Fox News interviews occupywallstreet demonstrator who hands Fox its lunch, mysteriously doesn't air

[Ian David]

Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview {Video}

Even if Geraldo Rivera was at the Zuccotti Park yesterday, Fox News has generally been a tad dismissive of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Foxnews.com (as of this writing) has no coverage of this national event on their front page stories. (Hard to imagine for a network that was so gung-ho about the Tea Party!) Red Eye‘s Bill Schulz went out to try to “prank” the protesters. Bill O’Reilly sent a producer minion out with the same mission: to belittle OWS’s cause by cutting up interviews to make people sound stupid.

Well, here is an interview that Fox News filmed, but doesn’t want you to see. The segment was shot on Wednesday for Greta van Susteren‘s show, (though it looks like the same producer from this O’Reilly segment questioning Michael Moore‘s anti-capitalist agenda) though the decision was made to leave it on the cutting room floor. The reason should be obvious pretty quickly.

The speaker giving Fox News the buisness is Jesse LaGreca, a vocal member of the Occupy Wall Street protests. This video comes courtesy of Kyle Christopher from OccupyWallSt.org‘s media team.

Now, no news organization is under obligation to air every interview they’ve filmed, especially when it makes them look bad. But you’d think that a “Fair and Balanced” network (that tells an interviewee that they are here to give them fair coverage to get any message they’d like to get out) would try to include at least a couple of opposing viewpoints to Mr. Shulz’s smarmy jokes or O’Reilly’s “infiltration” of the camp.

More:
http://www.observer.com/2011/10/exclusive-occupy-wall-street-activist-slams-fox-news-anchor-in-un-aired-interview-video/


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[librechik]

1. link?

[madokie]

2. Damn sam I'd sure liked to have seen that

fucking fox is the main reason we are where we are today

[Jackpine Radical]

6. The vid is on DU. Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x621083

[madokie]

7. Cool, thanks

He let 'm have it with both barrels, as the old saying goes

[mfcorey1]

13. Wow! I love it. That guy should be the press secretary for everyone who wants the truth.

[monmouth]

3. He was so articulate and knowledgeable. Wonderful spokesperson...n/t

[dembotoz]

4. alas they just ran out of time....

:sarcasm:

[11 Bravo]

11. Oh, shit! Is another blonde missing somewhere?

[salin]

5. k & r

[leveymg]

8. Jesse LaGreca for Mayor! I want to hear more from this guy.

Give this man a permanent platform and let 'em rip.

[ThomWV]

9. Great Video, well worth watching K&R

[jtrockville]

10. So when the reporter said...

At around 1:25 in the video (posted at observer.com), when the reporter says:

"We're here giving you an opportunity, on the record with Greta Van Sustern, to put any message you want out there..."

What exactly did he mean?

/confused

[timtom]

12. Same thought crossed my mind.

"'Smatta? Ya DEAF?"

Fox "News"...sigh.

[greytdemocrat]

14. So...

That OWS guy thinks Solyndra is "total nonsense"???

[K8-EEE]

15. Liberal INTELLIGENT version of "Joe The Plumber"

They gave that asshole Joe The Plumber like 100+ hours on Fox, no time for this guy? FAIR AND BALANCED ALERT!

[JoeyT]

17. We'll just grab a regular looking guy and see if we can

confuse him....Jesus Christ! Complete sentences! Cut the feed! Cut the fucking feed!

[Howler]

16. Absolutely beautiful!!!!

:applause: