{"id":6221,"date":"2012-01-18T11:42:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2014-10-05T11:15:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T18:15:04","slug":"fox-nation-vs-reality-the-case-of-the-tea-party-smoke-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6221","title":{"rendered":"Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Case Of The Tea Party Smoke Bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is still anyone who wonders where Fox News gets the information it publishes, let there be no mistake – They make it up. Take, for instance, this article featured on Fox Nation with the headline, “Occupier (Not a Tea Partier) Throws Smoke Bomb Over White House Fence.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Fox Nationalists linked to an article on their own FoxNews.com about the protest in Washington by Occupy Congress. Nowhere in the article was there any evidence that the smoke bomb was thrown by an Occupy protester. There are no witnesses, no suspects, no statements from the authorities – nothing that implicates a protester.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Fox makes a declarative statement of fact that the smoke bomb was thrown by an “Occupier.”<\/em> They also make a similar statement that the smoke bomb was not thrown by a Tea Partier, an assertion for which they also have zero evidence. And we already know that Tea Partiers have conspired to create disruptions at progressive events and blame the progressives. Here are just two verified examples:<\/p>\n

Patrick Howley<\/strong>, an assistant editor for the uber-conservative American Spectator magazine, admitted to infiltrating OccupyDC<\/a> for the purpose of undermining it. He then attempted to lead a group of protesters into storming the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The protesters, being much smarter than Howley, did not play along. Howley stormed the museum alone and was pepper-sprayed by security.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark Williams<\/strong>, former spokesman for Tea Party Express, told his radio listeners that he was planning to sabotage union rallies<\/a> with the intention of making them look “greedy and goonish.”<\/em> And he beseeched his listeners to do the same. Williams was the one-time spokesperson for the Tea Party Express, but was dismissed for publishing a virulently racist article on his blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given their history of attempts to implicate Occupiers for crimes they did not commit, it is entirely possible that a Tea Party, or other right-wing activist, was responsible for the smoke bomb. But I’m not leveling any charges because there is no evidence one way or the other. That, however, doesn’t stop Fox from inventing news stories that advance their agenda. Fox News has always been more interested in disseminating propaganda than in upholding ethical standards of journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there is still anyone who wonders where Fox News gets the information it publishes, let there be no mistake – They make it up. Take, for instance, this article featured on Fox Nation with the headline, “Occupier (Not a Tea Partier) Throws Smoke Bomb Over White House Fence.” The Fox Nationalists linked to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,684,8],"tags":[527,33,934,1078,534],"class_list":["post-6221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","category-propaganda","tag-fox-nation","tag-fox-news","tag-occupy-wall-street","tag-patrick-howley","tag-tea-party"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1Cl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5641,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5641","url_meta":{"origin":6221,"position":0},"title":"Some Truth Deeply And Profoundly Infiltrates Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/24\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Offered without comment because...well, because it says it all: Geraldo Rivera to Occupier: \"So what's your goal?\" Occupier: \"My goal here is to occupy everywhere possible. 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