Things get dicey in Oz, the media shrug.

 From the Herald Sun

Last night, I added @OccupyMELBOURNE to my Twitter feed as news of a police crackdown in Australia began showing up in the Boston and Wall Street feeds. "Hands trembling. Incredible, unnecessary violence from police," said one @OccupyMELBOURNE tweet. "Protester dragged from square, by hair, today," tweeted an observer at the scene. "Multiple reports of Police taking off nametags prior to getting violent with protestors," tweeted @OccupyMELBOURNE. As seen in this video, even a reporter for Australia's Herald Sun seemed taken aback by the forceful approach of the police.
 
Coverage by the Associated Press was demure by comparison. "Riot police in Australia’s second-largest city broke up a demonstration linked to the “Occupy Wall Street” movement Friday, after a group of around 100 people protesting corporate greed defied an order to vacate a plaza," begins the AP story. The use of force by police is downplayed in the report and, if videos such as the one above are any indication, it significantly underestimates the number of protesters. (Read the full AP account here.) 
 
Is this just one in a long line of media fails regarding the Occupy movement or is it a sign of something more insidious? Remember, all the major news organizations are huge corporations.