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Why Occupy Wall Street Embodies The Real Values Of The Boston Tea Party | Crooks and Liars

By Susie Madrak

ThinkProgress points out how little the Koch-manufactured tea party has in common with the real thing, and how the Occupy Wall Street movement embodies the real spirit:

  1. The Original Boston Tea Party Was A Civil Disobedience Action Against A Private Corporation.
  2. The Original Boston Tea Party Feared That Corporate Greed Would Destroy America.
  3. The Original Boston Tea Party Believed Government Necessary To Protect Against Corporate Excess.
  4. The Original Boston Tea Party Was Sparked By A Corporate Tax Cut For A British Corporation.
  5. The Original Boston Tea Party Wanted A Stronger Democracy.

Why Occupy Wall Street Embodies The Real Values Of The Boston Tea Party | Crooks and Liars

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New York Times Shifts its Framing of the Arrests at Occupy Wall Street » Sociological Images

by Lisa Wade, 3 days ago at 01:31 pm

A blogger named Aluation posted this graphic showing how the New York Times changed the first line of a story about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.  The change subtly shifted the blame for the mass arrest on the Brooklyn Bridge from the police to the protesters.  In the first version of the story, police allowed them onto the bridge and then “cut off and arrested” them.  In the second, there was a “showdown” in which demonstrators “marched onto the bridge.”

Adding interest, the author of the piece was changed from “Colin Moynihan” to “Al Baker and Colin Moynihan.”  Who is Al Baker?  He is the guy in charge of the police bureau at the Times.

New York Times Shifts its Framing of the Arrests at Occupy Wall Street » Sociological Images

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