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http://mediamatters.org/ Fox News, whose coverage has repeatedly crossed the line separating news and legitimate commentary from political activism and demagoguery, has aggressively promoted the anti-Obama "tea party" protests both on- and off-air and has repeatedly encouraged viewers to get involved. Its par for the course for a network that has been seized by a culture of conservative paranoia that has run rampant since President Obamas inauguration, with its hosts accusing the president of every -ism in the book and making increasingly dire predictions about the consequences that Obamas policies will have for the country. Fox News unprecedented promotion of a political protest has not been lost on other news networks.