Fox & Friends touts Fox News' promotion of Bachmann's "House Call" protests

Tea party rally a HUGE story...? By what journalistic standards? Because FOX promoted it and now TELLS everyone it's a huge story?

Somewhere between 4,000-8,000 people showed up. According to Olbermann, there were about 25 buses from Americans for Prosperity. I had already visited all of my Congress people, both House and Senate. I left messages for them, too. I am thinking about going to see the debate and voting tomorrow. Passes are free from your Congressional Rep, you just have to ask. You can also call them at their offices. They all have phone numbers listed on the House and Senate websites, they also have local offices. Call and let them know what you support.

This was all about intimidation and thuggery. The plan was to march around the House and Senate office buildings trying to create confrontations with elected officials- get up in their face, make ridiculous demands in a threatening manner, and just hope you could get one to lose their temper and maybe (Bonus!) give one of these Foxbots a shove. Then the right-wing media comes down like a ton of bricks on any member who dared to do anything but scrape and beg forgiveness by these uninformed hicks.

Constantly shouting at and attempting to intimidate people who were elected through the democratic process- that doesn't sound like behavior we should expect to impact policy in the United States. 1920s Italy, yes. 1930s Germany, yes. United States? No.

We have elections here. "Elections have Consequences"- wasn't that one of Rush's lines? Earth to Shouting Morons- protest all you want, but do it with dignity and respect for the republic. Don't like the direction the country is going in? Get out and vote in the next election. Then, accept the fact that you are in the minority and that your narrow, ignorant world view is simply not what the majority wants from America, regardless of what Fox tells you.

So, a fleet of identical tour buses sprang up out of nowhere? Did I hear that right? Three or four thousand people just decided that Michelle Bachmann was right about something and showed up to shout at the government? You called it a protest, but I thought the meme was that it was supposed to be a press conference.

Also, silly lady in crowd with big sunglasses, the government isn't planning on taking over the entire health care industry. It's really all about health coverage reform, not health care reform. It seems a minor difference in wording, but it does change the whole scope of the argument. You are being badly informed, and in many cases completely misinformed, by FOX Propaganda. They are the ones you should be yelling at, for lying to you in such a blatant manner.

Can a couple thousand in a hastily assembled mob defeat the bill? Well, that really depends on the will of the Democrats. They have the numbers to pass it, but do they have the guts or the brains? Time will tell. What did the protest accomplish? Well, from the warmth and comfort of my home, I'm calling all of my Congressional representatives today to voice my support for a strong public option. I suggest all those in favor do the same. Should take about ten minutes.

Fox News and idiot Tea Baggers ignore the fact that we had an election and the people have spoken. Now THEY need to be ignored.

Once again, no organization??
I heard 25 buses from Prosperity for America... and the crowds are so diverse...

I see African Americans, Asians, Latinos, all being represented in the news coverage <<sarcasm>>

This is not a grass roots movement. It doesn't represent Americans, it doesn't represent me as a Japanese-American.

Fox News props up these events where a few thousand show up and then lie on the air by claiming tens of thousands. They pretend like this was a word of mouth effort, when it was cleary organized by Insurance lobbyist.

This whole thing is a non-story and they should be embarrased to continue to cover it when the Fort Hood tragedy should be the focus of our attention right now.

Play the video from about 1:06-1:45.
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..and I think it was announced that they were going to be doing something like this just 5 or 6 days ago on the Shawn Hannity show. And the thing just kind of grew. The congress people claimed that there was just no organization for it and it was kind of a word of mouth thing."
CARLSON: One of the people who spearheaded it was Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and she was on our show earlier this week encouraging people if they had something to say about healthcare to show up. They had no idea how many people actually would, but lots of people did.

What does a national 30 second spot on FNC cost? That's not word of mouth.

Its laughable that despite almost a year of debate, people still remain so ignorant about what is actually in the bill or what reform is trying to do.

Bachmann has also claimed that evolution is just an idea that has never been proven despite over a century of evidence and the entire scientific community all pointing to the contrary.

This is a huge story while the march on DC for same sex marriage isnt worthy of FOX news coverage - one word - despicable!