Fox News Reports On The Tea Party Convention’s Birther Problem

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by Joe Coscarelli | 2:07 pm, February 6th, 2010

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A Saturday afternoon Fox News report revealed much about the situation on the ground at the Tea Party Convention this weekend in the lead up to Sarah Palin‘s keynote address. The Fox reporter, though, was careful to note that the Tea Partiers are a disparate group, and this convention is by no means representative of the entire movement. Much of this point focuses on the issue of the Birthers, who believe President Obama is not a natural born citizen, and are a cause for concern among conservatives wishing to focus more on substantive (factual?) issues.

Using a clip from last night’s speech from World Net Daily’s Joseph Farah — “We recently took a guy with no birth certificate,” he said to huge laughs and applause — the Fox reporter announced that a news conference would be held this afternoon from Tea Party groups not represented at the weekend’s festivities, denouncing talk of Obama’s birth certificate.

But according to Hot Air, the disagreement already manifested itself at the convention in a heated exchange between Farah and another top online conservative, Andrew Breitbart. In a report for the Washington Independent, Breitbart is quoted as telling Farah that Obama’s birth certificate is “not a winning issue” and that “elections in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts were all won not on birther, but on substance.”

The Fox segment, too, mentions substance: “fiscal discipline, upholding the constitution and common sense conservatism.” Then, Fox’s Carl Cameron interviews a man in full Revolutionary War garb, complete with an accent, about the pervasive idea that Tea Partiers are insane. This portion of the segment is about three minutes long and demonstrates the “sense of humor” of the convention. There’s also jewelry!

Check out the clip below:

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TeaPartyAmerican

This thing is embarrassing. And they DO NOT represent the entire movement!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

The whole goddamn Tea Party movement is an embarrassment. Astroturfing organizations preying upon the stupid, including the birthers and the becknuts. The dumbing down of America is exemplified by what Rupert Murdoch and Dick Armey are selling. “Idiocracy” the movie was supposed to be a comedy, it was actually a documentary about Republican/Teabaggers in power.
m

- Make it fast and sexy.
- It’s either this or jail. And you know what they do to you in jail.
- I was a guard. Alright, and after it’s all over, you say “Ooh, what a lovely tea party”.
digitaln3rd

Wow, anyone who still believes in the slogan “fair and balanced” for Fox News is out of their minds. The news anchors are literally salivating and giddy over being at the convention.

So a couple hundred people gather for a teabagging convention and the media is all over it yet millions of people gathered to protest the war and you hardly heard a peep from the media.

“Liberal media” my foot.
sarainitaly

Carl Cameron at Fox reported a few minutes ago that other Tea Party organizations will hold a presser later today to condemn Birtherism and distance themselves from it. – from Hot Air
felixw

I keep close tabs on the media, but the only people I hear talking about the “birther” issue are on the Left. By the same token, the only people I hear talk about the President’s skin color are on the Left as well. These are non-issues, and seem constantly dragged out by the Left so they don’t have to address more substantive matters, such as unemployment, terrorism, declining dollar, the huge national debt, etc.
da-wdc

Some on the Left don’t mind talking about the birther issue because it makes the right look bad. But some people on the right started it and promoted it, particularly during the election season, and Farah is one of them. He isn’t doing conservatives any favors by telling lies and publishing the things he does.
TinaFromTampa

More fine journalism from Carl Cameron.
He’s second only to Griff Jenkins!
tjl

Felixw, again, showing that he’s out of his league here. Keep trying, buddy. This is not a “Left” issue. I don’t suppose you’ll tell me that Mr. Farrah form WorldNetDaily is a “lefty” posing as a conservative. I believe he is the one who brought up the issue — 10 minutes in his 40 minute speech. You may follow the “media” closely, but watching Fox News for 4 hours a night isn’t floowing the media closely in my book. Thanks for playing! Smooches!
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