Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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Fox News has heavily promoted the Tea Party since its inception.
Prior to the mid-term elections, Rupert Murdoch donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.
After the Wisconsin budget battle heated up with no Tea Party presence in sight, Fox promoted an anti-union Tea Party rally in Madison -- complete with bused-in Tea Partiers and Washington lobbyist speakers and entertainers.
And then Fox shamelessly reported on their fabricated political story with great bias -- favoring the Tea Party and making the two opposing groups seem equal in size when union supporters vastly outnumbered Tea Party supporters, 70,000 to 2,000.
It doesn't matter so much that Fox's biased coverage was over-the-top laughable, but Fox failed to disclose their political connection to conservatives and Republican governors.
Actually, this incident was so egregious to the journalistic profession that a recusal would have been proper.
See for yourself.
And please support the Shamey Awards if you want to see a spotlight shined on more media lapses and political misdeeds. youtube.com/ShameyAwards
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Fox News has heavily promoted the Tea Party since its inception.
Prior to the mid-term elections, Rupert Murdoch donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.
After the Wisconsin budget battle heated up with no Tea Party presence in sight, Fox promoted an anti-union Tea Party rally in Madison -- complete with bused-in Tea Partiers and Washington lobbyist speakers and entertainers.
And then Fox shamelessly reported on their fabricated political story with great bias -- favoring the Tea Party and making the two opposing groups seem equal in size when union supporters vastly outnumbered Tea Party supporters, 70,000 to 2,000.
It doesn't matter so much that Fox's biased coverage was over-the-top laughable, but Fox failed to disclose their political connection to conservatives and Republican governors.
Actually, this incident was so egregious to the journalistic profession that a recusal would have been proper.
See for yourself.
And please support the Shamey Awards if you want to see a spotlight shined on more media lapses and political misdeeds. youtube.com/ShameyAwards
