I think what Jerry is saying is that Chicago is Obama's home town and Rahm is now mayor. It would hurt the admin's liberal narrative, especially populist message of reelecting Obama to reduce the growing wealth disparity, if cops in Chicago were busting heads during Occupy protests. Hence, the accusation that MSNBC (and probably others) is taking a glossy soft coverage stance in their coverage and running a narrative of restraint on the side of the authorities which may not actually match up with the reality on the ground.
I don't know if I agree, but I believe that is the point he was trying to make. Judah On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > if that's the argument it's bogus. There were some worrisome > police-state-like things that happened, like harassment of journalists, but > they have not really been covered in the corporate media. It's being > written up as kind of a success. > > http://www.startribune.com/nation/152522725.html > > So lack of MSNBC coverage would work the other way if anything, no? As for > the worrisome stuff -- hmm well at least some of the livestreamers are > still busy dealing with bail and stuff, so that coverage isn't out there > too much. The picture of the fist and the protester on the van's hood got a > little coverage, but... > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:31 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I think that argument comes down to this. >> >> By not covering the conference, and any negative actions taken their by >> state, local and federal law enforcement; MSNBC give the administration a >> free ride. They aren't perceived as the executives of the police state, >> and it alienates less voters. >> >> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > <squint> wait. >> > >> > is Jerry saying the lack of MSNBC coverage reinforces the liberal media >> > trope? If so, how? Chicago is getting written off as mostly a success and >> > in any event it's Chicago's police that are mostly getting the credit. >> > >> > If they are so liberal why wouldn't they play that up? >> > >> > Large-scale abuses would probably be mostly ignored, isn't that the usual >> > pattern? How much did free speech zones hurt Bush Jr? Not very much imho. >> > All the more reason to give Chicago credit for not teargassing people. >> God, >> > I can't believe that's the standard for tolerance these days <g> >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > Really? In an election cycle, with things being as close as they are, >> > who >> > > would benefit from large scale abuses being reported at something like >> > the >> > > NATO conference or the DNC? >> > > >> > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Eric Roberts < >> > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > Wow...Jerry is actually making Sam look intelligent and rational... >> > > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] >> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:03 PM >> > > > To: cf-community >> > > > Subject: Re: NATO Protests >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > "zing...." >> > > > >> > > > Not quite. It actually reinforces it. Would news of police >> brutality >> > > and >> > > > major unrest help Obama or hurt him? >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > J >> > > > >> > > > - >> > > > >> > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad >> > > reputation. >> > > > - Henry Kissinger >> > > > >> > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the >> > tunnel, >> > > > go >> > > > out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351157 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
