Comments on: On Occupy Oakland, the media & what’s next

By: KQED/The California Report’s Awful Occupy Oakland Analysis | A Year in the Life of Occupy Oakland

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:54:45 +0000

[...] A few minutes into my interview, I knew full well that KQED would never use anything from it, nor reconsider the caliber of their reporting [they did use a two second bite in another story]. There was an almost institutional resistance to it, perhaps caused by the momentum of already having chosen their trajectory of reporting. Despite the fact that he sounds like the most incredibly uninformed ignoramus in Oakland concerning the Occupy movement, again and again it will be Richman that they seek for “analysis”, because he tells them what they want to hear. Because this is what Richman believes: [...]

By: John W

John W — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:55:58 +0000

Re #13

Is there something you’d like to share with us, Elwood? It’s okay, you’re among friends.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:48:22 +0000

But what about bisexual bipolar teens in the West Bank? Don’t they need love too?

By: RR, Senile Columnist

RR, Senile Columnist — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:43:30 +0000

A statement from an OWSer: I graduated from a prestigious university with a degree in Global Poverty/Mental Health with a minor in 2nd-hand smoking science. I should be employed with a progressive NGO or think-tank with a salary commensurate with my knowledge and energies. But this country’s screwed – up values reward greedy bankers and sellouts in politics, not people like me. Of course, I shouldn’t complain too much. After all, I am much better off than homeless LGBT persons or bipolar teens in Gaza. Just the same, if this society doesn’t reward people who care about vital issues, we’re headed down the drain.

By: C.J. Hirschfield

C.J. Hirschfield — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:04:48 +0000

Excellent piece, Josh. I’m bookmarking your blog so I can get some thoughtful coverage of the Occupy situation.

By: Josh Richman

Josh Richman — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:11:10 +0000

re #8: Yeah, Elwood, I saw that. He’s certainly entitled to his opinion; I guess time will tell which one of us was correct.

By: Nathalie Guyol

Nathalie Guyol — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:35:11 +0000

Hi, Josh —

Good piece, pretty well summarizing my take on it from way back here in Texas. I support OWS in general, but the clowns who love anarchy ruin it. Thus has ever been the case . . .

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:21:34 +0000

Hey Josh, I don’t think you’ll be getting a Christmas card from Jaime Omar Yassin this year.

I thought I knew someone else who is the world’s foremost authority, but apparently I was wrong.

By: KQED/The California Report’s Awful Occupy Oakland Analysis | Hyphenated-Republic

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:18:23 +0000

[...] A few minutes into my interview, I knew full well that KQED would never use anything from it, nor reconsider the caliber of their reporting [they did use a two second bite in another story]. There was an almost institutional resistance to it, perhaps caused by the momentum of already having chosen their trajectory of reporting. Despite the fact that he sounds like the most incredibly uninformed ignoramus in Oakland concerning the Occupy movement in downtown Oakland, again and again it will be Richman that they seek for “analysis”, because he tells them what they want to hear. Because this is what Richman believes: [...]

By: Milan Moravec

Milan Moravec — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:36:06 +0000

Every qualified California student should get a place in University of California(UC) system. That’s a desirable goal for a public university. However, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau displaces Californians qualified for education at Cal. with $50,600 tuition Foreigners.
Paying more is not a better education. UC tuition increases exceed the national average rate of increase. The UC Board Of Regents jeopardizes Californians attending higher education by making UC the most expensive public university.
Self-serving tuition increases are used by UC President Mark Yudof to increase the pay of 80,000 eligible faculty & others. Payoffs like these point to higher operating costs and still higher tuition for Californians. Instate tuition consumes 14% of Ca. Median Family Income! UC is hijacking our kids’ futures: student debt.
I agree that faculty in higher education and senior management, like Yudof and Birgeneau, should consider the students’ welfare & put it high on their values.
Deeds unfortunately do not bear out the students’ welfare values of campus senior managements and the UC Board of Regents.
Opinions to UC Board of Regents, email marsha.kelman@ucop.edu