The #Occupy movement has reached the little burg where we live, a sleepy little town called "Los Angeles," located in the southern part of California, just east of Santa Monica. Lured by the smell of freedom, victory, and pizza, we went down this weekend to explore a nascent movement. The excitement around City Hall was palpable.
Of course, were you watching any of the major traditional media sources you might be confused by certain elements of this movement--like whether or not it exists. The protests seem to suffer from what insider media sources often refer to as "complete f--king invisibility." It's easy to blame traditional media for doing what it does, it's more difficult to blame the protesters. But what the hell, let's give it a try.
What could they do differently? How could they accommodate the expectations of a media system designed to ignore their needs? In the following video we take a hard look at the way a growing popular movement could look at completely rehashing itself in order to get Wolf Blitzer to cast his precious validation their way. It's not easy massaging an activist message to make it acceptable to the media's discerning eye--but the people, united, will never be defeated. Or at least, that's what I heard.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
If you'd like to contribute to our fund to buy solidarity pizzas to the occupiers across the U.S. here's the PayPal:
If you can't get out there and march - you can at least buy these people a slice. We've already doled out $2500 worth of pizzas already thanks to you guys.
