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 NYT Columnist Answers to Bankers FirstPosted on Oct 5, 2011
A New York Times financial columnist who specializes in covering Wall Street went to the Occupy Wall Street protest for the first time Saturday only after he said he received a call from “the chief executive of a major bank” who wanted to know whether the protests were “a big deal” or a potential “personal safety problem.” Glenn Greenwald, a lawyer and columnist for Salon, criticized Andrew Ross Sorkin on Tuesday first because it took him more than three weeks to make it to the place that also happens to be his beat, and secondly because when he finally did go, it wasn’t because he thought the protests were worth covering, but because the CEO “of a major bank” had raised questions about the demonstrations. —BF
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By Peggy Jayne, October 6, 2011 at 9:49 pm Link to this comment
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We must pass a constitutional amendment that corporations are NOT people. We MUST get the money out of our elections. No more lobbyists. We must elect only decent, caring people like Sen. Bernie Sanders to our Congress. Most of the “legislators” now sitting in Congress are a total disgrace.
Report thisBy bluesman, October 6, 2011 at 4:54 pm Link to this comment
Sorkin is just another shill for the Republican party as well as corporate interests and other big money interests.
If you read his stuff you see this pretty much in all his writings.
Unfortunately he gets on TV yapping for his masters on a regular basis.
Report thisBy gerard, October 6, 2011 at 2:21 pm Link to this comment
Decker: A reminder—McVeigh was yesterday. McVeigh was ten thousand years ago. Enough already.
Report thisPeace!
By R E Decker, October 6, 2011 at 12:21 pm Link to this comment
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“the chief executive of a major bank” who wanted to know whether the protests were “a big deal” or a potential “personal safety problem.”
Until there is an imminent threat to personal security, these CEO’s will do everything in their power to maintain the status quo and continue the theft from honest and hard-working Americans.
Stick a RESERVED FOR TIMOTHY MCVEIGH parking sign outside these banks, and Goldman-Sachs, and see what type of response you get.
Report thisBy gerard, October 6, 2011 at 11:16 am Link to this comment
“We’re trying to figure out how much we should be worried about all of this,” he continued, clearly concerned. “Is this going to turn into a personal safety problem?”asks Mr. Rich.
Report thisHe wants the New York Times to tell him whether he should be paying attention to the 99% of hoi polloi below who are defnitely not able to eat cake.
That tells you a lot. The NYT tells Mr. Rich what to do, what to think, how to relate to “the American Street”?
And in the process, the 99% find out that, yes,
the downstairs is being noticed upstairs. The 99% are managing to make the floor-boards creak, and perhaps a few screws that hold capitalism together are coming loose. Duck and cover, children! Crawl under your desks.
The tide is trying to turn—(non-violently, praise Jesus! the original non-violator). Evidence is becoming clear worldwide: The world of yesterday is not good enough for the people of tomorrow.
By Basoflakes, October 6, 2011 at 10:39 am Link to this comment
The only news outlet covering the protestors and their ideas is Democracy Now. All the rest of MSM are pandering to corporatocracy.
How to get Wall Street and Corporate America out of Governemnt - public funded elections and the elimination of K Street influences.
Report thisBy Billy Pilgrim, October 6, 2011 at 4:05 am Link to this comment
Sorkin is on CNBC all the time peddling the usual
Report thiscorporate horseshit.