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sabrina 1

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3. Which is why Occupy was so brilliant in their planning stages. They had their own media. They
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:24 PM
Jan 2014

recorded every arrest, knowing there would be lies told and people abused etc. And when they got to court, due to those preparations, the lying cops were exposed, right on video and cases were dismissed. Had they relied on the MSM, even if such video existed it would never have been aired.

Also their legal teams, they deserve huge kudos for the time and effort they put in to be there with advice and to represent them when needed.

They used the Internet to get the story out all over the world. They did not rely on the MSM for anything. In fact, I was hoping the MSM would stay away, knowing the bias there would be in the reporting. And they did, for a few days and the world got an accurate accounting of what was happening. Once they did get involved, it was mostly to try to repair the damage, which they by using morons like the Goldman Sachs girl, Erin Brown whose purpose was so transparent, it became a joke as her ties to Wall St. were exposed.

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