Europeans protest anti-austerity measure 9/29 - pictures

[housewolf]

The American media has done a great job of ignoring/hiding the story of the great European day of protest against the austerity measures being put into place all over Europe last week. Here's an article from the Sacramento Bee with a lot of pictures of the protest in a variety of European cities

http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2010/09/anti-austerity-protests-sweep.html

Here are a couple pictures:



A woman speaks to policemen during the general strike held on September 29, 2010 in Madrid, Spain as unions angry over what they see as a policy U-turn. AFP/ Getty Images / Pedro Armestre




Striking workers pack the central Puerta del Sol square during a demonstration march as part of a nationwide general strike organized by the Spanish unions, in Madrid, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. AP / Paul White






Protesters dressed as bankers and traders take part in an EU-wide demonstration against austerity on September 29, 2010 in Brussels. The protest was timed to coincide with a plan to fine governments running up deficits. Placard at center reads: "Leave our earnings" and at right: "Don't touch our benefits." AFP/ Getty Images / Goerges Gobet

[howaboutme]

1. What protests?

We should find it interesting how the US media picks and chooses what Americans need to hear.

Any thoughts on why they don't publish the story about these protests?

[JNelson6563]

3. It's pretty obvious.

[howaboutme]

4. Thoughts on media

Could it be that the MSM media has lost its role of news and information, and is now about keeping Americans

1- Entertained instead of informed
2- Uninformed about important stuff. They want us to know Lohan.
3- Keeping the masses fighting about the small stuff while the nation is being pillaged by the commercial interests
4- Hyping the issues that draws them eyeballs and profits
5- In partnership with politicians and government instead of serving as the guardian of public interests


Why have they kept these protests off the front pages? I would say it is more about #2, #3 and #5.

[phasma ex machina]

5. Mass media belongs to the powers-that-be. The current economic crisis threatens the powers-that-be,

ergo they must distract the masses with superfluous moronic irrelevancy.

[G_j]

6. and there are UNIONS!!

can't show that

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Jon Stewart did a great bit ont his. in America they have demos demanding govt cutbacks..the tbags

..and in Europe they have demos protesting the cutbacks. He said what we need is a "crowd exchange" with Europe.

[howaboutme]

7. Americans are brainwashed

and the MSM plays a huge part. They raise mundane ideological issues to keep the public distracted with mundane BS while our own government sells us out to China and our capitalist globalist puppeteer string pullers.