- for an article which attempts to connect the Occupy Wall Street movement to liberal billionaire George Soros.

Soros is, of course, a figure of loathing for many on the right (most famously, Glenn Beck has long portrayed him as something of a spider at the center of a nefarious progressive web). Therefore, any evidence that Soros' money is backing the Occupy Wall Street protests would surely be a boon to any conservative opponents of the movement.

The Reuters article, however, does not present much concrete proof that Soros is more than ideologically connected to Occupy Wall Street. It says that Soros' name "keeps coming up" in "speculation" about the backers of the movement. While noting that Soros and the protesters have both denied links, the article goes on to say that there are "indirect financial links between Soros and Adbusters, an anti-capitalist group in Canada which started the protests with an inventive marketing campaign aimed at sparking an Arab Spring type uprising against Wall Street."

The article then quoted Rush Limbaugh stating flatly that Soros was behind Occupy Wall Street.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/reuters-occupy-wall-street-george-soros_n_1009617.html

[Scuba]

1. Well, if you can cite Rush Limbaugh as a source what else do you need?

[Merlot]

2. Show me the money?

With the t-party and their fancy buses and ads and media coverage and all, it was pretty obvious there was money behind them. It was very organized.

Right now there are a bunch of people sleeping in tents at the parks. Not sure where Soros is pouring cash - perhaps he buys them bottled water???