https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/11/06/the-worst-media-double-standard-in-recent-history/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 12:46:36 -0400<![CDATA[In 2009 and 2010, the media trashed the Tea Party, using the crazied, hyperbolic language possible &#8212; and yet were envious of their success at the polls last November, and wanted a Tea Party of their own. Hence, Occupy Wall Street. Richard Fernandez asks a great question at the Belmont Club. Did the MSM&#8217;s intensely negative reporting cause them (directly or indirectly) to amp up the craziness at OWS to waaaay past 11 on Nigel Tufnel&#8217;s Marshall stack, or is that simply what happens when a mass of people with an ill-defined cause co-habituate in an urban Burning Man festival for months on end?]]>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:08:04 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/11/06/the-worst-media-double-standard-in-recent-history-n254839