From MediaMatters.org


"I saw it on Fox": Dozens of articles on local tea parties report Fox
News had a hand in them

Summary: Dozens of articles about tea parties in various cities reported
that Fox News and its hosts helped influence, start, or turn out
participants to local protests.

As Media Matters for America has documented, Fox News aggressively
promoted the April 15 "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties" and encouraged viewers
to get involved with tea party protests across the country. During the
lead-up to the April 15 protests, tea party organizers also used the
planned attendance of several Fox News hosts to promote their protests.
Fox News' promotion of the tea parties had its intended effect: Dozens
of articles about tea parties in various cities reported that Fox News
and its hosts helped influence, start, or turn out participants to local
protests. In numerous cases, these reports quoted local participants or
organizers stating they were motivated to join or start protests because
of Fox News.

Media Matters has compiled the following examples:

* The Odessa American (TX) reported of a rally outside Odessa City
Hall: "Statements like 'I saw it on Fox' were heard around the crowd,
which organizers hope will be the first of many in the area."

* An April 15 Associated Press article reported of a protest in
Louisville, Kentucky: "Laura Watkins pushed her 2-year-old daughter Zoe
in a stroller with a sign strapped to the front reading 'My Piggy Bank
is not Your ATM.' Watkins said she joined the protest after reading
about it online and hearing about it on Fox News. 'I don't want my
daughter to inherit all this debt,' she said."

* Reporting on protests in Indianapolis and elsewhere, The
Indianapolis Star reported that "Fox News has been promoting the rallies
for weeks. ... The protest in Indianapolis and elsewhere developed
through online social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and
through exposure on Fox News."

* Florida Today reported of a Brevard County protest: " 'It was
very peaceable,' Cindy Sundin of Satellite Beach, said of the event. She
passed out eco-friendly 'Unite or Die' wristbands, from popular Fox News
Channel pundit and radio talk show host Glenn Beck's 'We Surround Them'
campaign."

* The Hattiesburg American (MS) reported of a local protest: "The
protest was hosted by the 912 Project-Hattiesburg, a grassroots
organization founded on conservative national talk show host Glenn
Beck's 'We Surround Them' project, which seeks to bring accountability
in government. The organization's Tax Day Tea Party was one of hundreds
held around the country."

* The Loveland Connection (CO) reported of a local protest: "[Tom]
Buchanan, who is a longtime Republican Party supporter and the webmaster
for the Larimer County Republican Party, said the event in Loveland
Wednesday was not about the Republican Party. In fact, its genesis came
from a group called 9-12 Loveland, which formed around conservative
commentator Glenn Beck's 9-12 Project -- which stands for nine
principles and 12 values."

* WSHM-TV (CBS, Springfield, MA) reported of a local protest: "In
Springfield, the 912 Project, a Glenn Beck inspired movement, held their
tea party at the Springfield Post Office on Main Street. Hundreds turned
out with signs protesting high taxes and government's involvement in
American lives."

* WXIA-TV (NBC, Atlanta) reported of Atlanta's tea party: "Just one
of hundreds being held across the country, Atlanta's tea party was
expected to be one of the biggest because conservative TV personality
Sean Hannity used it as the backdrop for his Wednesday night show on Fox
News Network. While Hannity gave it a huge boost, grass roots planning
for Atlanta's big event began months ago after an earlier February 27th
tea party that drew 250 to 300 to the Capitol steps in the pouring rain
with only one week's planning."

* WOAI-TV (NBC, San Antonio) reported that the "San Antonio Tea
Party grabbed national attention with radio and TV talk show host Glenn
Beck airing his TV show here on Fox[.] While many came to see that,
others came to say 'no more spending.' "

* The Anchorage Daily News (AK) reported of a local protest:
"Hundreds more gathered in the Mat-Su later in the day as a coalition of
conservative groups, spurred by Fox News, organized hundreds of similar
events around the country."

