mediamatters.org - 4/16/2009
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Fox News again declares ownership with label "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties" Summary: For at least the second time in three days, Fox News aired on-screen text describing "tea party" protests that Fox News hosts will be attending as "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties." Fox News has often described the protests ...
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 4/16/2009
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
They resemble nothing so much as the anti-war
protests during Bush's first term. The claim that they
don't have an organizing premise strikes me as obviously wrong: They're anti-bailout, anti-stimulus, anti-deficit, and anti- the tax increases that ...
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The Tea Parties
mediamatters.org - 4/17/2009
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mediamatters.org —
On the house: Fox aired 107 ads for
its coverage of tea party protests over 10 days
Summary: From April 6 to April 15, Fox News aired at least 107 commercial promotions for their coverage of the April 15 tea parties. The majority of all the ads -- 58 ...
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On the house: Fox aired 107 ads for its coverage of tea ...
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Howard Kurtz Shocked By Fox News Tea Party Promotion
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I have no idea why Kurtz is pretending that a sincere non-sponsorship of these Tea Party activities on the part of the Fox News Channel was in play. Fox billed yesterday's events on teevee as "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties." They ran ...
On the house: Fox aired 107 ads for its coverage of tea party protests over 10 days
The Hollywood Liberal —
... , Fox News aggressively promoted the events in recent weeks, encouraging viewers to get involved with tea party protests across the country. Indeed, Fox News repeatedly described them as “FNC Tax Day Tea Parties.” On April 15, four of the network’s hosts broadcast live from various tea parties. Of the 107 ads, 58 were 10-second spots promoting a specific Fox News program that would be covering the events. The programs promoted in the 10-second spots were: Your World with Neil Cavuto , Glenn Beck , The O’Reilly Factor , Hannity , and On the Record with Greta Van Susteren ...
With A Whimper And A Whine
Daily Kos —
... , Fox "News," the most popular cable news network in America, aggressively pushed these tea parties on air and on line for weeks on end. It billed them as "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties." It ran ...
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April 9 post
on The Fox Forum: "Though many on the far left continue to ignore or downplay
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Foser: Weak tea
mediamatters.org 4/19/2009 — For all the media attention devoted
to this week's so-called "tea party" protests, the most striking thing is what
wasn't mentioned.
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