On September 12, 2009, a rally was held in Washington D.C. Tens of thousands of people attended, with the Washington D.C. Fire Department estimating crowds at 60 – 70,000. (The National Park Service, responsible for the Capitol and National Mall grounds, does not provide crowd estimates, nor does the Washington D.C. Police Department) Right wing commentators in the media and on the Visalia Times Delta’s online forums quickly tried to inflate those numbers to ridiculous levels of one to two million. Relentlessly hyped by Fox News well in advance, and endlessly on the day of the event, crowds came from across the United States to protest. Exactly what they were protesting was really never clear, and many of the protesters could not articulate more than vague soundbite slogans heard on television and talk radio. Fox News continually chastised the “Main Stream Media” for not covering the protest march, continually asking why it was not worthy of coverage. That commentary would end up branding Fox News hypocrites of major proportions, and I’ll get to just how in a moment.
US Capitol Rally Ignored – Fox News Hypocrites
October 17, 2009
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A Tale Of Two Tan Suits
July 5, 2026
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Just because the picture of Reagan popped up on a Facebook feed of mine today, we jump into the Wayback machine and visit 2014 and 1982. In both years, the President of the United States wore a tan suit.
One received no flak about his choice of suit.
The other was roundly chastised by right-wing pundits for disrespecting the office of the Presidency.
It’s almost as if it wasn’t actually about the tan suit.
The big difference? There was no Fox News in 1982.
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