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Sorry that it is Flash based. But Rachel Maddow explains the Human Mic, and then shows how it is being used as a voice of political dissent. The Human Mic started at Zuccotti Park as a result of an ordinance forbidding the use of sound amplifiers, such as bull horns or electric sound amplifiers.

In this segment, we get to see the reactions of various political candidates to being “mic checked”.