video at 9/12 protest shows Fox News producer coaching crowd »
Posted By Progressive 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political OpinionWe would expect that type of behavior from a producer of, say, a daytime talk show with a live studio audience like Oprah or Maury or Jerry, but from a cable news producer? Really?
I guess it wasn't enough for Fox News to promote the hell out of Glenn Beck's 9/12 death march – they also needed to incite the crowd – you know, get them nice and pumped up so they'd looked good for the cameras.
Fair & Balanced? More like Fake & Staged.
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chuck-the-canuck4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Endoscopy4 months, 3 weeks ago
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There is that hate rant at its best. Comparing a Nazi to other people. That brings in the holocaust and other things Nazi. But liberals have no shame.
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These people from all networks do the same thing. I was in a band concert when I was in High School. The photographers had us pose for all of the "candid" shots. -
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miklkit4 months, 3 weeks ago
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I've been to a rally or two. I have never observed the news people coaching the crowd.
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Do you remember the Democratic convention in Denver? Do you recall how certain reporters tried to bait the crowd, and got harassed right back?
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bigurn4 months, 3 weeks ago
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I grew up in the cable industry, and worked as a videographer and "Veejay" in my teens. The woman raising her arms had no Fox logo-ware on; she could have been anyone.
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Further, even if she were a producer or director, this is part of their job description. It's common; remember, it's a business. I can tell you from personal experience that NBC, ABC and certainly your local cable affiliate has employees that do this. A non-story in my humble opinion.-
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Progressive4 months, 3 weeks ago
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I've worked on network news programs and can tell you this is the sort of thing Standards and Practices used to frown upon.
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Anything calling itself a "news" channel should be about covering news--not creating it.
The person in this video is more like the comedians who are hired to warm-up 3-camera sitcoms.
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NoWayMan4 months, 3 weeks ago
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if you really grew up in the industry or have worked in live televsion with a studio audience, or just went to a live taping of a TV show, you know exactly what that woman was doing and you know exactly who she was wokring for. get real.
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ConquerorWyrm4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Why should anyone be surprised...this is the same "activist" network that sent false plants in to create false stories at various ACORN offices...an organization that has enjoyed bi-partisan support...but then again, this is FoxNews...
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svivar90874 months, 3 weeks ago
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Having been out of the country for a while, I've had to catch up on a lot of things,I try to catch diffrent points of view....but I tell you I can't seem to concentrate, while watching FOX. I start to notice spots, I forgot to clean.
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