This will be a short diary. Obviously, I think that the media is part of the problem. Below I will tell you why I think moving against the MSM is a crucial part of the movement.
First, if you look at the successful movements, from the Arab Spring to the downfall of communism in Russia and elsewhere, protesters felt the need to shut down the propaganda machines on radio. & TV. I think they're right. You can't get people to wake up if the propaganda continues to hypnotise them. You have to do something about the garbage they pump out on the airwaves and cable wires. They keep pushing the bilgewater celebrity porn, the leads-if-it leads stories that have no effect on peoples lives, the leggy conservabimbos who would have never considered journalism if they had to wear out some gumshoe to find a story.
We all know there's only one audience the media responds to: their advertisers. There's a reason Boeing and Wal Mart buy airtime on Meet the Press and other "serious" talk shows: to influence the content. They're selling a false American Dream. That's how these corporations designed the media to work for them. They want you to think life in America is all rainbows and happy puppy dogs playing with babies, to distract you from the real problems destroying our democracy.
We have to eventually send this message, or we will eventually lose.
OCUPY THE MEDIA.