The Star Tribune’s Bob Von Sternberg writes a piece entitled: “
Tax day tea parties in the works.” A general reader of the Star Tribune may still assume that the “reporter” would have done some research and told the story behind the tax day teabagging. From the Strib:
Conservative outrage in the blogosphere about the surge of the federal deficit, stimulus spending and billions in bank bailouts has evolved into a broader grassroots phenomenon.
Grassroots phenomenon? No way. Everything about the “tea party movement” is fabricated from the top down:
…in a nutshell: three national-level conservative groups, all with slightly different agendas, are guiding it. All are quick to tell you that the movement is a bottom-up affair and that its grassroots cred is real.
They are: FreedomWorks, the conservative action group led by Dick Armey; dontGO, a tech savvy free-market action group that sprung out of last August’s oil-drilling debate in the House of Representatives; and Americans for Prosperity, an issue advocacy/activist group based on free market principles. Conservative bloggers, talk show hosts, and other media figures have attached themselves to the movement in peripheral capacities.
That and Fox News has been continually promoting it. Yes, Fox News promoting a protest fabricated by top-conservative groups against, well, America:
Frustration culminated this week with Glenn Beck, who promoted the tea parties on his show Monday, encouraging viewers to “celebrate with Fox News” and join the protests April 15. Some of Fox’s more popular personalities — Greta Van Susteren, Neil Cavuto, Sean Hannity, and Beck himself — will broadcast live from tea parties in DC, Sacramento, San Antonio, and Atlanta on tax day.
In other words, the Star Tribune again joins the ranks of Fox News by publishing a story without mentioning who’s behind it and claiming it’s “grassroots” — effectively promoting the tea parties.
By the way, anyone who has basic knowledge of U.S. history should find the whole premise of this teabagging phenomenon insulting.
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