But local ABC television reporter Greta Kreuz was more concerned about Smith s characterization of the media, which she called unfair, saying that reporters had a good sense of what the controversy was and did not need an extended period of time to understand the issues. Kreuz also said that she was actively gauging activist s sentiments at the public rally. An Associated Press cameraman who chose not to disclose his name agreed with Kreuz, saying that the issues were not so complicated that media members could not understand them. I admit, most of us are covering the isolated violence, not the speeches, he said, but at least I m personally covering a few minutes of the rally, and my tapes go out to everybody. Some of the MIT students, however, supported Smith s statements, criticizing the press coverage of the protests.
News coverage is appalling.
All we did succeed in doing was create public awareness awareness that a movement exists and is growing, and that the future belongs to the people, not to the wealthy few, said Asthana. Pundits seek to reduce this action to an unfocused prod that moves the intelligent, educated lords to focus their probing attention on the problem the slogan-chanting rabble outside have failed to understand thoroughly. Those pundits are wrong. Other protesters were more concerned that fellow activists had begun to focus on issues outside of IMF and World Bank policies. For me, I witnessed a lot of anger, frustration, and anxiety, easily rolled up in emotion and quickly directed at the police, who were standing in the way and threatening bodily harm and arrest, said AuYeung.