* The Holland Sentinel (MI) reported that a couple at a local
protest "found slogans on various Web sites promoting the tea parties.
Among the cadre of small organizations promoting the tea parties was Fox
News' Glenn Beck."

* The Review Times (Fostoria, OH) reported that protest organizer
Steve "McMaster said the idea for the Findlay [OH] protest also stemmed
from some members of the Young Republicans group watching a program
hosted by conservative personality Glenn Beck in which he urged people
to gather in their homes to discuss recent federal government actions."

* The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN) reported that Brenda "Fillmon
and her son were only two of the nearly 100 local residents who filled
the corner near the Madison County Courthouse touting signs of protest
as part of the national tea party inspired by Fox News host Glenn Beck."

* The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH) reported of a local protest: "The
protest was organized by Patriots in Action, a group with about 60
members that is based in Sharon, said its president, Sue Brei. The group
appeared to bend to the conservative side, with one speaker touting his
'Judeo-Christian values.' Another urged the crowd to make sure to listen
to conservative radio talk-show host Glenn Beck."

* The Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) reported of a local
protest: "The protest was organized in part by Rochester Conservatives
and We Surround Rochester, part of conservative commentator Glen [sic]
Beck's 9-12 project, which aims to unite Americans as they were on Sept.
12, 2001, to 'protect the values and principles' of the nation."

* The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) reported of a local protest:
"The Syracuse-area tea parties were held in conjunction with similar
events across the nation, promoted by national celebrity commentators
Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh."

* The Sacramento Bee (CA) reported of a local rally: "One of the
network's business news anchors, Neil Cavuto, broadcast live from the
Capitol event, the announcement of which drew lusty cheers from the crowd."

* The New Britain Herald (CT) reported that the protests have "been
big talk for months on conservative radio, Fox News Channel and some
other outlets." It later reported of one participant stating: "
'Wasteful spending is going to result in more taxes,' said another in
the party, Joanne Edman. 'I've been on this for a while -- I watch Fox
News every night.' "

* The Los Angeles Times reported of a Glendale, California,
protest: "[Debi Devens] said she was spurred to action because she
disagreed with some of President Obama's policies toward veterans. She
applied for a city permit, e-mailed all of her friends and sent news
releases to media outlets across the Southland. Devens said she also
made sure the event was posted on websites run by TV news personalities
Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck."

* KOMU-TV (NBC, Columbia, MO) reported of a local protest: "Local
event coordinators said they're taking their cues from Glenn Beck, [Fox
News contributor] Newt Gingrich and other conservatives, who've been
urging Americans to protest."

* The Star Beacon (Ashtabula, OH) reported of a local protest: "The
Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party was one of at 2,049 planned for the
United States, according to the Web site, www.teapartyday.com. The
American Family Association sponsored the events, which found favor with
followers of conservative broadcast commentator Glenn Beck and the 9-12
Project, as well as others."

* The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that one Nevada protest
featured "Herman Cain, a FOX News business commentator" and that "Janine
Hansen, a longtime lobbyist for the conservative, pro-family Nevada
Eagle Forum, said she believes the sentiment of the protesters reflects
current thinking of mainstream Americans. While acknowledging that FOX
News and local conservative talk show hosts had urged people to attend
the protest, Hansen said people had to have strong objections to
government to take time off work and drive to Carson City for a rally."

* The Washington Independent took a photo of a sign at a protest
across from the White House that read, "Thank You! Fox News for keeping
us in the loop!!!":

The Independent's David Weigel contrasted the sign with Fox News' claims
that it's not promoting the rallies, writing, "Remember: Fox News
reported on these rallies. It didn't promote them!" Weigel further noted
the presence of Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, Fox Business
analyst Tobin Smith, and Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins.

