Today, the Tea Party Express -- a project of a Republican consulting firm designed to raise money for its political action committee - launched its fourth nationwide bus tour in Reno, NV. Who was there to cheer them on? Their friends at Fox, of course. “Campaign” Carl Cameron was on the scene to promote the Express and its chairman, Amy Kremer, in back-to-back hits on Fox Business and Fox News.

On Fox Business, anchor Dagen McDowell said that “Tea Party voters have a chance to jump on the bandwagon as the Tea Party Express weaves its way across the U.S.” Cameron explained the tour's route, while Fox Business helped out by displaying it with an on-screen graphic:

The on-screen text helpfully pointed out that Fox's own Sarah Palin “helped launch” the Reno rally.

Minutes later, Cameron appeared on Fox News to promote the Tea Party Express kick-off rally and interview Kremer. Cameron played up her grassroots story (she “started as a volunteer”), somehow neglecting to mention that the Express was formed by a GOP consulting firm.

According to GOP consultant Joe Wierzbicki, who proposed the Tea Party Express' creation, it was intended to “give a boost to our PAC and position us as a growing force/leading force as the 2010 elections come into focus.” Wierzbicki hoped that the effort could get “some mentions and possibly even promotion from” the right-wing media, including “Fox News commentators.”

It looks like Fox is planning to cover Tea Party Express IV the same way it covered Tea Party Express I, II and III.