Colorful Midtown protest lampoons
Fox News over misinformation
BY DEAN MOSES
This Midtown protest gave a
new defi nition to the term
“media circus.”
The advocacy group Extinction
Rebellion NYC donned outlandish
makeup and large red noses
during what they dubbed as a
satirical protest outside Fox News
Channel’s studios on Wednesday
night, highlighting what they
state is a slew of misinformation
campaigns perpetrated by the
conservative news network.
Clown reporters were on the
scene.
Dressing up as caricatures of
famous anchors such as “Sean
Hilarity,” “Tucker Clownson,”
and “Laura Incorrect,” the
band of jesters put on a show of
their own outside the Fox News
building at 1211 Avenue of the
Americas — much to the chagrin
of the news corporation’s security
guards who swatted away anyone
who ventured too close.
In place of a more traditional
demonstration, the clowns strived
to showcase the lies and fear
Dressed as clowns, demonstrators tell Fox News to “Tell the truth.”
mongering they believe the news
giant bolsters by partaking in
games and live music.
Protesters danced to anti-establishment
songs from Resistance
Company before the group used a
large picture frame as a makeshift
television from where they played
“Tucker says,” a take on Simon
says where the crowd recited
Clowns played follow the leader to showcase what they call
mind control.
every command of the red-faced
prankster.
In all seriousness, the protesters
said, they were fed up with
the network’s broadcasts which,
they say, seek to divide Americans
rather than offer constructive
analysis or accurate reporting.
“We are here to raise awareness
about the brainwashing
that happens and how we are
all caught up in it,” Mahayana
Landowne from NYC Rebellion
PHOTOS BY DEAN MOSES
The clowns danced to music.
told amNewYork Metro. “It’s
breaking us apart and we really
want to wake people up and we
feel that people get caught into
following and we want to open
that up, so we are showing clown
metaphors.”
Demonstrators say they had
hoped to underscore the way in
which misinformation has divided
the country during a time
when unity is needed the most.
Landowne stated that they don’t
want to “put anyone down,” but
rather playfully show the world
how misguided information leads
to issues within the country by
keeping viewers fearful.
Landown went on to say that
much of this division had been
felt during the Trump administration,
and although he’s no longer
in power, it appeared that Fox
News anchors were continuing
to advance the former president’s
agenda.
“We are struck by how so many
people are caught up in lies that
they do not understand as truth.
We are trying to break that open,”
Landowne said.
Fox News did not immediatley
respond to amNewYork Metro’s
request for comment.
Protesters called the network liars.
This parody reporter joined in on the fun.
4 July 1, 2021 Schneps Media