Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy

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45. If the issue is sharing information with the banks...

...this was done so the banks could protect their property against trespass and vandalism. I don't see what that has to do with the evictions, coordinated or not. Assertions to the contrary not withstanding, that is all that was done.

If there was no violence or vandalism (against the banks) it is for one of two reasons... the protesters were peaceful and no one attempted it, or, some minority of them did attempt it and it was thwarted. If it was the second case, it would have been a win-win - the banks avoid damage and disruption and the Occupy movement avoids the embarrassment of being smeared as gratuitously violent and disruptive, which would detract from its message.

You are entitled to your opinion about journalism, but the sad fact is that the demise of professional print journalism with the capability of carrying out extensive investigative reporting and international reporting is directly due to the rise of the internet and the consequent shrinking readership for print journalism. That isn't to say there isn't consolidation - when newspapers lose readership that's the only course possible.