Fox covers May Day Occupy protests by showing footage of Soviet Military Parades. They are SCARED

[Playinghardball]

Fox News, your number one source of Nazi and Soviet military file footage since the History Channel began to focus more on Ancient Alien Conspiracy theories . . .

Remember when Frank Luntz said that Occupy "Scares him"? Here is how the children at Fox who are very serious people report the news. You have Megyn Kelly, hosting Lou Freaking Dobbs as they fear monger and shout at clouds over the scary, scary people who may be like Soviet's. Are you frigging kidding me? Lou Dobbs, when he isn't busy arguing with imaginary cartoon characters, was once famous for being a bigoted liar at CNN who constantly demonized latinos, but here at Fox he is at home with the charmingly nebulous Megyn Kelly. Playing Soviet Footage before discussing Occupy, because watching Fox News is like eating a pink slime burger for you brain.

Video at: http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201204300005

If you can't see what Fox is doing, they are setting up to say that no matter what happens the May Day protests will be a failure because commerce persisted despite the protests, yeah, yeah, whatever, the larger point is the fact that Fox has to preface any commentary on the matter with this nice little reminder of Soviet Union footage. Classy, subtle. Either you're a Republican who loves Fox and hates everything else or you are a Commie. Good luck with that independent voter outreach, champ.

But more to the point, Fox is scared, otherwise they wouldn't be discussing this at all. Tomorrow is May Day. I will be there. Part of why I march is that I don't want huge multinational corporations like that lie factory NewsCorporation influencing our elections. My sign for tomorrow is ready, my girlfriend Luchia/IamNotAKochsucker gave it to me, on one side it says "G.O.P. Greedy One Percenter", on the other side I haven't decided what message I should place.

More at: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/30/1087606/-Fox-covers-May-Day-Occupy-protests-by-showing-footage-of-Soviet-Military-Parades-They-are-SCARED

[freshwest]

1. How bizarre. I'll be laying low tomorrow, no money changing hands. Don't know if it'll help, but eh.

I hope that whatever Occupy does tomorrow, will get the attention of many people. A lot of people don't know the significance of the date historically.

[randome]

2. No. They are not scared.

Why would they be?

[DeSwiss]

3. Not scared, ignorant.

Haymarket Martyrs' Monument

Effects on the labor movement and May Day

- Willful ignorance......

K&R

[LadyHawkAZ]

4. Faux isn't scared

Faux wants their viewers to be scared. There's a difference.

[pacalo]

5. Yes, & I thought it was a fitting propaganda piece by a "news" network that fashions itself as

a creepy imitation of 1950-60's Russian propaganda-spreading media.

[pinboy3niner]

8. They seem to be scared enough to feel the need to take urgent, pre-emptive action

These nationwide Occupy events are the kind of thing Faux News is loath to cover--much less begin reporting in advance.

If Faux News didn't perceive these events, and this movement, as having power, they would not see a need to be doing this kind of advance propaganda.

[Tsiyu]

6. just now on F(UX) Radio news

Bill Vitka (who needs adenoid surgery or a neti pot or something to drain the snot from his nose) "reported" that Stephen King wrote something "very scary!!!!" when he said the wealthy should be taxed more.

It's not scary when millions are hanging on by a thread (or have lost their tenuous hold on even that thread) but it's "scary" when people who have more than they will ever need in fifteen lifetimes are asked to give a little more? Oh, for fuck's sake....

What are the wealthy in America? A bunch of goddamn spineless babies?

Fuck F(UX). What ignorant tools.

"F(UX) News: Fake and Banal!"

[struggle4progress]

7. The Republicans don't come up with new ideas quickly, so we can expect

the 2012 campaign to involve bashing Jimmy Carter (hey! it worked in 1980!), idolizing Ronald Reagan (hey! it worked in 1988!), reminding people about the menace of Soviet Russia (hey! it worked in the 50s and 60s and 70s!), race-baiting (hey! it alwaysworked before Jim Crow died!), and a host of other tried and true tactics

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. I'm a commie

No, seriously.

[enough]

10. Looks more like a case of getting a head start on their spin-machine,

setting up the narrative for their coverage of events today: "Look at all those Communists out there in the streets."