Fox News Promotes Anti-Obama Tea Parties VIDEO

by TheCameraObscura | April 10, 2009 at 11:16 pm
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Organizers of the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests have been trying to claim that the events are rising up spontaneously. However, right wing lobbyist groups, think tanks and, especially, Fox News have been aggressively promoting the anti-tax protests.

Fox News has, in dozens of instances, provided attendance and organizing information for future protests, such as protest dates, locations and website URLs.

Fox News websites have also posted information and publicity material for protests. Fox News hosts have repeatedly encouraged viewers to join them at several April 15 protests that they are attending and covering (view compilation).

Fox News isn’t the only right-wing organization involved in building up these so-called “grassroots” events. The tea parties have been heavily backed by corporate lobbyists.

The principle organizers of many of the local events are actually the lobbyist-run think tanks Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Works, and Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions. The groups are heavily staffed and well funded, and are providing all the logistical and public relations work necessary for planning coast-to-coast protests.

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BEBO

Radical... ...ha ha ha ha.  Protesting the government's insance deficit spending.  Now THAT's radical! 

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aurealeus

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

Thomas Jefferson - 1802



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BabyBoomersWay

I, for one, appreciate Fox News bringing me information on how and where I can exercise my constitutionally protected right to peacefully assemble and let MY voice be heard.  The elections are supposed to do that, but this past one surely didn't.  We have a President that refuses to prove he is eligible to hold the office and has proven that he is promoting friendship and harmony with all the Muslim world order.  We have an election that has been proven to have been tampered with by the Acorn organization, who the President then rewards by wanting to give Acorn all the power to control, manipulate and tamper with our Census information.

I want MY voice heard.  I will be at a tea party.  Enough is enough.  I want MY America back.  Not the one that Obama is pushing down our throats and that my grandchildren and greatgrandchildren will be paying for his stupidity all their lives.

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TheCameraObscura

Fox is doing far more than giving information, they are actively supporting a protest against the president of the United States. This has never happened in the history of broadcast.
journalism.

Your voice was heard, you voted, your guy lost.  Most of America rejected 8 years of failed Republican policies. America said no to more tax breaks for the rich, illegal wars, torture of innocent people and 3 trillion wasted in Iraq while Bin Laden remains free.

The state of Hawaii has stated twice that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, you are simply living in a delusion of sour grapes. BTW John McCain was not born in the US, he was born in Panama.

As far as tampering with elections, why did the Republicans use the federal government (which you now hate) to stop the state of Florida from finishing a hand recount in 2000?

Please do go to the corporate sponsored, lobbyist sponsored, Fox news sponsored tea party and protest the biggest tax break ever given to the middle class in the history of the US. (given by Barack Obama).  Those rich corporations need you to be their willing tool.


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tpaine

"...they are actively supporting a protest against the president of the United States..."

I think if you dug into media coverage of Nixon prior to his near-impeachment and subsequent resignation, you might pipe a different tune.  I'm guessing that was before your time and not taught in your classes.

Never mind that most media outlets gave Obama a free pass into the Presidency by deciding to pay more attention to the tingles up their legs than doing a real job of covering his shortcomings.  That said, it wouldn't really have mattered because too many Obama voters don't pay enough attention to the world around them to actually dig into what any of their candidates actually stand for.  It's appropriate that Al Franken is a Democrat... since the whole party is one long running joke.

Your John McCain comment is really tired.  The courts have repeatedly ruled that children of military service members and their spouses born overseas are U.S. citizens and eligible for holding all offices up to the President.  Even if John McCain had been born in Timbuktu, he would still be able to be elected President.

"...protest the biggest tax break ever given to the middle class in the history of the US."  The biggest tax break ever given to the middle class?  Go back to smoking your dope.  I think the largest tax decreases probably came during the Reagan era... if not, then those tax breaks were certainly larger than anything that's happened recently (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005921.html).  Besides, tax breaks are a moot point if government spending takes the country into bankrupcy and inflation.  Again, check out the history books, circa 1979.

Speaking of history books, why don't you pick one up and read it?

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TheCameraObscura

Comparing tea party coverage to the coverage of a filthy lying crook like Richard Nixon, are you serious, what drugs are you on?