* In a blog post for the Dallas Observer about a local protest,
Daniel Daugherty posted a picture of a sign stating: "Thank GOD for our
Military and The FOX News Channel. Stop big govts wasteful Spending!!!":

Daugherty further wrote:

The scene at the Dallas Tea Party played out as it had all over
North Texas, the U-S-A-U-S-A- and Fox News Channel throughout the day:
Folks were told to show up and protest President Obama and the budget
and the stimulus plan and federal taxes, only they brought signs and
shirts invoking everything from welfare spending ("We are paying for
people to not work, and we don't want to do that anymore," said one
woman) to their opposition to national health care and gun control. And
plentiful among the crowd were signs invoking Jesus and demanding the
U.S.'s withdrawal from the United Nations. You can see as much in our
slide show. And in this video.

Kelly Connell's scared Obama will take away her guns: "It's just
one of the things I think he'll attempt to do." Her husband Billy
worries about pork spending: "Fox News said yesterday there's more money
budgeted for polar bears than for education in the United States. ...
When you put a polar bear ahead of our children, I think that's pretty bad."

* The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote of Fox News' involvement
at the Washington, D.C., protest:

Those messages might explain why Fox News, though actively
promoting the "tea party" protests for tax day, tried to argue that it
was not behind yesterday's coast-to-coast events. But Fox News analyst
Tobin Smith, who took the stage in Lafayette Square yesterday, evidently
didn't get the memo. "On behalf of Fox News Channel," he told more than
500 mud-spattered demonstrators, "I want to say: Welcome to the Comedy
Channel of America, Washington, D.C."

After a few preliminaries, he went into a Fox News commercial for
anchor Glenn Beck. "Anybody watching Glenn?" he asked to cheers. "That
was a shameless plug, wasn't it? Glenn says hello as well. He's out at
another tea party." Indeed he was, as were Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto.

A small group of counterdemonstrators, wearing ballgowns, tuxedoes
and pig snouts, interrupted and were stripped of their signs. Smith
seized the display as an opportunity to highlight the Fox News slogan.
"You know what 'Fair and Balanced' means?" he asked. " 'Fair and
Balanced' means we take our message and try to overcompensate for their
lack of message." Smith left with instructions: "Keep watching Fox, will
you?"

The theme was echoed in some of the homemade signs the
demonstrators carried, including "Watch Fox News," "Thank You Fox News,"
and even a recommendation: "Move Glenn Beck to 7 PM."

In addition to dozens of reports about Fox News' influence in helping
protests, an April 16 AP article reported of tea parties' organizers:

The tea parties were promoted by FreedomWorks, a conservative
nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington and led by former
Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas, who is now a lobbyist.

Organizers said the movement developed organically through online
social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and through
exposure on Fox News and promotion from conservative pundits and bloggers.

While FreedomWorks insisted the rallies were nonpartisan, they have
been seized on by many prominent Republicans who view them as a
promising way for the party to reclaim its momentum against President
Barack Obama's administration and other Democrats.

— E.H.H.

Posted to the web on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 01:09 PM ET

HK wrote:
From MediaMatters.org


"I saw it on Fox": Dozens of articles on local tea parties report Fox
News had a hand in them

Summary: Dozens of articles about tea parties in various cities reported
that Fox News and its hosts helped influence, start, or turn out
participants to local protests.

As Media Matters for America has documented, Fox News aggressively
promoted the April 15 "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties" and encouraged viewers
to get involved with tea party protests across the country. During the
lead-up to the April 15 protests, tea party organizers also used the
planned attendance of several Fox News hosts to promote their protests.
Fox News' promotion of the tea parties had its intended effect: Dozens
of articles about tea parties in various cities reported that Fox News
and its hosts helped influence, start, or turn out participants to local
protests. In numerous cases, these reports quoted local participants or
organizers stating they were motivated to join or start protests because
of Fox News.

Media Matters has compiled the following examples:

* The Odessa American (TX) reported of a rally outside Odessa City
Hall: "Statements like 'I saw it on Fox' were heard around the crowd,
which organizers hope will be the first of many in the area."

* An April 15 Associated Press article reported of a protest in
Louisville, Kentucky: "Laura Watkins pushed her 2-year-old daughter Zoe
in a stroller with a sign strapped to the front reading 'My Piggy Bank
is not Your ATM.' Watkins said she joined the protest after reading
about it online and hearing about it on Fox News. 'I don't want my
daughter to inherit all this debt,' she said."

