Wall Street Protests

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Great reporting, guys - NOT

CSNBC wrote a pretty good piece about George Soros and his supposed clandestine support of Occupy Wall Street:

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Occupy Wall Street is that it is a financial success. In just four weeks since the protest began, it has raised well over $200,000 and collected far more than that in donated food and clothing.

There has been a lot of speculation who might be financing the protests. One person sometimes signaled out is George Soros, the well-known hedge fund manager who has used his bank-account to fund progressive causes quite a few times.

Soros no doubt supports many of the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Streeters. But there doesn’t seem to be much of direct connection. A Reuters investigation found only the most tenuous connection.

It may have been tenuous, but Reuters certainly made the most of it.