And Obama has given a very public speech praising police for behaving. -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:28 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: NATO Protests
except that mostly they didn't? I mean, didn't we just discuss at great length that the police stopped short of busting heads? Many many times? On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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:351161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
