That same year, in response to the election of Obama and the financial crisis, the conservative antigovernment Tea Party was born. The grassroots movement named after the Revolutionary War–era Boston Tea Party rapidly became a cause célèbre on Fox. The movement was a real and powerful force in politics, shifting the ideological terrain of the Republican Party and the overall dynamics in Congress. It was an important news story worthy of coverage and scrutiny. But Fox didn’t cover the Tea Party, they celebrated them—promoting their events and regaling them as heroes fighting back against an
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