After Tuesday's class, I was thinking a lot about the different ways we see the Occupy movement and how much of that has to do with media framing. I do have to agree with what would be Lippmann's perspective on the Occupy movement - that the majority of the protestors have no idea what they're talking about. While I think they're onto something important, that the way our taxes, loans, and financial systems work in this country is outstandingly flawed, they aren't going about protesting it the right way. Their movement has brought awareness and attention to the issues they're concerned with, but the problem is they have not delineated any kind of "plan of action" or even fully agreed upon central issues. They scream about evil corporations taking our money and loans and so on, but I don't understand the point of protesting if you don't have some kind of plan as to how the situation can be rectified. So Lippmann would that these occupiers are blind people leading blind people, and though I don't think it's fair to make such generalized statements about any group of people, I can't help but agree with Lippmann a bit.
What I'm curious about, though, is how much my opinion of the Occupy protesters is shaped by the way the media frames them as a whole. Networks like CNN and Fox have different ways of framing the Occupy movement (and everything in general) and I'm curious how much my opinion is shaped by news framing.
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