A Guide To The Smear Campaign Against Occupy Wall Street
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 19th, 2011 4:42 am by HL
A Guide To The Smear Campaign Against Occupy Wall Street
The right-wing media have engaged in a relentless smear campaign against the Occupy Wall Street movement, including calling the protesters socialists and Marxists, saying they represent the “fringe of the fringe of the fringe,” and claiming they “sound like the Unabomber,” among other attacks.
The Protesters Are “The Fringe” And “Lunatics”
OWS Website Reads Like “The Ravings Of … The Unabomber”
They’re Only “Little Rascals” And “Petulant Little Children” …
… Who Don’t Know What They Want …
… But We Know They’re Socialists, Marxists, And Anarchists Bent On “Destroy[ing] Capitalism” …
… And They Don’t Even Pay Taxes!
They’re Not Diverse Enough (Maybe) …
… But They Sure Are Anti-Semitic
Their Protests Are Astroturfed
Iran And Chavez Support The Protests …
The Protesters Don’t Shower Enough
So Don’t Support The 99% — Support The 53%
The Protesters Are “The Fringe” And “Lunatics”
Fox’s Doug Schoen Claims The Occupy Wall Street Movement “Reflects Values That Are Dangerously Out Of Touch With The Broad Mass Of The American People.” In an October 18 Wall Street Journal article, Fox News contributor Doug Schoen claimed, based on in-person interviews his polling firm conducted at Zuccotti Park, that the Occupy Wall Street movement “reflects values that are dangerously out of touch with the broad mass of the American people.” [The Wall Street Journal, 10/18/11, via Media Matters]
For more on Schoen’s flawed poll, SEE HERE
Varney: Demonstrators Are The “Fringe Of The Fringe Of The Fringe.” On the October 14 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney claimed:
VARNEY: I think the numbers [of protesters] start to fade away. Rain and cold will do that to demonstrators. I — they haven’t got the numbers. This is not a movement, certainly not in New York, that’s numbered in the thousands. It’s a few hundred, mostly. And let’s not forget, it’s the fringe of the fringe of the fringe. That’s who is down there demonstrating. And the rest, those who are not fringe, fringe, fringe people, they’re flat-out socialists. [Fox News, Fox & Friends,
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/11/11, via Media Matters]
The Blaze: “Could The 53%-ers Be The New Silent Majority In America?” An October 13 post on The Blaze promoted “a budding movement called ‘I am the 53%’ ” whose followers, it claimed, “are not ‘wealthy’ people … but they do not blame ‘Wall Street.’ ” The post went on to claim that the “53%-ers feel a common bond with other responsible/self-sufficient citizens. They also wear their successes and failures with honor.” From The Blaze:
Less than a week ago we reported on a budding movement called “I am the 53%.” These folks call themselves the 53% because they claim to be part of the 53% of the American people who actually pay Federal Income Taxes, meaning they are ones who support the 47% that pay nothing in Federal taxes.
These are not “wealthy” people. Many are struggling to make ends meet or even to hold on to their homes, but they do not blame “Wall Street.” In fact, most feel as if the politicians in Washington, DC are at the core of the problem and do not have the solutions to the troubles plaguing our economy.
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The 53%-ers feel a common bond with other responsible/self-sufficient citizens. They also wear their successes and failures with honor. This informal, but growing group of citizens that do not identify with the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd must be of concern for the Left and those who are endorsing the “occupiers” because the Left has started attacking and mocking the 53% movement.
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And yet, the growth and momentum of this fledgling movement seems to be building.
Could the 53%-ers be the new silent majority in America? [The Blaze, 10/13/11]