Hot and Bothered?

" Just some of the sights and sounds there on the anti tax tea parties that were held all over the country on Wednesday. In the mainstream media it seems many didn't seem to know what to make of them take a look."

" Okay let's hear hear -- your two year old and you're already in debt why -- you. Because I hear a president saying that he believed in what we can start --"

" its primary being -- he believed that people had their right to liberty and had the right."

" Let's just hasn't really taxes what are you doing your taxes do you realize that it's your -- yeah now it -- my point. I think you get in general tenor of this I its anti government anti CNN is this is. Highly promoted by the U right wing conservative never lots. All right --"

" John -- first out yeah. What's your reaction to what we just saw there it's a family show. Yeah yeah yeah I thought this was some. -- refreshing and wonderful moment of honesty from CNN. Where he actually got to see the mindset that is pretty commonplace around places like CNN we're used to -- contributor. And I think it shows the sort of general disdain of a lot of people in the mainstream media for these sorts of things you would never see something like this. -- a massive immigration rally for someone making fun of somebody. You and butchering the language or anything like that. We used to cover Jane for the LA times you cover the media business. MSNBC NN and CNN. And some -- hosts were using a very derogatory term a slang term for oral sex in discussing these parties can you explain."

" Why. Well let me see if I can be academic about. About that I think that they were reacting to what they perceived as fox I think we're talking at the -- of the news. Fox covered this extensively. And I think they decided that it was a fox saying very that you that you can debate whether fox promoted it all weather fox covered it extensively. They decided it was a fox thing I think it was embarrassing for that -- was anti CNN but I think that many of these people feel as if -- are under attack and -- is promoting this and that's where they -- different neither one is subjective. The -- that's not objective reporting that woman was there."

" And it will let's clarify this is the New York Post reported General Electric gave the order. To CNBC to knockoff the popular richt sent tele style populism and I'm sure MSNBC was perfectly happy to join -- At CNBC and MSNBC are on the government payroll of course they're going to trash. And anti government -- partisan but let's let's talk about the mindset of the mainstream media here there's never been a human. Poor minority that the mainstream media didn't gush over and they increasingly identify with Wall Street what is left out. He is the white middle and working class to them to the there but just a -- Archie bunkers."

" Judy that the press is very eagerly covered the proposition eight protests in California gay marriage. You know this -- the the protests in support of gay marriage -- And Latin which would they have gotten I mean did they get the same kind of friend was that was -- equal."

" Well not all protests are equal as we've seen I think her problem I think the frustration I felt as a reader and as a viewer. Was looking out and seeing it was either TE for not too that tea for 402000. Depending on. Which station you're watching -- which newspaper you were reading. And an effort to step back. And look at what was going on here the fact that the Republicans finally. Have gotten a sense of how to use. Internet network grassroots are Astro turf depending on Republican. Yes it was -- on this is a Republican event and they've mastered it and very few comments."

" How do we know -- Republican going to be what have you what is the actual reporting that says it was probably -- I've Republicans weren't Republican officials were not allowed to speak at this."

" The people who normally -- pick on its website was involved in it happened and I various conservative website I think is actually got -- in the Republican Party got I don't. And -- here right here answer John's question was at a Republican event and I think she's just making the point that you wouldn't know first of -- idol favorite right. I thought -- Judy say it was a Republican I'm sending it one -- Yeah -- so yeah that initiative was never clearly the department's website I -- was involved I think it actually shows a vacuum it. Republican Party because I think it came from. Other places and I think the Republican Party is is thinking how connect so let's go to Joan is right."

" of -- reason and it really -- a lot of these events and we got."

" That's yeah."

" I know I'm back."

" On this network traffic Republicans at the one of the Alamo there was huge cheering from the crowd I think was much more the conservative movement event much less of Republican of -- But he raises a point -- if if this had come about in the age prior to cable news would it have gotten the same kind of coverage wouldn't have gotten any kind of -- probably. I think and and that's that's a good thing about cable news is that it's it's democratize his --"

" But the point is I mean I do think we have to say that the fox hosts being there and talking her out it. With a factor and that is a factor in how this how this got so I did did of the fox. Coverage and the promotion of the coverage -- that force the other networks to pay attention to I think it did because the other TV networks ended up -- with it here's what I think the New York Times -- Washington Post. Buried it inside as a metro story I think that's a mistake I really angry and -- under."

" Play the real driver here was the Internet. Again when you if you wanted to watch all the Susan -- thing with which is the least professional cable news reports I've seen in history of cable news. We want to see her ranting and raving against conservatives in calling them every possible name. You could watch it on YouTube didn't -- any of these cable network."

" I don't have a looks at one point and I think that there's a perfectly legitimate criticism against fox for not so much the coverage. But the commercials promoting you know the coverage which was in effect advertisements for these things. This little transparent people knew that's what fox doing we're let's flash back to what she -- when did you -- you know that GE. Officially issued a -- outlawed -- DC for green week where they did hundreds of hours of environmental messaging and all of -- Dramas news coverage the today show throughout the network and it was all -- that wonderful progressive thing. That isn't much more pernicious kind of promotion and anything that Fox's all right time for a."