Reuters: George Soros is secretly behind Occupy Wall Street!

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:43:00 +0000

[UPDATED BELOW] Who is responsible for Occupy Wall Street? Is it a protest initially organized by longtime anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters that grew in size and scope (with the support of members of the Anonymous collective) due to widespread frustration about economic injustice, leading organized labor and other left-wing groups to sign on in solidarity? Yes. But for some journalists, that is a very boring answer. So Reuters attempts to "follow the money" (there is not really that much money involved; it's not like they've launched a targeted ad buy or something), leading them straight into Glenn Beck nonsense-land. It turns out that Occupy Wall Street... is funded by George Soros!

Mark Egan and Michelle Nichols have written a very sloppy piece that starts off saying "Soros Soros Soros" but then basically admits that it can't really justify making the connection. It begins:

Anti-Wall Street protesters say the rich are getting richer while average Americans suffer, but the group that started it all may have benefited indirectly from the largesse of one of the world's richest men.

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Reuters: George Soros is secretly behind Occupy Wall Street!