sure the media is corporate controlled, but in the day of the internet if you have a message people agree with your protests serve to organize people in person; committing violence drives people away both from organizing and the ideas, once the media get hold of the only thing of interest to them - violence. Who knows what your ideas are, anyway? Except smash capitalism violently which 99% of amerians reject vehemently - not to mention 98% of Chinese and 95% of Russians.