Posts filed under “Occupy Wall Street”
Can we trust the media to accurately report on the effects of Citizens United?
Politico is running a news article today titled, “TV stations love super PACs,” which examines the price differential between a candidate’s ad buy and a Super PACs. The article notes that: Stations have to provide discounted rates to qualifying candidates running for all public offices. But they don’t have to give those same breaks to the [...]
Pew Report & “King of Bain” – Evidence of OWS’ Success
Earlier this week, the Pew Research Center released a new report that showed a strong increase of americans acutely aware of class conflict. While it explicitly mentions the Occupy Wall Street movement in its report, the report did not speak directly to the origins of the increased awareness (which is generally impossible to determine anyway). [...]
The Top 10 Mic Checks Of 2011
One of the greatest inventions of political speech this year has been the repurposing of Occupy Wall Streets “Human Microphone” into a tactical means of heckling called the “Mic Check.” Using an entirely subjective algorithm based mainly on impact factor, potency, and the deer in the headlights reaction, we at 1115 have come up with the [...]
Law and Order: DCU
My first inclination upon returning back to 1115 after Thanksgiving was to comment on the terrifying night-time raid the NYPD carried out upon the 9,000 people camping outside of the Macy’s in Herald Square. But then I realized that never happened. In other news, an internal NYPD Disorder Control Unit document was snagged by an arrested Occupy [...]
How A Hero Becomes A Villain (Update Below)
So it turns out that the cop who pepper-sprayed the nonviolent protesters at UC Davis is an exemplary officer – a “hero” who once saved the life of a fellow officer. Clearly, there’s a discrepancy between the overzealous role he played on Friday afternoon and his normal routine. I think, however, that in order to understand why police in full riot gear [...]
Calling on Mayor Bloomberg to Raid The Occupiers of Bryant Park
Walking past Bryant Park near Times Square the other day, I was reminded of the free speech double standard that exists between individuals and commercial entities. Since October 27th, the aptly named Holiday Shops at Bryant Park have been hosting an occupation of their own in a New York City public park. Similar to the former [...]
The Press Blackout
More on the latest OWS developments later tonight. But for right now, we know that the New York Police Department is currently defying a court order to let demonstrators return to Zuccotti Park. One of the most egregious aspects the NYPD’s raid on Zuccotti Park was the detention of reporters who were attempting to cover [...]
Who’s Going To Police The Police
In the past 48 hours, the main focal point of the Occupy Movement has moved from Zuccotti Park in New York City to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California after what can only be called a senseless act of aggression by the Oakland Police Department. Armed to the teeth, a small army of riot police [...]
The Shifting Media Narrative Of Wall Street Campaign Contributions
Only 5 days ago, the media bombastically reported that there was a major gap in Wall Street campaign contributions, and that President Obama had lost out to his Republican adversaries. The headline that immediately echoed throughout the media landscape was that Mitt Romney had decisively taken the cake when it came to raking in contributions [...]
Misleading Polling from the Wall Street Journal
It’s only natural that The Wall Street Journal has decided to not embrace the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have camped out for over a month with the intention of shaming the financial sector among other aims. In an Op-Ed piece today, Douglas Schoen argues that President Obama and the Democrats are making a “critical [...]