Occupy Wall Street

[CJ]

How on Earth can this still not be on the news?!?!?

Does anyone here know anything about it? Any thoughts? Views??

[bigdjiver]

How on Earth can this still not be on the news?!?!?

Does anyone here know anything about it? Any thoughts? Views??

You still look for the news on TV? How quaint.

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23OccupyWallStreet

youtube

search wall st protest

[cederic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15031358
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15051554
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15134806

Sure, it's not wall-to-wall coverage, but it's not being completely ignored. There wasn't much coverage of Brian Haw's protest either (apart from mention of the various legal bids to get it stopped). A couple of hundred people with spare time isn't all that newsworthy.

[David Franklin]

"couple of hundred people" seems to be somewhat understating things if 700 people were arrested yesterday.

[cederic]

"couple of hundred people" seems to be somewhat understating things if 700 people were arrested yesterday.

From yesterday's coverage:

An estimated 2,000 people have gathered in Lower Manhattan, New York, for the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street.

Almost 1,000 “anti-Wall Street” protesters in New York forced the closure of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the cities landmarks, yesterday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...yn-Bridge.html

So less than 2000 people are involved, they're getting international media coverage and cynically it's only their marketing/blogging that's making you think they're being ignored.

Hell, 35000 people are marching in Manchester today and by Tuesday the media will have forgotten about them.