Mediagazer: Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video] (Drew Grant/The New York Observer)

10:10 PM ET, October 3, 2011

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Drew Grant / The New York Observer:

Exclusive: Occupy Wall Street Activist Slams Fox News Producer In Un-Aired Interview [Video] — Protester Jesse LaGreca schools Fox producer — Even if Geraldo Rivera was at the Zuccotti Park yesterday, Fox News has generally been a tad dismissive of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Bill Keller:

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Keach Hagey / On Media's Blog:

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Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

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Keach Hagey / On Media's Blog:

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Democracy Now:

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