Community | October 03, 2011 | 96 comments

11.37am: This is good. The New York Observer has posted a video of "an interview Fox News filmed, but doesn't want you to see".

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yrT-0Xbrn4&feature=player_embedded

Lisayou

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11.37am: This is good. The New York Observer has posted a video of "an interview Fox News filmed, but doesn't want you to see".
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96 comments // 11.37am: This is good. The New York Observer has posted a video of "an interview Fox News filmed, but doesn't want you to see". // Video

  • claireify
    • +2
      claireify  

    • Loved it! I've been begging the media to give more air time to the 99 percent! This is what I 'm talk in ' about! More, more, more!

    • 1 year ago
  • Ambill94
  • nardo1224
  • insaintity
  • crabbyoldguy
    • +2
      crabbyoldguy  
    • Image

    • Van Susteren Explains Why Anti-Fox Clip With Occupy Wall St. Protester Got Cut

      The New York Observer‘s Drew Grant (formerly of Mediaite) is reporting on a YouTube clip that shows an Occupy Wall Street protester peppering Fox News’ Griff Jenkins with criticism of the network, in an interview that was never aired. Why the clip didn’t air is the subject of some speculation, but according to Greta Van Susteren, the simplest explanation is the right one.

      Jenkins does, at one point, responds to criticism of the network by saying, “Alright, fair enough. You have a voice, an important reason to criticize myself, my company and anyone else.”

      The video, according to Grant, features Jesse LaGreca, a “vocal member of the Occupy Wall Street protests,” and was shot by Kyle Christopher from OccupyWallSt.org‘s media team. The Observer also has a transcript:

      The implication here is that Fox News cut the interview, for Greta Van Susteren‘s On The Record, because it contained some sharp criticism of the network. The criticism to which Jenkins replied “Fair enough,” though, is one that Fox chief Roger Ailes also acknowledged in a recent Newsweek profile: that Glenn Beck’s inflammatory rhetoric was a problem (Ailes called it a “branding issue”). Such a (heavily qualified) acknowledgement by Jenkins isn’t all that earth-shattering, in that context.

      Perhaps more problematic was the protester’s invocation of a DOJ investigation of News Corp, but not just because it’s a touchy subject. Dropping a mention of something like that, which is difficult to properly contextualize in an unrelated interview, is reasonable grounds to cut it. Similarly, it may be lots of fun to chant “F*ck Fox News!” but that’s also a way to not get on the TV.

      Greta Van Susteren tells Mediaite that the choice had more to do with the volume, and relevance, of the footage taken. “Griff Jenkins spent about 3 hours with the protesters,” she told me via email. “The resulting hour of footage was edited down to a 2 minute package about the economic issues that prompted the Occupy Wall Street protests.”

      All in all, I’d say this encounter went pretty well for Griff Jenkins, a whole lot better than the first time I met him. At the 2008 Democratic convention in Denver, Jenkins got into a shoving match with another journalist while trying to score an interview with activist Ward Churchill, then was later attacked, along with his crew, by “Recreate ’68” protesters:
      .....
      http://www.mediaite.com/tv/van-susteren-explains-why-anti-fox-interview-with-occ...

    • 1 year ago
  • antaeous
    • -5
      antaeous  

    • Let me make one thing clear--I was a liberal before a lot of you were born. This staged and frankly laughable video only gets the message shot down, not propogated. Nice try. @Lisayou, it's people like you who know everything, but will fall for anything.

    • 1 year ago
  • antaeous
  • Lisayou
  • antaeous
    • -3
      antaeous  

    • I don't think this is a real Fox News correspondent or a spontaneous interview...the man speaking looks like he's about to burst out laughing. The message needs to be heard, but this is akin to Bigfoot sightings...total bullshit. Isn't the cap and microphone prominently onscreen a little telling? Why are so many people falling for this?

    • 1 year ago
  • Lisayou
    • +3
      Lisayou  
    • antaeous:

      You are welcome to go do some research if you do not think it is real.
      "Why are so many people falling for this?"
      People have Google and are able to go look it up.
      Please have a nice day! :)

      http://www.observer.com/2011/10/exclusive-occupy-wall-street-activist-slams-fox-....

      Here is the link to the NEW YORK OBSERVER
      The segment was shot on Wednesday for Greta van Susteren‘s show, (though it looks like the same producer from this O’Reilly segment questioning Michael Moore‘s anti-capitalist agenda) though the decision was made to leave it on the cutting room floor. The reason should be obvious pretty quickly.

      The speaker giving Fox News the buisness is Jesse LaGreca, a vocal member of the Occupy Wall Street protests. This video comes courtesy of Kyle Christopher from OccupyWallSt.org‘s media team.

    • 1 year ago
  • Molotov
  • nardo1224
    • +2
      nardo1224  
    • antaeous:

      Regardless of whether it is real or not, the words that were spoken were real and the message was true. If we only depend on Fox news to get our message out there then we are doomed.

