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If a great protest falls upon Wall Street, and no reporter is there to write about it, does it make a noise?

September 25, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Occupy Wall StreetThe other day I blogged about how the "occupation" of Wall Street in New York City by thousands of demonstrators for more than a week has raised hardly a blip on the domestic news media radar screen. It's as if editors and news directors (and their corporate masters) have decided there's nothing new to see here. So move on, move on (wait, even that sounds too radical).

But it's even worse than malign neglect, because in the rare moments when a mainstream news outlet does mention the protests (which like those in Wisconsin beforehand have been very peaceful, and which have attracted Web-based pizza orders from afar), the tone is almost ominous. Consider, for example, this lead-in from CNN "Situation Room" host Wolf Blitzer last Monday: "Protests here in New York on Wall Street entering a third day. Should New Yorkers be worried at all about what's going on?"

Prince Reince says the Repubs just need ONE MORE House seat to really, really be obstructionist

September 9, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

The headbanger in chiefReince Pribus, former Wisconsin GOP leader and now leader of the whole national Republican wingnut shebang, says in an email to friendlies that dire times are just ahead because Democrats once again are trying to actually pass legislation. Thus, it's very, very, very, very important to send money to the impoverished Republican Party so it can add ONE more House seat and thus change the entire political landscape of the nation. Never minding that the GOP enjoys a tremendous majority in the House already, PRibus (that's not a typo) emails: