This makes me smile. Via Newshounds-
The next words out of Carlson’s mouth were “ You’re looking at footage from when the bus rolled through Las Vegas last month.” What? They did not have any footage of the “thousands” at the kickoff rally? After the absolutely shameless promotion of the first Tea Party Express, including embedding Griff Jenkins on the bus and live coverage of its numerous stops as it rolled inexorably towards Washington D.C. and culminating with a Fox producer whipping up the crowd for the live shots, Fox did not use live footage of the kickoff of Tea Party II. Even the local Fox affiliate does not have live footage on their web site. A quick perusal of the front page of Fox News website revealed no mention of the bus, though Fox Nation had a mention.
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And what is the reason for going from such heavy promotion of the Tea Parties to such light coverage? Is Fox embarrassed at the antics of the crowds, with the Obama as Hitler and the “We came unarmed, this time” signs? Or did the slap from the Obama administration cause them to rethink their overt role in creating the news instead of just reporting it? We may never know. Julie's recent post about the weekend Fox & Friends notwithstanding, it seems obvious to this observer that, at least in relation to the Tea Party bus, there has been a sea change in the way that Fox is covering this story.
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