{"id":9017,"date":"2011-12-29T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T19:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9017"},"modified":"2012-01-02T14:14:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T22:14:18","slug":"occupy-wall-street-allowed-slot-in-rose-parade-will-they-be-featured-in-the-tv-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9017","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Wall Street Allowed Slot in Rose Parade; Will They Be Featured in the TV Coverage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest blogged by Ernest A. Canning<\/em><\/p>\n

Buried at p. AA3 of the 12\/28 LAEXTRA section of Los Angeles Times<\/em>, beneath the headline, “Occupy protest plan prompts beefed up Rose Parade Security” (“Rose Parade security beefed up as Occupy plans protest<\/a>” in the online version) one can find news of a significant accord. But you have to read closely.<\/p>\n

The Pasadena Police Department and Tournament of Roses officials have agreed to furnish the Occupy Movement with a slot at the end of the parade, according to Los Angeles Times<\/em>, which adds: <\/p>\n

Protesters intend to march with large banners that decry wealth inequality in the United States and to unveil a few colorful “floats” of their own, including a giant people-powered octopus, said Pete Thottam, an Occupy spokesman.<\/p>\n

The octopus — to be made out of recycled bags and stretching 40 feet from tentacle to tentacle — is designed to represent the stranglehold that Wall Street has on the political process, he said.<\/p>\n

Planned speakers include Cindy Sheehan, an antiwar activist who lost her son in the Iraq war; local Occupy activists; and possibly…Michael Moore.<\/p><\/div>\n

The question now is whether the corporate-owned media will include the Occupy portion of the parade in its televised coverage or cut away to commercials at that point. We’ll be watching to find out.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1\/2\/12:<\/strong><\/em> Well, we now have our answer as to whether the corporate TV media covered the huge<\/i> Occupy turnout at the parade. Your answer is now here…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guest blogged by Ernest A. Canning Buried at p. AA3 of the 12\/28 LAEXTRA section of Los Angeles Times, beneath the headline, “Occupy protest plan prompts beefed up Rose Parade Security” (“Rose Parade security beefed up as Occupy plans protest” in the online version) one can find news of a significant accord. But you have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,168,46,503],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-los-angeles-times","category-mainstream-corporate-media","category-occupy-wall-street"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9017"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=9017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}