Comments on: The Shame of the BBC: A Note Regarding the Occupation of Wall Street https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/ Canadian outdoors and adventure travel writer and photographer Matt Gibson Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: TJK https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/#comment-64899 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:49:14 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=4287#comment-64899 Not too much reaction to these demonstrations by those responsible for these terrible economic downturns. As, in the case of the original malaise ,perhaps if they bury their heads deep enough it will all just fade into obscurity! It is good to see people globally taking a stand against these guilty parties. Somebody somewhere should have to pay for their ineptitude but why is this bypassed and everything ,as usual , put on the shoulders of the common people?

]]> By: Matt Gibson https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/#comment-64905 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:44:16 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=4287#comment-64905 In reply to TJK.

I think that there will be a reaction. It will probably be governments that have to react, once Occupy Wall Street has created a list of demands and grown to a size that cannot be ignored.

Then, perhaps, legislation will be passed and changes will be made.

]]> By: Matt Gibson https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/#comment-58564 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:14:48 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=4287#comment-58564 In reply to Josh Aggars.

Ha ha ha. I think that keeping the protest peaceful is key. If the protest remains peaceful and continues to grow, then it has the ability to affect change. Violence only allows media to make it look illegitimate.

But, like some bigwig (I don’t remember who) said:

“I have a good feeling about this one.”

]]> By: Josh Aggars https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/#comment-58329 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:57:15 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=4287#comment-58329 In reply to Josh Aggars.

Nice. I’m all for it. We’ll protest, get kettled, some violence will break out, the media will be all over it like a cheap suit and the politicians will sit on their hands some more. Oh dear I am sounding cynical. Just been on too many of these things over the years to think it every really makes any difference. I even went on the teachers march in Whitehall a few months back and I’m not a teacher… or state employed! Solidarity brother as they say.

But hey ho, maybe one day it will make a difference. My finger is hovering over my Public Enemy play list!

]]> By: Matt Gibson https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/#comment-58278 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:13:17 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=4287#comment-58278 In reply to Josh Aggars.

Glad ya liked it Josh. it is a shame. The BBC is probably trying to prevent similar protests in the UK:

http://wideshut.co.uk/occupy-the-city-wallstreet-protest-comes-to-london/

This is a legitimate and fast-growing movement that appeals to an enormous number of people. The reason it gets so little attention is the severity of the situation. If they broadcast this on NBC and reported the reasons why the protests are happening, then the protests would grow and expand exponentially.

Fortunately, I think they’ll probably do that anyways.

]]> By: Josh Aggars https://xpatmatt.com/the-shame-of-the-bbc-a-note-regarding-the-occupation-of-wall-street/#comment-58270 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:42:03 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=4287#comment-58270 That is a shame on the BBC. They don’t normally ignore events like this… well completely anyway. I was on the anti war march in London pre Iraq and there were over a million people on the march, later verified by statisticians studying crowd density. At the time the BBC kept towing the police/government line that is was ‘a few hundred thousand’ when it was patently clear it was far higher.

Anyway, I digress. Yes it is a shame that even the independently balanced beeb gets it wrong sometimes.

Nice ending btw!

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