Michael
Jan 15th 2010, 02:32 PM
This is very interesting (inadvertent) admission from the rightwing teaparty set.
Tea Party Nation Would Like to Announce the Following Efforts and Status of the Nationwide TEA Party Convention
First, we are pleased to announce that the convention has sold out and we now have a waiting list which we will continue to try to clear as opportunity presents.
In this light, we have had numerous requests for press passes and the resulting expected coverage. However, as we have set expectations that this is a working convention, we have tried not to make it a media event.
In fact, Tea Party Nation has received hundreds of requests for press credentials to cover this convention. Everyone from a small town newspaper in Iowa to Fox News has asked for press credentials. We have had requests from Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Croatia and Japan. We have been hard pressed to accommodate all of these requests and do not have the space or resources to support the entirety of the press corp. Indeed, we have asked the hotel if they would be willing to provide a press room during the convention.
However, given these practical limitations, we have approved the following press organizations:
Fox News
Breitbart.com
Townhall.com
The Wall Street Journal
World Net Daily
Source (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tea-party-nation-would-like-to-announce-the-following-efforts-and-status-of-the-nationwide-tea-party-convention-81413572.html)
The teaparty people here were seeking to exclude the media from their event, but are granting exceptions to these particular media organizations that they feel are 'on their side'.
This sure looks lke Fox News and WSJ are to be considered "teaparty-approved" media outlets.
If that isn't proof that Fox and WSJ are rightwing propaganda machines, I don't know what is. The teaparty people consider them to be thus. :shrug:
Indeed, for Fox and WSJ to be listed there with WorldNetDaily is just priceless. How WSJ can swallow that insult is beyond me, but I suppose that's just part and parcel of being a water-carrier for rightwing partisans. :D
Tea Party Nation Would Like to Announce the Following Efforts and Status of the Nationwide TEA Party Convention
First, we are pleased to announce that the convention has sold out and we now have a waiting list which we will continue to try to clear as opportunity presents.
In this light, we have had numerous requests for press passes and the resulting expected coverage. However, as we have set expectations that this is a working convention, we have tried not to make it a media event.
In fact, Tea Party Nation has received hundreds of requests for press credentials to cover this convention. Everyone from a small town newspaper in Iowa to Fox News has asked for press credentials. We have had requests from Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Croatia and Japan. We have been hard pressed to accommodate all of these requests and do not have the space or resources to support the entirety of the press corp. Indeed, we have asked the hotel if they would be willing to provide a press room during the convention.
However, given these practical limitations, we have approved the following press organizations:
Fox News
Breitbart.com
Townhall.com
The Wall Street Journal
World Net Daily
Source (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tea-party-nation-would-like-to-announce-the-following-efforts-and-status-of-the-nationwide-tea-party-convention-81413572.html)
The teaparty people here were seeking to exclude the media from their event, but are granting exceptions to these particular media organizations that they feel are 'on their side'.
This sure looks lke Fox News and WSJ are to be considered "teaparty-approved" media outlets.
If that isn't proof that Fox and WSJ are rightwing propaganda machines, I don't know what is. The teaparty people consider them to be thus. :shrug:
Indeed, for Fox and WSJ to be listed there with WorldNetDaily is just priceless. How WSJ can swallow that insult is beyond me, but I suppose that's just part and parcel of being a water-carrier for rightwing partisans. :D