Apr 11, 2009

Fox News tea party support: 'fair and balanced' a joke

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Conservative "tea party" protests across the US need to attract crowds. Bodies are essential if you hope to draw media attention.

No problem. Fox News is on the case.

The News organization that claims to be "fair and balanced" and that urges viewers to "say 'no' to biased media" has made no effort to disguise its biases when it comes to anti-Obama tea party protests. Fox blatantly airs segments urging viewers to get involved in protests across the country.

Fox goes beyond merely calling on viewers to turn out. It provides organizing information for the events ... dates, locations, related website info. It has even gone so far as to post publicity for the events on its own website. Tea-party planners list Fox News contributors as "Tea Party Sponsors".

Fox personalities will be broadcasting live at tea party events across the country.

Beck has been working overtime getting out the message. He encouraged his viewers to show up at "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties". Cavuto announced on his show that "... we are going to be broadcasting live from one of the biggest of these rallies on April 15, Tax Day. We are at California's state capitol in Sacramento. This is the epicenter of this tax revolt beast, if you will."

Fox News' claim to be fair and balanced is a joke.