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        A local reporter and activist says the media&#039;s demand for soundbites is at odds with the protests&#039; larger vision.
            by Kelly Benjamin
            In the two short weeks since I left Tampa for New York to help report on the then media blacked-out Occupy Wall Street protests, the movement has spread virally to hundreds of cities internationally &mdash; including Cigar City. It was both odd and awesome to come back to find hundreds of people in my home town (not typically known for radical activism, aside from the Ronda Storms teabagging variety) speaking through a people&#039;s mic about &quot;the 99%.&quot;&hellip;
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