* Reporting on protests in Indianapolis and elsewhere, The
Indianapolis Star reported that "Fox News has been promoting the rallies
for weeks. ... The protest in Indianapolis and elsewhere developed
through online social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and
through exposure on Fox News."

* Florida Today reported of a Brevard County protest: " 'It was very
peaceable,' Cindy Sundin of Satellite Beach, said of the event. She
passed out eco-friendly 'Unite or Die' wristbands, from popular Fox News
Channel pundit and radio talk show host Glenn Beck's 'We Surround Them'
campaign."

* The Hattiesburg American (MS) reported of a local protest: "The
protest was hosted by the 912 Project-Hattiesburg, a grassroots
organization founded on conservative national talk show host Glenn
Beck's 'We Surround Them' project, which seeks to bring accountability
in government. The organization's Tax Day Tea Party was one of hundreds
held around the country."

* The Loveland Connection (CO) reported of a local protest: "[Tom]
Buchanan, who is a longtime Republican Party supporter and the webmaster
for the Larimer County Republican Party, said the event in Loveland
Wednesday was not about the Republican Party. In fact, its genesis came
from a group called 9-12 Loveland, which formed around conservative
commentator Glenn Beck's 9-12 Project -- which stands for nine
principles and 12 values."

* WSHM-TV (CBS, Springfield, MA) reported of a local protest: "In
Springfield, the 912 Project, a Glenn Beck inspired movement, held their
tea party at the Springfield Post Office on Main Street. Hundreds turned
out with signs protesting high taxes and government's involvement in
American lives."

* WXIA-TV (NBC, Atlanta) reported of Atlanta's tea party: "Just one
of hundreds being held across the country, Atlanta's tea party was
expected to be one of the biggest because conservative TV personality
Sean Hannity used it as the backdrop for his Wednesday night show on Fox
News Network. While Hannity gave it a huge boost, grass roots planning
for Atlanta's big event began months ago after an earlier February 27th
tea party that drew 250 to 300 to the Capitol steps in the pouring rain
with only one week's planning."

* WOAI-TV (NBC, San Antonio) reported that the "San Antonio Tea
Party grabbed national attention with radio and TV talk show host Glenn
Beck airing his TV show here on Fox[.] While many came to see that,
others came to say 'no more spending.' "

* The Anchorage Daily News (AK) reported of a local protest:
"Hundreds more gathered in the Mat-Su later in the day as a coalition of
conservative groups, spurred by Fox News, organized hundreds of similar
events around the country."

* The Holland Sentinel (MI) reported that a couple at a local
protest "found slogans on various Web sites promoting the tea parties.
Among the cadre of small organizations promoting the tea parties was Fox
News' Glenn Beck."

* The Review Times (Fostoria, OH) reported that protest organizer
Steve "McMaster said the idea for the Findlay [OH] protest also stemmed
from some members of the Young Republicans group watching a program
hosted by conservative personality Glenn Beck in which he urged people
to gather in their homes to discuss recent federal government actions."

* The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN) reported that Brenda "Fillmon
and her son were only two of the nearly 100 local residents who filled
the corner near the Madison County Courthouse touting signs of protest
as part of the national tea party inspired by Fox News host Glenn Beck."

* The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH) reported of a local protest: "The
protest was organized by Patriots in Action, a group with about 60
members that is based in Sharon, said its president, Sue Brei. The group
appeared to bend to the conservative side, with one speaker touting his
'Judeo-Christian values.' Another urged the crowd to make sure to listen
to conservative radio talk-show host Glenn Beck."

* The Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) reported of a local
protest: "The protest was organized in part by Rochester Conservatives
and We Surround Rochester, part of conservative commentator Glen [sic]
Beck's 9-12 project, which aims to unite Americans as they were on Sept.
12, 2001, to 'protect the values and principles' of the nation."

