That's right. Most people watch mainstream media that was airing penguin documentaries when police was brutally attacking to peaceful protesters (there wasn't even provocateurs amongst them then, they joined much later).
I read anecdotes that when people try to explain what's happening these citizens display disbelief. They are possibly the same people who sold their votes for a bag of coal:
BBC (1st article): http://www.bbc.co.uk/
NYT (2nd article): http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html
CNN (1st article): http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/
AlJ (2nd article): http://www.aljazeera.com/
MSNBC (1st article): http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032507/ns/world_news/