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http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/mike-tobin-whines-oreilly-about-mean-wi

March 02, 2011 02:30 PM
As Mike Tobin whines to O'Reilly about mean Wisconsin protesters, Fox runs footage from other union protests
By John Amato

I received several emails last night about this clip from O'Reilly's show which had on FOX reporter Mike Tobin, who has been claiming he was punched by union protesters. It looks like he was fibbing about it, which is bad enough -- it's clear this is yet another case of fake right-wing victimhood like Kenneth Gladney. (Eric Boehlert has more.)

But on Monday night, Bill was trying to find out who these violent protesters were and where they came from and asked Tobin to supply the answers. You'd expect to see the bad weather of Wisconsin in the background as they ran their 'union protest' footage behind Tobin, right? Wrong.

Think Progress:

O’Reilly sent his ambush goon Jesse Watters out to badger people protesting Fox outside their studios in New York. On Monday during an interview with Fox News’ Mike Tobin, who is reporting from Wisconsin, O’Reilly was at it again, calling chants that “Fox lies” from pro-union demonstrators “some kind of organized deal.” But during the interview, Fox aired b-roll of some unknown protest that contained physical confrontations among demonstrators and simply labeled it “union protests,” as if it was coming out of Wisconsin.

Update: The footage Fox aired during O'Reilly's discussion of the Wisconsin demonstrations appears to have come from a union rally in Sacramento, CA last week.

Digby writes:

What's wrong with this picture?
If you guessed the snowless ground and palm trees in Wisconsin you win a big prize. Your sanity.

It just galls them that the Tea Party rallies were so out of control and produced insane signs and wackaloons saying racist things on a consistent level, while in contrast the WI protests have been orderly, supported by the police and have featured impeccably crafted signs. I think it also galls them that the protesters' chant: "Fox News Lies!" is hitting home, where it hurts. As the truth tends to do.

This is what's known as perpetrating a News Distortion on viewers and is strictly forbidden by the FCC. Fox News has done this type of distortion previously and I filed a complaint with the FCC and documented what they had done here.

Where to go to file a complaint:

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/journalism.html

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