What is news is that even Fox has its limits as to how closely it will link itself to the Tea Parties, and yesterday it acted to prevent Sean Hannity from crossing them.
As David Zurawik writes at the Baltimore Sun, FNC officials put the kibosh on a planned Hannity broadcast from a Tea Party event in Cincinnati when it learned that the organizers were raising money by selling tickets to the broadcast. “FOX News never agreed to allow the Cincinnati Tea Party organizers to use Sean Hannity's television program to profit from broadcasting his show from the event," stated Fox News executive vice president Bill Shine.
...But at least there are limits. Attention, Tea Party: You do not make money off Fox News! Fox News makes money off you!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Crossing The Line
FOX News smacks the Tea Party movement back into line:
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