>>THE DEMOCRACY SPRING PROTEST
IN DC YESTERDAY ACCOMPLISHED ONE
OF ITS MAIN GOALS, THAT IS
DEMONSTRATING BROAD SUPPORT FOR
RADICALLY REFORMING THE WAY WE
DO CAMPAIGN FINANCE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
IT DID THAT BY BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM THE RIGHT
AND THE LEFT TO DEMONSTRATE IN
WASHINGTON, DC, TO BE WILLING TO
BE ARRESTED.
ANOTHER GOAL THAT
ALSO WORKED OUT, WE WILL HAVE
THE DETAILS IN A SECOND.
HOWEVER, IT DID NOT ACCOMPLISH
ONE OF ITS GOALS, AND THAT IS
GETTING THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO
ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THIS
AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE
OVERWHELMINGLY WANT CHANGE.
WE
WILL HAVE THOSE STATS FOR YOU AS
WELL.
BUT FIRST ON THE ARRESTS,
WE HAVE A VIDEO FROM CENK, ONE
OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED
YESTERDAY --
>>MORE THAN 400 WERE ARRESTED
YESTERDAY, I AM HEARING ABOUT
100 TODAY --
>> 
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE
BREADTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
WILLING TO BE ARRESTED FOR THIS
MOVEMENT --
>> WE HAVE COVERED THEIR ACTIONS
A FEW TIMES, HE IS AMONG THE
ONES ARRESTED --
>> WE HAVE A QUOTE FROM ALEX
LAWSON, SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ABOUT THE
ACTIONS YESTERDAY, SAYING --
>> BUT, TO 
THE EXTENT THAT THEY
CAN'T BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
IT, IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW MUCH
COVERAGE THIS ACTUALLY GETS.
THIS IS THE FRUSTRATING PART.
I
LOOKED ALL OVER THE WEB, AND TO
THEIR CREDIT, SOME WEBSITES
COVERED IT TO VARYING DEGREES.
PLACES LIKE VICE, RT, HUFFINGTON
POST HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THEY GET CREDIT.
CNN, WASHINGTON
TIMES, MSNBC AND FOX NEWS HAD
STORIES ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS
BASICALLY ABOUT WHERE IT STOPS.
SO --
>> THIS IS ON 
THE TV SIDE.
>>WOW.
>> LOOK AT FOX NEWS,
LEADING THE WAY THERE.
ALTHOUGH THEY WERE PROBABLY NOT
MAKING A POSITIVE SPIN ON IT.
>>THAT IS BECAUSE THEY
STUTTERED.
>>ONE OF THE GRAPHICS DIDN'T
COME UP SO THEY HAD TO WAIT A
SECOND --
>> 
FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS NOT
NARROW.
THAT IS ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT.
>>SO THANK YOU TO THE INTERCEPT
FOR DOING THAT MEDIA ANALYSIS.
A
LOT OF PEOPLE GOT ARRESTED, MANY
PEOPLE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT FROM
THE COVERAGE THAT IT DID GET,
BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT YOU
PROTEST OUTSIDE OF A MOSQUE THEY
WILL COVER IT FOR DAYS, A PLANE
GOES MISSING AND THAT SHUT DOWN
THE NEWS FOR A MONTH, BUT WHEN
PEOPLE WANT TO RESCUE AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY, 12 SECONDS.
OR ZERO.
>>THIS GOES FURTHER THAN
RESCUING DEMOCRACY, IT GOES TO
OUR MEDIA AND HOW IT IS
CORRUPTED BY THE EXACT SAME
ENTITIES THAT CORRUPT OUR
POLITICIANS.
CORPORATE MEDIA IS
FUNDED BY CORPORATE SPONSORS,
THAT IS WHY IT IS REFERRED TO AS
CORPORATE MEDIA.
SO DO THEY HAVE
ANY TYPE OF INCENTIVE OR
INTEREST IN COVERING A PROTEST
THAT NOT ONLY CALLS OUT THE
POLITICIANS AND A CORRUPT
POLITICAL SYSTEM, BUT ALSO CALLS
OUT THE MEDIA FOR THEIR
CORRUPTION?
WHEN YOU HAVE BP OR
MAJOR CORPORATIONS THAT AREN'T
EVEN TRYING TO SELL YOU
SOMETHING ADVERTISING ON THESE
MAJOR NETWORKS, THEY ARE NOT
DOING IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
IMPROVE SALES, A LOT OF THESE
COMPANIES DON'T EVEN HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH SELLING A
PRODUCT.
YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT THESE
MEDIA OUTLETS DON'T CRITICIZE
THEM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO
BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.
>>SO INSTEAD OF THAT ADVERTISING
MONEY BEING USED TO FUND
INVESTIGATIONS, THAT ADVERTISING
MONEY IS BEING USED TO FUND
NON-INVESTIGATIONS.
TO SQUELCH
ANY INVESTIGATIVE INSTINCT THEY
MIGHT HAVE IN THEIR NEWS
DIVISION.
AND ALSO, THE REASON
THIS ISN'T GETTING COVERED, THE
MARCH AND THE PROTEST TO GET
MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, IS
BECAUSE WHEN MONEY IS IN
POLITICS, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE
WANT TO COVER IT MAKE MORE
MONEY.
WE HAVE HEARD LES MOONVES
CHEER THIS ON.
EVEN THE RISE OF
DONALD TRUMP, WHICH HE ADMITTED
IS BAD FOR THE COUNTRY, IT IS
GOOD FOR CBS.
WE ARE COVERING
IT, A COUPLE PLACES ONLINE OR
COVERING IT, BUT THIS WILL
DIRECTLY AFFECT THEIR BOTTOM
LINE AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT
THE HOSTS AT MSNBC, THEY ARE ALL
GOOD PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT
IT IS OBVIOUS THEY HAVE NOT SAID
ANYTHING THAT WOULD AFFECT
COMCAST'S BOTTOM LINE,
BECAUSE AS SOON AS THEY
DO THEY WILL BE FIRED.
LIKE ED SCHULTZ AND PHIL DONAHUE
AND A HOST OF OTHERS.
>> I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT ALSO TO
SITES LIKE RAW STORY WHO
ALSO COVERED IT.
I JUST SORT OF EXPECT THAT THEY
WILL.
>>WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ALL THE MEDIA OUTLETS YOU LISTED
THAT DID DO SOME COVERAGE OF
THIS PROTEST, AND THE MEDIA
OUTLETS THAT DID NOT DO ANY, OR
A TINY AMOUNT?
RAW STORY, NPR
THE WAY THEY ARE FUNDED IS
VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY THAT
MSNBC OR CBS OR FOX NEWS ARE
FUNDED.
>>THESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS HAVE
GOT TO START ADVERTISING ON
THESE BLOGS IF THEY WANT TO GET
THEM IN LINE.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
WE
HAVE SAID MANY TIMES CNN
OBVIOUSLY HAS NO INTEREST IN
EVEN ASKING ABOUT REFORMING
CAMPAIGN FINANCE, THE FEAR IS
THAT IF YOU GET MONEY OUT OF
POLITICS THEY WON'T BUY THE
ADVERTISEMENTS, SO WHEN YOU GET
PUBLIC FINANCING EVERY DOLLAR
HAS TO BE SPENT ON CABLE NEWS
ADVERTISING, THAT WAY IT IS
WIN/WIN.
I DON'T ACTUALLY
BELIEVE THAT.
>>THERE USED TO BE A
METAPHORICAL FIREWALL BETWEEN
THE NEWS DIVISION AND THE REST
OF THE MONEYMAKING OPERATION AT
-- BETWEEN ADVERTISING, SO THEY
COULD HAVE JOURNALISTIC
INTEGRITY, RIGHT?
THAT IS ALL
GONE NOW BECAUSE THE NEWS
DIVISION HAS TO TURN A PROFIT.
IT IS FUNNY, I WAS WATCHING ONE
OF MY VIDEOS AT
YOUTUBE.COM/THEJIMMYDORESHOW --
>>WE NEED A FIREWALL BETWEEN
YOUR ON-AIR PERSONALITY AND
YOUR CONCERN FOR YOUR CHANNEL.
>>THEY LITERALLY HAVE A
PRO-FRACKING COMMERCIAL ON MY
FUCKING VIDEO.
WHY WOULD THEY DO
THAT?
OF COURSE, THESE ARE THE
PEOPLE THEY NEED TO REACH.
FOX
VIEWERS ALREADY LIKE FRACKING,
UNLESS IT PERSONALLY HAPPENS TO
THEM, LIKE MOST CONSERVATIVES,
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND A PROBLEM
UNLESS IT HAPPENS TO THEM.