* The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) reported of a local protest: "The
Syracuse-area tea parties were held in conjunction with similar events
across the nation, promoted by national celebrity commentators Glenn
Beck and Rush Limbaugh."

* The Sacramento Bee (CA) reported of a local rally: "One of the
network's business news anchors, Neil Cavuto, broadcast live from the
Capitol event, the announcement of which drew lusty cheers from the crowd."

* The New Britain Herald (CT) reported that the protests have "been
big talk for months on conservative radio, Fox News Channel and some
other outlets." It later reported of one participant stating: "
'Wasteful spending is going to result in more taxes,' said another in
the party, Joanne Edman. 'I've been on this for a while -- I watch Fox
News every night.' "

* The Los Angeles Times reported of a Glendale, California, protest:
"[Debi Devens] said she was spurred to action because she disagreed with
some of President Obama's policies toward veterans. She applied for a
city permit, e-mailed all of her friends and sent news releases to media
outlets across the Southland. Devens said she also made sure the event
was posted on websites run by TV news personalities Sean Hannity and
Glenn Beck."

* KOMU-TV (NBC, Columbia, MO) reported of a local protest: "Local
event coordinators said they're taking their cues from Glenn Beck, [Fox
News contributor] Newt Gingrich and other conservatives, who've been
urging Americans to protest."

* The Star Beacon (Ashtabula, OH) reported of a local protest: "The
Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party was one of at 2,049 planned for the
United States, according to the Web site, www.teapartyday.com. The
American Family Association sponsored the events, which found favor with
followers of conservative broadcast commentator Glenn Beck and the 9-12
Project, as well as others."

* The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that one Nevada protest
featured "Herman Cain, a FOX News business commentator" and that "Janine
Hansen, a longtime lobbyist for the conservative, pro-family Nevada
Eagle Forum, said she believes the sentiment of the protesters reflects
current thinking of mainstream Americans. While acknowledging that FOX
News and local conservative talk show hosts had urged people to attend
the protest, Hansen said people had to have strong objections to
government to take time off work and drive to Carson City for a rally."

* The Washington Independent took a photo of a sign at a protest
across from the White House that read, "Thank You! Fox News for keeping
us in the loop!!!":

The Independent's David Weigel contrasted the sign with Fox News' claims
that it's not promoting the rallies, writing, "Remember: Fox News
reported on these rallies. It didn't promote them!" Weigel further noted
the presence of Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, Fox Business
analyst Tobin Smith, and Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins.

* In a blog post for the Dallas Observer about a local protest,
Daniel Daugherty posted a picture of a sign stating: "Thank GOD for our
Military and The FOX News Channel. Stop big govts wasteful Spending!!!":

Daugherty further wrote:

The scene at the Dallas Tea Party played out as it had all over
North Texas, the U-S-A-U-S-A- and Fox News Channel throughout the day:
Folks were told to show up and protest President Obama and the budget
and the stimulus plan and federal taxes, only they brought signs and
shirts invoking everything from welfare spending ("We are paying for
people to not work, and we don't want to do that anymore," said one
woman) to their opposition to national health care and gun control. And
plentiful among the crowd were signs invoking Jesus and demanding the
U.S.'s withdrawal from the United Nations. You can see as much in our
slide show. And in this video.

Kelly Connell's scared Obama will take away her guns: "It's just one
of the things I think he'll attempt to do." Her husband Billy worries
about pork spending: "Fox News said yesterday there's more money
budgeted for polar bears than for education in the United States. ...
When you put a polar bear ahead of our children, I think that's pretty
bad."

* The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote of Fox News' involvement
at the Washington, D.C., protest:

Those messages might explain why Fox News, though actively promoting
the "tea party" protests for tax day, tried to argue that it was not
behind yesterday's coast-to-coast events. But Fox News analyst Tobin
Smith, who took the stage in Lafayette Square yesterday, evidently
didn't get the memo. "On behalf of Fox News Channel," he told more than
500 mud-spattered demonstrators, "I want to say: Welcome to the Comedy
Channel of America, Washington, D.C."

