I think Fox is losing even more credibility from this. They're not reporting on the movement, but endorsing it, and co-branding it. They're calling some of them FNC Tea Parties. Saying "Hey guys here are locations and times of our parties that we're putting on and hosting" is not reporting news.
They are latching on to a fake grassroots movement that is actually funded by corporations and conservative billionnaires. The fact that Fox was in on this and trying to make it news when it wasn't is just icing on the cake.
I think the best piece on the tea parties is this one by MSNBC.
It points out that we've only had tax cuts for 16 years, and the last tax hike was Clinton in 1993, and only for the top bracket, and that the only tax hike wanted now by Obama is a tax hike on the richest bracket to 10% under Reagan levels. It also catches Fox lying, saying they report on all protest, and they were at the Million Man March, even though they DIDN'T EXIST YET.
But more importantly, it has the most teabagging jokes I've ever heard. See if you can catch all the zingers.
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My 2 cents: this has nothing to do with taxes. These people should have been whining for the last 8 years if they really cared about spending gone out of control.
