Nov 17

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11/17/2011 4:51 PM 

The  Beachcomber editorial November 16 , second paragraph, finds a problem with  reporting from the streets of New York, my italics:
“…[Citizen Journalism ]  clearly has its place. As I write this editorial, police are clearing Zuccotti Park in New York City of protesters, encamped there as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Reporters may not be able to get to the center of the action. Footage and photos shot by those within the camp — by those who may end up in jail — will likely help to tell a powerful story. But it won't be the whole story, nor will it be presented with a dispassionate voice — a voice some of us find credible in this polarized society of ours.”

The Editor has a point. Reporters indeed would find the way in to be fraught with  pepper spray and clubbings.  Of course, no main stream reporters have made the attempt, but still.  And the Editor is right on point to observe that  “footage and photos shot by those within the camp …[will not be] presented with a dispassionate voice”.  This clarion call for reason  by the Beachcomber at a time when  Wall Street sorely needs the support of right-thinking Americans is welcome indeed.