A few weeks ago, as the Occupy Wall Street movement got started, I spent about four hours one night researching everything I could find about it online. As I got sucked further and further down the rabbit hole, and watched video after video, it was obvious that this was about real Americans with real frustrations who had finally found a way to be heard. It was uncomfortable to watch. Conflicting emotions bubbled up in equal parts. It was exciting to see civil disobedience become part of the political landscape again but sad that the media saw such this important part of democracy as something odd or unimportant.

I was proud to see people actually physically assembling and not just complaining in online forums but I was ashamed of many of the police who used intense violence against a group of non-violent protestors. What is up with the cops in the white shirts by the way? Do they give the white shirt to you when you've been identified as having a sadist streak? Finally, I was proud of the protestors who slept in parks through the night, made signs and supported each other - but I felt guilty that I wasn't there and that somebody else was risking so much while I risked so little. The next day we made up a care package of food and clothes to lessen the guilt. It didn't help much.

If these demonstrations were going on in any other country they would be the lead story every night. But somehow in our own country our mainstream press doesn't think it's as important when Americans get tear-gassed as it is when some foreign "'oppressive regime" does the same to its people.

The New York Times motto is "All the news that's fit to print." Well they are not alone in the media in deciding a lot of what's happening with OWS isn't fit to print or be seen. But that doesn't mean the news isn't getting reported. Citizens are picking up the slack and the news is out there but just not on TV at 6 o'clock. So together with a new class at Boulder Digital Works we built our own news outlet to gather all that disparate content up in one place for the Occupy movement called the occupationalist.org. The motto of the Occupationalist is "100% of the 99%". The news is live, unedited and downright overwhelming, and that is the point.

Like me and everybody else, you have preconceived notions about what's going on. Spend some time digging in and I promise you that you will be angry, sad, proud, and inspired in equal amounts. Whether you support or reject the movement and the message, you owe yourself an unflinching look at the reality.

By Alex Bogusky