I never said John McCain wasn't eligible to be president, stop your lying.  I said he was born in Panama. Obviously you have to lie, you have nothing else, how pathetic.

Obama got a free pass?  Oh please, all you right wing nuts were on TV 24/7 crying bloody murder about Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers; your right wing smear failed

Sorry, even Economics Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman says the Obama tax cut is bigger than the Reagan tax cut for the middle class.

Sorry Obama won the college educated vote, while McCain got those who barely graduated high school or dropped out (Bristol Palins). The GOP LOST, suck it up.

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nc chick

and the problem is.....look as daily kos and moveon.org. Tit for tat is how I see it.

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TheCameraObscura

Youre comparing a broadcast news network to a blog and a political action committee?

That is absurd. What is wrong with you people?


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NC chick

Dear Sir,

Every anti-war protest has been publicized by the msm. There didn't seem to have a problem with that. You need to know the facts. I am sure that I can find some clips. It's so tiring trying to educate the ignorant. Happy Easter...enjoy the day.

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TheCameraObscura

Find me ONE example of any national news organization actively supporting and organizing (NOT JUST REPORTING) protests against the President of the United States.

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NeVet

I call BS on this!!

NO ONE...I REPEAT....NO ONE has funded me or anyone else that I know who is joining a tea party with anything. No bussing, no money for gas for my 100 mile trip or purchases for materials. Unlike ACORN and some of the other Obot support groups, we can and will do it on our own.

Get your facts straight and quit printing crap like this!!

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TheCameraObscura

When did I ever state that participants had been funded in the story?  I never said that.  Please stop accusing me writing something I did not write.  All of my facts are backed by supporting links.  Yours are coming from your deep paranoia.

BTW, did you know you're protesting AGAINST the biggest tax break ever given to the middle class.  Obama is giving more of your money back to you and you're mad about that?  Explain that logic please.

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JWChancey

Hellooooo !! There are not anti Obama rallys..... but they are PRO AMERICA-anti SPENDING-DEFECIT-HIGH TAXES-LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE-CONGRESS BAD party's !!

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TheCameraObscura

HIGH TAXES?

Umm, Obama just gave the middle class the biggest tax cut in the history of this country.  Please educate yourself.

Where was this outrage against deficits when Bush spent 3 TRILLION killing innocent Iraqis?

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kdawg

Killing innocent Iraqis?  Wow, so that is why you are spouting ignorant "I take it whatever gets rammed down my throat" facts... freaking liberal to the end.  Well, man, I'll tell you this:  It wasn't just Republicans at the tea parties... there were a ton of dems, mods, etc. there.  Get out from the behind the computer/tv screen and do some reading.

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BuckeyeDave

Your inacurate reporting about the Tea Parties NATION WIDE is not surprising. Having attended the March 15 rally in Cincinnati that drew 5000 people and was the largest to that point, I can unequivocally state that they are absolutely grassroots efforts. I plan on being at the April 15 rally in Cincinnati as well. I have followed the folks that have organised both and they are the epitomy of grassroots.

The fact that the groups you mentioned, especially Foxnews, are helping publicize them is do to the fact that the main stream media are totally ignoring them or, like you disperage them.

Oh, I don't recall you saying anything about ACORN, MoveOn, SEIU, et. al. and their voter fraud efforts(reminder, several ACORN associates are either on trial or have been convicted nation wide for this). So, you see, you indignation comes across as empty, meaningless and hypocritical!

My suggestion for you is to go watch PMSnbc with Tingly-leg Matthews, Olberdork, and Madcow.

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TheCameraObscura

Sorry you're wrong, there is going to be a nationwide tea party on April 15th to protest the biggest middle class tax break in the history of this country (you can thank Obama for that, if you have a grateful bone in your body). 

The tea party is not a grassroots, sorry to burst your bubble.  It has been documented repeatedly that right wing think tanks, corporate lobbying groups and now Fox news are actively supporting it.  Fox is doing far more than publicizing it, wake up and face reality.

Moveon.org and ACORN are political action committees, Fox is a NEWS organization, big difference there.

It is appalling that a broadcast journalist channel is acting as a political arm of a political party, just like Pravda in the old Soviet Union.

You are clearly uneducated, by choice, and have no idea what the difference is between broadcast journalism and political action committees. Shame on your parents for raising such ignorance.