After a few preliminaries, he went into a Fox News commercial for
anchor Glenn Beck. "Anybody watching Glenn?" he asked to cheers. "That
was a shameless plug, wasn't it? Glenn says hello as well. He's out at
another tea party." Indeed he was, as were Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto.

A small group of counterdemonstrators, wearing ballgowns, tuxedoes
and pig snouts, interrupted and were stripped of their signs. Smith
seized the display as an opportunity to highlight the Fox News slogan.
"You know what 'Fair and Balanced' means?" he asked. " 'Fair and
Balanced' means we take our message and try to overcompensate for their
lack of message." Smith left with instructions: "Keep watching Fox, will
you?"

The theme was echoed in some of the homemade signs the demonstrators
carried, including "Watch Fox News," "Thank You Fox News," and even a
recommendation: "Move Glenn Beck to 7 PM."

In addition to dozens of reports about Fox News' influence in helping
protests, an April 16 AP article reported of tea parties' organizers:

The tea parties were promoted by FreedomWorks, a conservative
nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington and led by former
Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas, who is now a
lobbyist.

Organizers said the movement developed organically through online
social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and through
exposure on Fox News and promotion from conservative pundits and bloggers.

While FreedomWorks insisted the rallies were nonpartisan, they have
been seized on by many prominent Republicans who view them as a
promising way for the party to reclaim its momentum against President
Barack Obama's administration and other Democrats.

— E.H.H.

Posted to the web on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 01:09 PM ET

I supported the tax protest not because I saw it on Fox or any other
network, I supported it because of the spending practices of the
obamadites. Per recent news releases the deficit is over 900 billion
dollars in the first six month of the current budget years, three times
what President Bush projected. This is principally due to the democrat
passed bailout bill in in the first quarter of this calendar year 2009.

Indianapolis got rid of the free spending Peterson, and Indiana kept
Governor Daniels because of his responsible spending practices.

On Apr 20, 11:39*am, Keith Nuttle wrote:


I supported the tax protest not because I saw it on Fox or any other
network, I supported it because of the spending practices of the
obamadites. *Per recent news releases the deficit is over 900 billion
dollars in the first six month of the current budget years, three times
what President Bush projected. *This is principally due to the democrat
passed bailout bill in in the first quarter of this calendar year 2009.

Indianapolis got rid of the free spending Peterson, and Indiana kept
Governor Daniels because of his responsible spending practices.

Besides, Media Matters has been caught making it up as they go along
even more than MSNBC or the New York Lies.... Anyone who would use
them as a "news" source might as well use Jon Stewart or Saturday
Night Live. Of course the most dishonest and intellectually challenged
don't really care, as long as the bull**** keeps spewing their way...

On Apr 20, 9:48*am, HK wrote:
*From MediaMatters.org

"I saw it on Fox": Dozens of articles on local tea parties report Fox
News had a hand in them

Summary: Dozens of articles about tea parties in various cities reported
that Fox News and its hosts helped influence, start, or turn out
participants to local protests.

As Media Matters for America has documented, Fox News aggressively
promoted the April 15 "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties" and encouraged viewers
to get involved with tea party protests across the country. During the
lead-up to the April 15 protests, tea party organizers also used the
planned attendance of several Fox News hosts to promote their protests.
Fox News' promotion of the tea parties had its intended effect: Dozens
of articles about tea parties in various cities reported that Fox News
and its hosts helped influence, start, or turn out participants to local
protests. In numerous cases, these reports quoted local participants or
organizers stating they were motivated to join or start protests because
of Fox News.

Media Matters has compiled the following examples:

* * ** The Odessa American (TX) reported of a rally outside Odessa City
Hall: "Statements like 'I saw it on Fox' were heard around the crowd,
which organizers hope will be the first of many in the area."