    • 1 year ago
  • ThirdSection
  • kgMA
  • Molotov
  • dinm76
  • uppityprogressive
    • +4
      uppityprogressive  

    • In my dreams could I speak that well and powerfully on the spot....but I'll try if the opportunity arises, even a portion of what this man expressed would be a win. Great job! Sharing!

    • 1 year ago
  • Varex_Sythe
    • 0
      Varex_Sythe  
    • uppityprogressive:

      You probably could, it just takes practice (by practice I mean try to change your everyday speech mannerisms slowly it's not that easy to do at first, but the vocabulary starts to come naturally after a while).

    • 1 year ago
  • chew_chew
    • +1
      chew_chew  

    • Oh my. Truth on TV. What will they think of next!

      Oh wait... did Fox "News" actually air this?

      "an interview Fox News filmed, but doesn't want you to see".

      Ah... I suppose not.

    • 1 year ago
  • TheAmbivalante
  • DudleyDooleft
    • +2
      DudleyDooleft  
    • TheAmbivalante:

      "The Hippies WERE Right", Get up and stand up for democracy and against Wall Street greed. Solidarity against the machine is working! Go St. Louis!

      Thanks TC for the video.

      Thanks for the post Lisayou.

    • 1 year ago
  • Lisayou
  • jubal
    • +2
      jubal  

    • This guy being interviewed is extremely articulate and has a fast mind with churning out the facts. He was a great interviewee.

    • 1 year ago
  • percipi224
    • +4
      percipi224  

    • who was that unmasked man!? I loved him. It occurs to me as I sit here, cut off, in the back of beyond, watching this unfold, having heated debates with my 21 daughter about anarcho-communism vs. teabagger anarchy, that I raised her right! I raised a free thinker, who loves her body, is not bigoted, gender biased and willing to learn. Yeah for the old white woman!

    • 1 year ago
  • crabbyoldguy
  • deane
    • +2
      deane  

    • Fox news: "Could we find a less intelligent person to interview. This guy is not what we are looking for."

    • 1 year ago
  • notonmywatch59
  • totally_dilapidated
  • figgdimension
  • thedirtman
  • faye59
    • +2
      faye59  

    • Excellent clip. If we ever see him on Fox I'd be surprised. I never watch, so I'll wait for someone to e-mail me.

    • 1 year ago
  • jim_b
    • +4
      jim_b  

    • Jeesus - somebody buy that guy a microphone! Hell, I will if anyone knows who he is. Best post I have seen here in months.

      I guess Greta Van Sunstroke will pass on this one.

    • 1 year ago
  • Lisayou
  • jim_b
  • Lisayou
  • percipi224
  • Varex_Sythe
  • healthcare12345
    • +3
      healthcare12345  

    • I have to say that I saw some coverage of OWS on the Geraldo show (of all things) that was actually reasonably well-balanced.

      This guy is great, though. Too bad if it doesn't air on Fox.

    • 1 year ago
  • PIANORAMA
  • PIANORAMA
  • irie_ojo
    • +6
      irie_ojo  

    • the reporter picked the wrong guy to talk to.... he got faced. its funny that the reporter tells the guy " hey we are trying to give you a chance for everyone to hear your side." does everyone only included the people at fox news. they would never air that.

      fox got faced...

    • 1 year ago
  • letsliveinpeace
    • +4
      letsliveinpeace  

    • jsayler comment...... immediate Wall Street demonstrations growing but not being covered nearly as much as teabag issues? What a conundrum. Why does media like the crazy teabags and teahags so much but refuse to give Main Street the same respect?

    • 1 year ago
  • PIANORAMA
  • letsliveinpeace
    • +5
      letsliveinpeace  

    • Oh by the way good post!

      As the occupation of Wall Street enters its third week, the New York Observer points out that the notoriously right-wing Fox News has been doing its best to dismiss the protests. Fox has had its producers try to “prank” demonstrators, and the network has aired edited video interview footage to try to mock protesters.

      Yet the Observer notes that there was one interview with a protester that Fox failed to air. Last week, a producer from Greta van Susteren’s show interviewed a demonstrator named Jesse LaGreca. LaGreca offered an eloquent defense of the protests and growing economic inequality in the United States, and scolded the Fox staffer for his network’s role as a far-right “propaganda machine.” LaGreca noted Fox’s parent corporation was under investigation by the Department of Justice and that the network was “wasting time” on subjects such as President Obama’s birth certificate and Solyndra.

      The Fox producer promised LaGreca he would “put any message you want out there, to give you fair coverage,” yet when the show was aired Wednesday, the footage was nowhere to be found. Watch LaGreca’s interview with Fox:

      As the Observer writes, “no news organization is under obligation to air every interview they’ve filmed.” But it raises eyebrows to watch a network that totes itself as “Fair and Balanced” not air an interview with a protester who intelligently defended his cause and criticized the network’s coverage while it continues to take constant potshots at the demonstrators.

    • 1 year ago
  • Leen61
    • +7
      Leen61  

    • This was great! The FOX reporter got schooled by the average man in the street. It's tough when you just can't spew those talking points. May this video go viral! And a big thumbs up to this man! That's how it's done.

