Fox & Friends Mocks Program Designed To Promote US Tourism

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201111090002

November 09, 2011 6:30 am ET by Justin Berrier

Fox & Friends on Tuesday mocked a new program being launched by a public-private partnership called Brand USA to increase tourism in the United States.

According to its website, Brand USA is launching the "Discover USA" campaign "for the purpose of encouraging travelers from all over the world to visit the United States of America." The organization plans to use branding and social networking to create the first unified marketing effort to increase tourism in the United States.

But instead of focusing on the innovative nature of the campaign or the potential economic benefits of increased tourism, Fox & Friends obsessed on the cost.

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1. What is the cost? And who benefits?

Usually programs like this are boondoggles to pay off cronies and steer business to corporations owned by friends.

Of course, spending money pimping tourism is a much better use of revenue than feeding the homeless or fixing bridges that are nearing collapse.

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3. If you read the full article it answers those questions. nt

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2. They are just actors "playing their parts."

I am sure Roger Ailes sent them their talking points ..... Gretchen admitted that at the start ....
.... "today's talking point" ....

Better this than to talk about what happened in Ohio.