* * ** An April 15 Associated Press article reported of a protest in
Louisville, Kentucky: "Laura Watkins pushed her 2-year-old daughter Zoe
in a stroller with a sign strapped to the front reading 'My Piggy Bank
is not Your ATM.' Watkins said she joined the protest after reading
about it online and hearing about it on Fox News. 'I don't want my
daughter to inherit all this debt,' she said."

* * ** Reporting on protests in Indianapolis and elsewhere, The
Indianapolis Star reported that "Fox News has been promoting the rallies
for weeks. ... The protest in Indianapolis and elsewhere developed
through online social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and
through exposure on Fox News."

* * ** Florida Today reported of a Brevard County protest: " 'It was
very peaceable,' Cindy Sundin of Satellite Beach, said of the event. She
passed out eco-friendly 'Unite or Die' wristbands, from popular Fox News
Channel pundit and radio talk show host Glenn Beck's 'We Surround Them'
campaign."

* * ** The Hattiesburg American (MS) reported of a local protest: "The
protest was hosted by the 912 Project-Hattiesburg, a grassroots
organization founded on conservative national talk show host Glenn
Beck's 'We Surround Them' project, which seeks to bring accountability
in government. The organization's Tax Day Tea Party was one of hundreds
held around the country."

* * ** The Loveland Connection (CO) reported of a local protest: "[Tom]
Buchanan, who is a longtime Republican Party supporter and the webmaster
for the Larimer County Republican Party, said the event in Loveland
Wednesday was not about the Republican Party. In fact, its genesis came
from a group called 9-12 Loveland, which formed around conservative
commentator Glenn Beck's 9-12 Project -- which stands for nine
principles and 12 values."

* * ** WSHM-TV (CBS, Springfield, MA) reported of a local protest: "In
Springfield, the 912 Project, a Glenn Beck inspired movement, held their
tea party at the Springfield Post Office on Main Street. Hundreds turned
out with signs protesting high taxes and government's involvement in
American lives."

* * ** WXIA-TV (NBC, Atlanta) reported of Atlanta's tea party: "Just one
of hundreds being held across the country, Atlanta's tea party was
expected to be one of the biggest because conservative TV personality
Sean Hannity used it as the backdrop for his Wednesday night show on Fox
News Network. While Hannity gave it a huge boost, grass roots planning
for Atlanta's big event began months ago after an earlier February 27th
tea party that drew 250 to 300 to the Capitol steps in the pouring rain
with only one week's planning."

* * ** WOAI-TV (NBC, San Antonio) reported that the "San Antonio Tea
Party grabbed national attention with radio and TV talk show host Glenn
Beck airing his TV show here on Fox[.] While many came to see that,
others came to say 'no more spending.' "

* * ** The Anchorage Daily News (AK) reported of a local protest:
"Hundreds more gathered in the Mat-Su later in the day as a coalition of
conservative groups, spurred by Fox News, organized hundreds of similar
events around the country."

* * ** The Holland Sentinel (MI) reported that a couple at a local
protest "found slogans on various Web sites promoting the tea parties.
Among the cadre of small organizations promoting the tea parties was Fox
News' Glenn Beck."

* * ** The Review Times (Fostoria, OH) reported that protest organizer
Steve "McMaster said the idea for the Findlay [OH] protest also stemmed
from some members of the Young Republicans group watching a program
hosted by conservative personality Glenn Beck in which he urged people
to gather in their homes to discuss recent federal government actions."

* * ** The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN) reported that Brenda "Fillmon
and her son were only two of the nearly 100 local residents who filled
the corner near the Madison County Courthouse touting signs of protest
as part of the national tea party inspired by Fox News host Glenn Beck."

* * ** The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH) reported of a local protest: "The
protest was organized by Patriots in Action, a group with about 60
members that is based in Sharon, said its president, Sue Brei. The group
appeared to bend to the conservative side, with one speaker touting his
'Judeo-Christian values.' Another urged the crowd to make sure to listen
to conservative radio talk-show host Glenn Beck."

