Facebook Posts On Occupy Wall Street Protests Light Fire Under Mainstream Media
Facebook users posts complaining that the mainstream media isn't covering 12 days of demonstrations may have had the desired effect: coverage of Occupy Wall Street, which protests corporate influence over U.S. politics and no resolution of the global economic crisis.
Facebook posts complaining that the mainstream media isn’t covering U.S. protests called Occupy may have had the desired effect: coverage.
The original demonstration, Occupy Wall Street, has been going on for 12 days as of this writing, with people camping out or threatening to do so in New York City’s financial district, to protest businesses’ influence over U.S. politics and lack of any immediate resolution of the global financial crisis.
These protests take inspiration from recent demonstrations in the Middle East, which were organized via Facebook and other social media.
A Google search for news stories about Occupy protests turns up 1,200 articles; the first five results shown: Time, New York Daily News, Huffington post, Reuters and the U.K.
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