    • 1 year ago
  • letsliveinpeace
  • Lisayou
  • Anonmaly
    • +1
      Anonmaly  

    • How dare he mention wanting to see more "Jesus stuff".... You know if I didn't know better I'd think that guy personally inspired several cults and an actual religion or two...

      (sarcasm aside I agree)

    • 1 year ago
  • Conniepae
    • +6
      Conniepae  

    • Well, all I can say is, "he was definitely speaking for me"! Kudos to him for maintaining composure, while speaking so accurately about our current situation. Kudos indeed!

    • 1 year ago
  • Nick19
  • VoyagerFilms
  • Lisayou
  • DudleyDooleft
  • unimatrix0
  • SerialGramma
  • Lisayou
  • Wyley_Wombat
  • jim_b
  • ampersand
  • mybologna
  • Lisayou
    • +6
      Lisayou  

    • http://www.observer.com/2011/10/exclusive-occupy-wall-street-activist-slams-fox-...

      Here is the link to the NEW YORK OBSERVER
      The segment was shot on Wednesday for Greta van Susteren‘s show, (though it looks like the same producer from this O’Reilly segment questioning Michael Moore‘s anti-capitalist agenda) though the decision was made to leave it on the cutting room floor. The reason should be obvious pretty quickly.

      The speaker giving Fox News the buisness is Jesse LaGreca, a vocal member of the Occupy Wall Street protests. This video comes courtesy of Kyle Christopher from OccupyWallSt.org‘s media team.

    • 1 year ago
  • Conniepae
    • +4
      Conniepae  
    • Lisayou:

      Another time Fox News lied. The guy told him he was giving him a platform, when in fact he was not. Proves the point Jesse LaGrec was saying. Shame on Fox once again! They say one thing and do another.

    • 1 year ago
  • ClassicalGas
  • Wyley_Wombat
  • Mark701
    • +5
      Mark701  

    • Where did the Observer get the footage and how? Even though I like the interview (love it in fact) I'm wondering if it's real. Has anyone ever seen that particular Fox reporter before?

    • 1 year ago
  • FoosMaster
  • thetrimsmith
    • +8
      thetrimsmith  
    • Mark701:

      Yes, he's their "gonzo" reporter. He chased a slumlord around awhile back. Foot in the door, personal questions kind of guy. Rather tame in this one, guess he wasn't ready for this guy's responses.

    • 1 year ago
  • Mark701
  • thetrimsmith
    • +4
      thetrimsmith  

    • All this movement needs is a leader, as brief as the interview was, this guy is a contender. With unemployment high, plenty of time on lots of peoples hands for protesting...

    • 1 year ago
  • FoosMaster
  • thetrimsmith
  • Novek
    • +6
      Novek  

    • hahaha no way will fox ever air that. that's what we should be doing. filming everything fox does with our cell phones so we can show the full truth that never seems to make it out of their propaganda machine.

    • 1 year ago
  • DEM46
    • +6
      DEM46  

    • I believe they found the wrong person to interview. I do believe Fox wanted someone who was a bit less informed and more clownish.

      Well played indeed! :)

    • 1 year ago
  • artemis6
  • attilatheblond
  • Lisayou
  • daveprimmer
    • +5
      daveprimmer  

    • How come his interview isn't the one being drooled over by Drudge? He hit the nail square on the head. It's not about whether you're a scaredy-crat or a rethuglican...we're talking about basic human decency and sense of community, of which there has been a huge lack of for quite some time now.

    • 1 year ago
  • attilatheblond
    • +6
      attilatheblond  

    • Rockin! The FOX 'reporter' was shown to be the rank amateur (very poor speaker) he is and Joe Citizen just wiped the street with him with logic, fact, holing the line, all with out having to raise his voice or engage in personal attacks.

      YES!

    • 1 year ago
  • DanCastro
    • +6
      DanCastro  

    • This guy should be in the President's cabinet! He is articulate and factual and doesn't descend into the Faux 'news' BS (which is also probably why he can't be a Faux 'star' and the fact he doesn't want to see the Prez's BC because he is smart enough to know that is BS and another diversion attempt to keep US hating so we don't see the rich continue to try to steal our future!

    • 1 year ago
  • jackshin
    • +7
      jackshin  

    • This guy nailed it, and I love how he didn't play to the what do you consider is the "end" game, like as if they are holding america hostage, "no I don't want this to end, I want to see the conversation continued. Most impressive.

    • 1 year ago
  • Lisayou
  • mspray11
  • mspray11
  • SoCalFramer
  • AmericanStandard
  • Schnookums
  • gypsysailor
  • lazloman
  • FoosMaster
  • sugarmountian
  • BrushwithDeathToothpaste
  • Misti
  • Lisayou
  • Incredulous
  • wolfess
    • +9
      wolfess  

    • That was impressive -- he knows why he's there, and he knows what's going on in this country. Plus ... he was wearing a great hat :-)!
      Pwr 2 the kepi-wearing peons! Viva la revolution!

    • 1 year ago
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