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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:13 PM Original message |
Students have been protesting for WEEKS in the UK. Why do you suppose US media ignores it? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. To be fair, it's a fairly UK-specific story |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't think that's the reason at all |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The "Orange" (or Green or Velvet) Revolution is not comparble... |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. When the streets of major European cities are packed with protesters, it's news. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It's a protest around Parliament, not packing the city streets |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. But when people were setting fire to cars in Paris, it was fairly big news |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Setting fire to many vehicles is a lot bigger than chucking a fire extinguisher from a roof |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Hello - did you watch the video in the OP? That fire is a lot bigger than a 'fire extinguisher' |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. You were complaining about the coverage before today |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. And the link is from the BBC - British media. I was noting the minimal US coverage. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. My point is these protests have been insignificant compared to the Greek ones, or the Paris riots |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Hey Muriel - check out these photos |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Look - it's quite simple: you complained about lack of coverage for weeks |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. I think we disagree on the significance of the protests. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. hardly. it's about austerity programs & attacks on education, common to most of the |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Except that there have been big protests in the US and Italy as well. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. That is why the story has been present in Mexican Papers |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. No, this is a global story. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. On my PBS station right now Russian Times is doing a good job explaining it |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I did a google news search and noticed all the articles were out of the US |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. It is hard to find any news in US news |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. By the way, British elite are bragging about tripling university tuition |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah, I saw that. Fuckers. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was in Europe last week. Buildings were occupied even in small towns in Italy |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Really??? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. The war is on. And this time, I think we can say it started in Greece |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've seen constant updates about it. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Guess what? The students just lost. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Another big FU from the People in Charge |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. the Shock Doctrine in its many variations |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Now, the students just need to withdraw from college... ALL the paying students |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. In the 60-80 the MSM was blamed for the protests because they |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. It hasn't been ignored |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Where have you seen it? What stations? How often? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. My mother, with no internet, was aware of it. She was delighted. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. btw, I've heard far more news about protests in Haiti over cholera than the protests in England |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fire has a tendency to spread. The mushrrooms are best kept |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. CNN Breaking News email: |
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justinaforjustice (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. U.S. Media Doesn't Want U.S. Citizens Getting Any Ideas. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. they're too busy showing us a home burning down. the 'bomb house' |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. media only like showy faux protests like the teabaggers |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yawn! Not interested. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Breaking on CNN; "Prince Charles and Camilla's car attacked by student protesters in London" |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. It's on. When you attack the Royal family, you've reached the point of not turning back |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Does it have anything to do with Lady Gaga? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. maybe because they don't want the peons to know that austerity is occurring across the |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winnah!! n/t |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Precisely what I was thinking. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. People here don;t protest much because they have too much on the line |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Our lack of a social safety net, coupled with all the material things we have - |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. you are forgetting something else about those protests |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. There may be a tipping point, but we are not there yet. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. We are starting to near that |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. It was world-wide, but not a lot here know that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. there you go |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Exactly. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. It only mattered when the car Charles and Camilla were in was attacked. |
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