SO AS
MUCH OF A FIREWALL YOU CAN HAVE,
WE HAVE ON YOUTUBE.
>>THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
I
GOT INTO A DEBATE WITH SOMEONE
WHO IS A HUGE HILLARY SUPPORTER,
AND HE KEPT MAKING THE STATEMENT
THAT HILLARY IS NOT IMPACTED BY
THE MONEY THAT IS DONATED TO
HER, OR THE MONEY SHE GETS PAID
FOR THE SPEECHES.
THAT IT IS
UNFAIR TO JUST ASSUME THAT IS
THE CASE.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, I
THINK TO BE KIND IS NAœVE TO SAY
THE LEAST.
I WOULD RATHER USE
STRONGER LANGUAGE BUT I DIDN'T.
AND THE REALITY IS, HE TURNED
AROUND AND LOOKED AT US AND HE
IS LIKE, WELL, YOU GUYS DO A
SHOW ON YOUTUBE, YOUTUBE IS
OWNED BY GOOGLE.
WHO IS TO SAY
THAT GOOGLE ISN'T CONTROLLING
YOUR CONTENT?
BUT HERE IS THE
INCREDIBLE THING, YOUTUBE
THANKFULLY, KNOCK ON WOOD, HAS
NOT BEEN CORRUPTED BY THOSE
THINGS YET.
THERE IS THAT
FIREWALL.
OFTENTIMES WE WILL DO
VIDEOS WHERE WE CRITICIZE
FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES, YOU KNOW
HOW I AM WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE,
AND THEN YOU SEE FOR-PROFIT
COLLEGE ADS NEXT TO OUR VIDEOS
OR EMBEDDED IN OUR VIDEOS, AND
IT IS HILARIOUS BECAUSE IT WILL
BE A VIDEO TEARING THEM APART
AND SOMEHOW THEY ARE ADVERTISING
ON OUR CONTENT.
>>THE ONLY WAY GOOGLE CONTROLS
OUR CONTENT IS THAT THEY
WON'T LET US USE WHAT SHOULD BE
FAIR USE FOOTAGE.
>>THE THING ABOUT THE FRACKING
VIDEO, IT IS LIKE, PEOPLE SAY
YOU ARE GETTING MONEY FROM THE
FRACKING PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT
COMMERCIAL IS PLAYING ON --
YET, BUT GUESS WHAT I'M
USING THAT MONEY FOR?
TO FIGHT AGAINST FRACKING.
THAT IS KIND OF IRONIC, THAT
IS THE BEAUTY OF HOW SOME
CAPITALISM IS WORKING TODAY.
>>THAT IS WHAT HILLARY SAYS
ABOUT WALL STREET.
>>EXCEPT THERE IS NO FIREWALL.
>>AND STOP ASKING FOR MY
SPEECH TO THE PRO-FRACKING
LOBBYISTS, I WILL NOT RELEASE IT
UNTIL ALL THE REPUBLICANS DO.
>> WHAT WE HAVE IS THE OLD-TIME
MODEL THEY USED TO HAVE BEFORE,
WHERE THERE IS A FIREWALL
BETWEEN WHAT WE DO AND THE MONEY
THAT GETS RAISED TO SUPPORT WHAT
WE DO.
IN THAT TIME WE HAVE THE
OLD-TIME MODEL WHERE WE CAN KEEP
OUR INTEGRITY.
IN FACT, I WENT
AND GOT THOSE VIDEOS, THOSE
COMMERCIALS, AND I WILL MAKE A
VIDEO DEBUNKING THEM.
THAT IS
THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE CAN DO
HERE THAT WE CANNOT DO ANYWHERE
ELSE.
CENK ALSO DID A VIDEO THAT
TALKED ABOUT THE CORRUPTION IN
OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS STORING
THEIR MONEY, GOOGLE IS ONE OF
THE COMPANIES HE TALKED ABOUT.
HE HAS COMPLETE EDITORIAL
FREEDOM HERE, THAT IS THE
BIG DIFFERENCE.
>>THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP
CENK, WE HAVE SOME VIDEO FROM
CENK ABOUT THE PROTEST, ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS TO HIM.
ROLE THAT.
>>COME JOIN US, THIS IS REAL
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, AND I KNOW
IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT A LOT OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA DID NOT
COVER IT, THE LARGEST ARREST IN
CAPITOL HISTORY AND THEY DON'T
THINK THAT IS NEWSWORTHY?