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BuckeyeDave

Sorry, but YOU are wrong!  Your so called "biggest middle class tax break in history" is laughable.  If you think that $10 a week is a huge tax break you'd better go take some economy classes yourself(FYI, that's $520 a year).  Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush gave far larger breaks to the middle class(I know you don't have a "grateful bone in your body," so it's pointless to tell you to thank them). 

I'm not going to restate everything I said about the grassroots organization of the tea parties.  Everything I said though is factual and documented.  As far as the "right wing think tanks, corporate lobbying groups and Foxnews,"  They are FAR LESS involved with these than PMSnbc, George Soros, Code Pink, and left wing think tanks were with the "anti-war/anti-George W. Bush" protests.

MoveOn, ACORN, SEIU, et. al. are notorious for their election rigging and busing in of protesters and paying them for their time.  The AIG protests, for example, were staged by ACORN and SEIU with bussed in people who didn't have a clue about what they were doing except for what those staging them told them.

If you want to talk about a channel "acting as a political arm of a political party, just like Pravda in the old Soviet Union," then all you need do is look at NBC and everyone of the "news" outlets being operated by it.  They are nothing more than a mouth piece of the Democrat party.  CNN, ABC and CBS are only marginally less so.  The New York Times, has done nothing but shill for Obama and the Democrats.

As far as my education goes, your response is what I'd expect from an urban snob who thinks they are smarter than everyone else.  Just for your edification, though it's none of your business, I do have a college education(the level of which I will not brag about), but my education didn't/doesn't stop there.  I do understand the difference between a broadcast journalist and a 501(c)3 organization.  As for my parents, they did an excellent job raising me.  They taught me that education is NOT limited to the walls of a school or college and doesn't stop when you leave there.  I could say something about the job your parents did, but I'm not that snarky and won't lower myself to that level.  Try not to be such an arrogant snob though!

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TheCameraObscura

Obama's is tax break is far more than $10, you're simply quoting Limbaugh and Hannity.

Reagan and the Bushes gave huge tax breaks to corporations, George W. gave enormous tax breaks to oil companies, but you didn't mind that, no tea parties there.

The New York Times supported Bush's lie about WMD, the illegal invasion, mass murder, Rumsfeld after the Pirson Abu torture scandal, and the infamous Jessica Lynch "hero" fable. Thanks for your ignorance.

I worked at NBC News, CEO Jack Welch is a republican and a union buster. MSNBC only seems liberal because you can't face reality in your Glenn beck fantasy world.

You're still comparing political action committees to a major news organization, you just don't get the difference between covering news and creating news.

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BuckeyeDave

Nice job deleting my detailed response to this.  Typical lib, when you are getting your butt handed to you, stick your fingers in your ears and start screaming "I can't hear you," or in this case, just hit "delete."

BTW, who are the CEO's of GE and NBC?  Here's a hint, it sure isn't Jack Welch!

Also, my comparisons(AS POINTED OUT IN THE DELETED POSTS) were Foxnews v PMSnbc, left 501(c)3's v those on the right and, as you call them, "corporate lobbying groups" v the lefts sugar daddy, George Soros.

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TheCameraObscura

I didn't delete any responses, that's your tin foil hat on too tight.

Umm, when I worked at NBC News, Jack Welch was the CEO.

What?  No nasty attack accusing me of being an urban snob?  Gee I feel left out.

MoveOn.org is not a corporate lobbying group, neither is Code Pink.  Two more misses.

BTW I was right, now Fox News is outright bragging that they support and promote the tea parties, maybe they're part of some conspiracy against you too?


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Roy C

It is absolutely amazing how people can pick up on the "bias" of the opposition news network, but don't have a clue when it comes to their own side.

This is the primary source of what are called "projections", negative or positive exaggerations of someone else's good or bad points as the result of being unconscious of that trait in yourself.

We then, in the case of the negative projection, go to war against the "enemy" with a crusader's zeal, having "identified" the source of Evil-in-the-World-Without.

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TheCameraObscura

Roy, this goes way beyond bias, this a national broadcast news organization advocating and assisting in a protest of the President of the United States (who just gave the middle class the biggest tax break they've ever had).

This has never occurred in the history of broadcast journalism.  Amazing you fail to even recognize that.

