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Tea Parties
Matthew Yglesias —
... these “grassroots” outpourings of sentiment and here’s Victor Zapanta’s compilation of Fox News’ relentless efforts to hype the tea parties: ...
FOX News -- PROMOTING, Not Covering Tea Parties
Seeing the Forest —
... -- by Dave Johnson FOX News has become nothing more than an advertisement for anti-government activities like the "tea parties." Watch this compilation of FOX "coverage" of the anti-Obama tea parties and see for yourself. This is not a "news" network, this is an advocacy network, advocating for anti-government, anti-democracy, pro-corporate policies that benefit a wealthy few. Go read Fox News Signs On To Tea Party Agenda, Aggressively Promoting Anti-Obama Protests , Fox News isn’t the only right-wing organization involved in building up these so-called “grassroots” events. ...
About those tea parties
The Reaction —
... And Think Progress, in a similarly valuable post, is also right that these "tea parties" aren't grassroots events "rising up spontaneously": ...
Neil Cavuto Argues FOX News Coverage For Tea Parties Same As For Million Man March – But FNC Did Not Exist At Time Of Million Man March
News Hounds —
... On yesterday's (April 11, 2009) Cavuto on Business, Cavuto claimed that FOX was only covering the tea parties because of its newsworthiness. Forgetting FOX News' aggressive ...
Neil Cavuto Claims FOX News Coverage For Tea Parties Same As For Million Man March – But FNC Did Not Exist At Time Of Million Man March
News Hounds —
... On yesterday's (April 11, 2009) Cavuto on Business, Cavuto claimed that FOX was only covering the tea parties because of their newsworthiness. Forgetting FOX News' aggressive ...
Misunderstanding the 'grassroots' concept
Political Animal —
... , and the far-right group has already folded. There's some evidence to suggest the Tea Parties are following a similar trajectory. These right-wing events aren't just coming together naturally; they're the product of Fox News and ...
Ignore the JournoList Meme of the Week and Go to a Tea Party!
The Sundries Shack —
... the nasty little bigot Jane Hamsher saying that the Tea Party protests are nothing but a Fox News/big corporation operation. And here she is again saying the same thing. Notice how she scampers away like a scared rat when someone asks her if she has anything close to, you know, proof. Steve Benen’s on the same kick and he quotes Oliver Willis who put on his deerstalker cap and came up with, you guessed it, exactly the same conclusion . Here’s Think Progress reading from the script as well. And Michael Stickings quoting Andrew ...
Astroturf vs “AstroTurf”
Matthew Yglesias —
... , an organization run by Richard Armey, the former House majority leader, and supported by the usual group of right-wing billionaires. And the parties are, of course, being promoted heavily by Fox News. ...
Here we go: Fox News actively promoting tea parties
The Reaction —
... Fox News host Neil Cavuto regularly claims that when he aggressively advocates for the anti-Obama "tea party" protests on air, he is ...
Shuster: If You’re Planning Tea Bagging Across The Country, ‘You’re Going To Need A Dick Armey’
Wonk Room —
... by Fox News — are slated to take place across the country. One of the organizations spearheading the effort is Freedom Works, which is ...
Tea-Bagging Is All Fun and Games, Until It Pokes Out an Eye
Open Left - Front Page —
... are orchestrating tomorrow's protests, and Fox has been relentlessly pushing them too. As for the GOP's ludicrous cries of Obama turning our country socialist, ...
Tea Bags Full of Crap
The Democratic Daily —
On Countdown yesterday, David Schuster, sitting in for Keith Olbermann, took “Fox News to task for so aggressively promoting the right wing’s anti-Obama tea parties,” and he “pointed out that ‘tea bagging is not a spontaneous uprising.’” Watch:
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Dave Johnson has a very imformative post on Seeing The Forest: “A Warning About The Tea Parties.”
In a nutshell, the bottom line is this, those tea bags and Tea ...
Dick Armey’s Clients Required The Bailouts That Armey’s FreedomWorks Is Now Protesting
Wonk Room —
As ThinkProgress has been documenting, the anti-Obama “tea parties” going on today are not the “grassroots” effort that organizers claim, but are actually the work of corporate lobbyists, aided and abetted by Fox News. Lee Fang pointed out that one of those lobbyists — former Majority Leader and current FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey (R-TX) — is one of DC’s top “hired guns,” and FreedomWorks is one of those orchestrating the “grassroots” tea party ...
Bwah Ha Ha
Shakesville —
... As part of the network’s day-long promotion of the anti-Obama tea parties, Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson interviewed three tea party organizers on Fox and Friends this morning. In an attempt to push back against criticism that ...
Tea Parties are Grassroots? My Sweet Backside!
Preemptive Karma —
... called the "Tampa Tea Party," each unbeknown to the other. I asked him where the idea came from. "Tom Gaithens," Hendrix said. "He's with FreedomWorks." "Oh really?" "He sent an email out with his network of contacts to see who could help." Well, if they were "spontaneously organized", FreedomWorks sure didn't turn down the chance to add momentum to it. But that's not all. FOX News, desperate get their hands on this post-Reagan era hook, were all to eager to jump on this bandwagon. Think Progress : The network has also been pushing the movement’s talking points, saying that ...
Fox refuses to defend its ?tea party? advocacy on NPR.
The Hollywood Liberal —
Fox refuses to defend its ?tea party? advocacy on NPR. As ThinkProgress pointed out, Fox News aggressively promoted this week’s conservative, anti-Obama tea parties, airing 107 ads for its coverage of the protests over 10 days. Earlier today, NPR’s Tell Me More hosted the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz, who criticized the network’s coverage, and The Atlantic’s Reihan Salam to discuss how the media covered the […] As ThinkProgress pointed out , Fox News aggressively promoted this week’s conservative, anti-Obama tea parties, airing 107 ads for its ...
MIchellle Malkin Brings The Lunatic Fringe To ABC's "This Week" (VIDEO)
The Latest on Air America —
... and publicizer Michelle Malkin on his Sunday show roundtable. When describing the opposition strategy for the upcoming Congressional recess, Malkin used the word "counterinsurgency" as an attempt to scare the public into believing that this ...