THAT
IS INSANE.
AND PART OF THE
PROBLEM, THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, WE DID IT RIGHT, AND
THE COPS THANKED US FOR BEING SO
PEACEFUL AND DOING IT RIGHT,
THEY WERE VERY GOOD TO US.
BUT
THE PROBLEM WAS IT DIDN'T BLEED.
IF IT DOES NOT BLEED, IT DOES
NOT LEAD.
THAT IS THE IMPLICIT
WAY THE MEDIA ENCOURAGES
VIOLENCE.
IF YOU DO IT THE RIGHT
WAY THEY ARE LIKE, THAT IS
BORING.
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
AMERICANS -- THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE ARRESTED WERE A SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF THE PROTESTS.
AMERICANS ARE COMING TO PROTEST
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO WORRIED
ABOUT HOW BAD CORRUPTION IS IN
OUR GOVERNMENT.
NO BIG DEAL.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY HAD GOTTEN A
BATON OVER THEIR HEAD AND WAS
BLEEDING, OR PUSHED A COP, THEY
WOULD BE LIKE OH MY
GOD, LOOK AT THIS.
THE PROTESTERS, THE RADICALS,
THEY ARE RIOTING.
THEN THEY WOULD COVER IT.
POSITIVE COVERAGE, YOU WILL
ALMOST NEVER GET.
NEGATIVE COVERAGE, THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS HAPPY
TO GIVE YOU.
>> INTERNALLY AT TYTLIVE WE GOT
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
EVERYBODY
GOT PISSED OFF ABOUT THE
AMERICAN AIR THING, THAT THEY
ALL COVERED TO SOME EXTENT.
I
DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT 16 SECONDS
ON FOX NEWS, BUT HE HAS A GOOD
POINT OBVIOUSLY.
GETTING 400
PEOPLE TO BE ARRESTED, THAT IS
PRETTY AMAZING.
HE IS SAYING IT
IS THE LARGEST EVER, I DON'T
KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT IS BUT IT
IS AN ABSOLUTELY HUGE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE AND IT IS RIDICULOUS --
THEY COVERED THOSE TEA PARTY
PROTESTS FOR MONTHS.
>>SOMETIMES THEY WOULD HAVE 50
PEOPLE ON THE CAPITOL STEPS, 50
PEOPLE TO SIT AROUND LISTENING
TO MICHELLE BACHMAN MISQUOTE THE
CONSTITUTION AND CONFUSE IT WITH
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
THEY WOULD COVER THAT, WITHOUT,
BY THE WAY, POINTING OUT WHAT I
JUST POINTED OUT.
>>LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT.
>>THEY HAVE ALL THE
SCAFFOLDING SURROUNDING --
THAT IS BECAUSE REPUBLICANS WANT
THE CAPITOL MOVED A LITTLE
FURTHER TO THE WRONG SIDE OF
HISTORY.
>>THE THING I DO WANT TO POINT
OUT IS THAT AT THIS PROTEST
THERE WERE A FEW TEA PARTY
ACTIVISTS PRESENT.
PART OF THE
REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THIS IS
REALLY A NONPARTISAN ISSUE, IT
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A
RADICAL RIGHT -- A PERSON ON THE
RADICAL RIGHT OR THE
RADICAL LEFT.
EVERYONE AGREES OUR
REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD
REPRESENT US, NOT CORPORATE
INTERESTS.
>>NOT HILLARY CLINTON VOTERS,
THEY DON'T THINK THAT.
>>THEY MADE A MISTAKE IN THE PR,
THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT
THIS IS DEMOCRACY SPRING BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE TEA PARTY.
I THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE
CAMERAS.
>>IF THIS WAS THIS MANY TEA
PARTIERS, FOX WOULD BE SAYING
SHOULD WE IMPEACH OBAMA
INSTANTLY?
BUT MAYBE THEY NEEDED
SARAH PALIN TO GIVE A SPEECH
ABOUT HOW THE MONEY AND THE
POLITICS IS CORRUPTING OUR
POLITICS OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY.
>>THAT IS GREAT.
BY THE WAY,
THAT IS THE STORY HERE, I THINK,
THAT THE TEA PARTY AND THE LEFT
CAME TOGETHER OVER AN ISSUE.
BUT THAT WON'T BE COVERED.
>>EVEN WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT,
THEY TALK ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS,
THAT IS THE ISSUE.
