04.16.2009 12:21 pm

Reader challenges estimate of the crowd at Kiener Plaza tea party

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A reader today challenged our reported estimate of the crowd at Wednesday’s tea party tax protest at Kiener Plaza.

The reader emailed “I actually talked to several police officers at the event who gave unofficial estimates, ranging from slightly over a…

04.16.2009 12:00 pm

Fox, MSNBC guilty of prejudging tea party protests, TV critic says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LA Times media critic James Rainey says both Fox News and MSNBC were guilty of prejudging Wednesday’s tax party protests.

Rainey writes:

“You’d expect conservative commentators like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity to be hyping today’s wave of anti-tax “tea parties.” But Fox…