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Stephen Boyle

Occupy Wall Street and the media: Talking about a revolution | The Economist - 0 views

  • For most journalists, accustomed to clear leaders and talking points, this makes the movement a slippery and exasperating subject. The flip side is that from the activists’ point of view, as one of the writers in “Occupying Wall Street” puts it, “mainstream coverage of Occupy Wall Street has been a fickle, ornery beast,” alternating between indifference and obsession.
  • The theoretical principles of the movement, total horizontality and openness, run counter to what seems to make effective media
  • For potential sympathisers, a coherent, collective story may be easier to grasp than lots of personal ones.
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    The theoretical principles of the movement, total horizontality and openness, run counter to what seems to make effective media
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