Fox News, MSNBC Prejudge 'Tea Parties'
Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2009
By James Rainey
There's something dispiriting, though not surprising, in watching the conservative movement's favorite news outlet shamelessly promote a political happening, while simultaneously claiming its coverage will be "fair and balanced." That said, some liberal media voices seem just as intent on squelching the protesters before they've shoveled a single bag of Lipton into a single pond.
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