{"id":44032,"date":"2011-09-18T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=44032"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:05:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:05:28","slug":"occupy-wall-street-protest-total-media-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/09\/18\/occupy-wall-street-protest-total-media-blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTEST&#8221;, TOTAL MEDIA BLACKOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Speaker: We&#8217;re going to make our own Tahrir square here<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44033\" title=\"OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTEST\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OCCUPY-WALL-STREET-PROTEST.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OCCUPY-WALL-STREET-PROTEST.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OCCUPY-WALL-STREET-PROTEST-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44035\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44035 \" title=\"Speaker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Speaker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Speaker.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Speaker-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker: We&#39;re going to make our own Tahrir square here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44036\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44036 \" title=\"The Corrupt Fear Us\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Corrupt-Fear-Us.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Corrupt-Fear-Us.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Corrupt-Fear-Us-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corrupt fear us. The honest support us. The heroic join us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>AT LEAST 70,000 AND COUNTING&#8230; BIG MEDIA BLACKOUT &#8220;Occupy Wall Street&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>10 questions about &#8220;Occupy Wall Street&#8221; that should be answered urgently:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Why are peaceful protesters being treated as if they are criminals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Why are thousands of police, and SWAT teams and police dogs, being mobilized to protect Wall Street bankers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Why are almost all the mainstream media outlets in America ignoring a major civil protest in the heart of New York?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Why do the police not pursue criminal bankers and business leaders with the same venom and force that they use when pursuing protesters who have so far done nothing wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Why is nothing being done to address the genuine economic problems in America? Why, instead, is the old system \u2013 the one that failed disastrously in 2008 \u2013 being rebuilt brick by brick, fault by fault?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. How much longer will the doctrine of \u2018plausible denial\u2019 be allowed to act as an excuse for widespread corruption and criminality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Why (if true) was the Occupy Wall Street protest treated as a police code 1-34, which is used for riots? <em>Are all protests now riots?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Why has not one banker or corporate leader emerged to talk to the protesters or debate with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Is it a coincidence that many people in the heart of the protest have had trouble getting mobile \/ cellphone \/ internet signals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Does the government genuinely believe the pent-up anger and frustration will simply go away?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Wendt \u22c5 September 17, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#OccupyWallStreet #takewallstreet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44040\" title=\"The Bull is in China Shop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Bull-is-in-China-Shop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Bull-is-in-China-Shop.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Bull-is-in-China-Shop-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aljazeera Coverage: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE Stream: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE Stream 2: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE Stream 3: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <object width=\"424\" height=\"245\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5jKhT9r1seM?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"424\" height=\"245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5jKhT9r1seM?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: We&#8217;re going to make our own Tahrir square here AT LEAST 70,000 AND COUNTING&#8230; BIG MEDIA BLACKOUT &#8220;Occupy Wall Street&#8221; 10 questions about &#8220;Occupy Wall Street&#8221; that should be answered urgently: 1. Why are peaceful protesters being treated as if they are criminals? 2. 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