My linked sources are ALL back up news reports, you provided no backup to prove they are wrong.   Are we simply supposed to take your word for it? 


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BuckeyeDave

"This has never occurred in the history of broadcast journalism.  Amazing you fail to even recognize that."

I'd ask if you'd ever watched NBC (ie, Tingly-leg Matthews, Olberdork, Madcow, et. al.), but you have no objectivity and believe that they are completely objective commentators.  Your credibility is woefully lacking!

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TheCameraObscura

GIVE US ONE EXAMPLE OF ANY NEWS NETWORK STAGING, PROMOTING, ASSISTING AND FUNDING A PROTEST OF HE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Back up your ignorant blather with ONE EXAMPLE, DON'T RUN, GIVE US AN EXAMPLE BESIDES FOX NEWS.

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politisite

The Tea party Movement is Not Anti-Obama.  It is a grassroots movement by many folks from many cites.  Fox news is going to cover the stories as Journalists and commentators do. 

There is No ANTI-Obama Rhetoric in any of these Tea Parties.  One sign I saw says it best, Its "Not About President Obama, it is about America"

This Tax Day tea Party will be the largest one day protest against the Government mismanaging ta dollars.  That includes Bush/Obama and the Congress.  It is disingenuous to call it an anti-Obama Rally


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TheCameraObscura

There are lots of Anti-Obama signs and slogans at these tea parties, and don't worry I'll be posting all of them following the April 15th tea party.

It's not anti-government, there are 10-12 republican senators, Congressmen and Governors speaking at tea parties, what in the world are you talking about?

As I thorougly documented, the tea parties have been organized by right wing think tanks, corporate lobbyists, Newt Gingrich's organization and the ultra right wing Fox News. 

The irony is the tea baggers are willing tools protesting against the biggest tax break ever given to the middle class in US history (and it came from Obama).

Talk about cutting your own throats. When will the Red Staters ever learn?

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ann mitchell

Has anyone thought about who provides most of the jobs in the USA?  Could it be those big, bad corporations and businesses?  That is what our democracy used to be, but with the current tax punishments to job providers and buying votes by making people dependent on the government, we can now be called socialists.  The government will soon be the only employer in the USA.  Remember Jefferson"s words "Any government that is large enough to give you all you want is strong enough to take all you have."

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TheCameraObscura

Umm, actually Ann, small businesses, not corporations, are the biggest job providers in the U.S.

Now, it is true that corporations do get tax breaks to "create jobs" and they do create them in India, the Philippines and other countries, it's called "outsourcing" and "free trade."

I doubt seriously Jefferson ever could have imagined US corporations getting bailouts, corporate welfare and shipping American jobs overseas.

If you're truly against government jobs, why don't you oppose your local police department, fire department or the US military? Alot of "government workers" died to make you free.

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ann mitchell

Actually I do oppose too many police.  Our small town had 3 policemen 3 years ago and very little crime.  We now have 24 policemen (higher taxes had to be spent somewhere) and still very little crime.  What we do have is police harrassment of the small business trying to make a living along our beach.  Police give tickets to anyone parked to eat in restaurants unless they are bought off.  They sit at the bottom of a hill and give tickets to anyone going 5 miles over the speed limit, mostly to workers on their way to work.  Our small laid back beach town has become a police state.

I agree that small businesses provide most of the jobs.  However, for all his talk about helping the small business owner, all Obama is offering is low rate loans which they could get anyway.  If these business make over $250,000 a year, their taxes are going up 5%, plus remember, that business owners have to pay all social security( both employer and employee) or an additional 15% on the first $120,000.  So for the first $120,000, they pay the govt. $66,000 plus 39.5% on the next $130,000.  So, out of the $250,000,  they pay $117,350.  Out of the remainder of their investments for their future, they have to provide their own insurance, retirement, any repairs, upgrades, etc. for the business as well as insurance, retirement, etc. of any who work for them.

Obama also has asked that these people not be given as many deductions as people making less.  This really stiffles any incentives anyone has to  risk continuing to do business and to keep employees.  Obama is so set on punishing anyone who has worked hard to build up a business, that he has not considered that it is not good practice to starve your best milk cow to feed non producers.  Government is taking over our lives too much.

 

 

 

 

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