Occupy Wall Street is winning (graphic/story showing media influence)

[Huey P. Long]

Occupy Wall Street is winning
Ben Smith November 11, 2011
Categories: Wall Street

Whatever the objectives of protesters involved in Occupy Wall Street, they have succeeded in engaging the country in a conversation about income inequality.

A quick search of the news--including print articles, web stories and broadcast transcripts--via Nexis reveals a significant rise in the use of the term “income inequality,” from less than 91 instances in the week before the occupation started to almost 500 instances last week

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1111/Occupy_Wall_Street_is_winning.html

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Colin Powell: Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations Are 'As American As Apple Pie'
First Posted: 11/11/11

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are "as American as apple pie," former Secretary of State Colin Powell said during a recent interview with CNN's Piers Morgan. According to Powell, there is plenty of justification for the movement's outrage, but also some reason for concern over its direction.

Powell began by recalling his upbringing in Harlem and the Bronx at a time when his parents didn't make much, but were at least able to find stable employment.

"I don't think either of them ever made more than 50 or 60 dollars a week," Powell said. "Both my parents worked for as long as I can remember, they always worked, they always had work."

But this sort of job stability is no longer present, the retired four-star Army general said, a fact that is now serving as a catalyzing force for the Occupy movement.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/11/colin-powell-occupy-wall-street_n_1088141.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008