Portland's shitty newspaper, owned by a right-wing OC turd, goes for the jugular of Occupy Portland

[stevedeshazer]

The Oregonian, once a great newspaper and now just a bunch of Libertarian derp, brings you the following wisdom about Occupy Portland:

Four weeks after Occupy Portland planted itself in the heart of downtown, forces are colliding inside and outside the camp.

The most significant is Occupy's effort to spread its general message of political and economic fairness while providing food, shelter and sanitation for its downtown occupation encampment, where an undetermined number of residents are chronically homeless, physically ill, mentally ill or abusing illegal drugs and alcohol.

The inaugural Occupy Portland march Oct. 6 ended at Chapman and Lownsdale squares, and about 500 people have been living in the two full city blocks. Through the Internet, talk radio, livestreaming and daily discussions, the movement has engaged the city in high-flown abstractions but also in the nitty-gritty of managing the commune it established, including bathrooms and rats.

The city's elected government walks day by day on a fine line to protect government property and personnel while creating space for free speech on a spectrum of political causes that fall under the sound-bite umbrella of "We Are the 99 Percent."

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/11/occupy_portland_wrestles_with.html

No wonder this formerly excellent newspaper now owned by discredited libertarian idiot N. Christian Anderson III, who wore out his welcome at the OC Register a very long time ago.

I've lived in the Portland area 56 years. This idiot publisher and his minions and their nice offices are within sight of Occupy Portland.

Here's how they choose to deal with it.

:grr:

*sigh*

/rant

[lbrtbell]

1. K&R for the subject heading alone - n/t

[EFerrari]

2. Soon, the Occupied Oregonian will have more readers.

Bet me. :)

[stevedeshazer]

3. I ain't taking that bet.

But I freaking hope so.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

6. You should go help get it started.

Give karma a hand. lol

[quakerboy]

4. Wierd

I noticed they spin right of me, if still slightly left of what I see as the RW nuttyness found so often in the media. And I have noticed that they seem determined to undermine Occupy. I found the articles on the first day march to be very instructive, noting the differences between the reality of being there and the focus of the writers.

[NBachers]

5. The latest shrieking theme is "Think of the Poor Small Businesses They're Ruining!"

[grasswire]

7. it's class warfare

Disparaging all the "dirty" campers. Local news channels are really lapping up stories like the needle found on the street near the encampment and the fella who said he was stuck with a dirty needle in a tent. Those stories are leading local coverage.