* * ** The Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) reported of a local
protest: "The protest was organized in part by Rochester Conservatives
and We Surround Rochester, part of conservative commentator Glen [sic]
Beck's 9-12 project, which aims to unite Americans as they were on Sept.
12, 2001, to 'protect the values and principles' of the nation."

* * ** The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) reported of a local protest:
"The Syracuse-area tea parties were held in conjunction with similar
events across the nation, promoted by national celebrity commentators
Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh."

* * ** The Sacramento Bee (CA) reported of a local rally: "One of the
network's business news anchors, Neil Cavuto, broadcast live from the
Capitol event, the announcement of which drew lusty cheers from the crowd.."

* * ** The New Britain Herald (CT) reported that the protests have "been
big talk for months on conservative radio, Fox News Channel and some
other outlets." It later reported of one participant stating: "
'Wasteful spending is going to result in more taxes,' said another in
the party, Joanne Edman. 'I've been on this for a while -- I watch Fox
News every night.' "

* * ** The Los Angeles Times reported of a Glendale, California,
protest: "[Debi Devens] said she was spurred to action because she
disagreed with some of President Obama's policies toward veterans. She
applied for a city permit, e-mailed all of her friends and sent news
releases to media outlets across the Southland. Devens said she also
made sure the event was posted on websites run by TV news personalities
Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck."

* * ** KOMU-TV (NBC, Columbia, MO) reported of a local protest: "Local
event coordinators said they're taking their cues from Glenn Beck, [Fox
News contributor] Newt Gingrich and other conservatives, who've been
urging Americans to protest."

* * ** The Star Beacon (Ashtabula, OH) reported of a local protest: "The
Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party was one of at 2,049 planned for the
United States, according to the Web site,www.teapartyday.com. The
American Family Association sponsored the events, which found favor with
followers of conservative broadcast commentator Glenn Beck and the 9-12
Project, as well as others."

* * ** The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that one Nevada protest
featured "Herman Cain, a FOX News business commentator" and that "Janine
Hansen, a longtime lobbyist for the conservative, pro-family Nevada
Eagle Forum, said she believes the sentiment of the protesters reflects
current thinking of mainstream Americans. While acknowledging that FOX
News and local conservative talk show hosts had urged people to attend
the protest, Hansen said people had to have strong objections to
government to take time off work and drive to Carson City for a rally."

* * ** The Washington Independent took a photo of a sign at a protest
across from the White House that read, "Thank You! Fox News for keeping
us in the loop!!!":

The Independent's David Weigel contrasted the sign with Fox News' claims
that it's not promoting the rallies, writing, "Remember: Fox News
reported on these rallies. It didn't promote them!" Weigel further noted
the presence of Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, Fox Business
analyst Tobin Smith, and Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins.

* * ** In a blog post for the Dallas Observer about a local protest,
Daniel Daugherty posted a picture of a sign stating: "Thank GOD for our
Military and The FOX News Channel. Stop big govts wasteful Spending!!!":

Daugherty further wrote:

* * *The scene at the Dallas Tea Party played out as it had all over
North Texas, the U-S-A-U-S-A- and Fox News Channel throughout the day:
Folks were told to show up and protest President Obama and the budget
and the stimulus plan and federal taxes, only they brought signs and
shirts invoking everything from welfare spending ("We are paying for
people to not work, and we don't want to do that anymore," said one
woman) to their opposition to national health care and gun control. And
plentiful among the crowd were signs invoking Jesus and demanding the
U.S.'s withdrawal from the United Nations. You can see as much in our ...

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Well, isn't that all just peachie. But hey Krausie, you been writing
any good jingles lately?

GC Boater wrote:
On Apr 20, 9:48 am, HK wrote:
From MediaMatters.org

"I saw it on Fox": Dozens of articles on local tea parties report Fox
News had a hand in them

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Well, isn't that all just peachie. But hey Krausie, you been writing
any good jingles lately?

Krausie is too busy stalking Palin, Bush, Cheeney etc. and defending his
boy in the W.H. to even think about writing his stupid jingles.