A leading Indigenous rights advocate and social commentator is critical of the way the mainstream media has portrayed the Tent Embassy protest, saying people in Aboriginal communities are not having their voices heard.

Tracker Magazine editor and Walkley award-winning journalist Chris Graham has criticised so-called Aboriginal 'leaders', saying the Government use people like former ALP national president Warren Mundine and Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda for their own political agenda.

Mr Graham is urging people to spend more time analysing all the footage from last week's protests for themselves, rather than relying on mainstream media reports.

"The images that you've seen of clashes with the protesters and the police clearly show police instigating the violence.

"If anybody can show me a single clip of an Aboriginal person assaulting a copper, fire away; let's have a look.

"I've seen so much footage of police attacking protesters.  What people really need to be aware of is that that occurs after [the Prime Minister Julia] Gillard had left.

"The so-called threat had been resolved and then they started thumping protesters.  There is a mountain of video evidence that shows that.

"The fact that the media aren't reporting that is a reflection on the media."