TV coverage of Tax Day "tea parties"

MediaBistro's "TVNewser" is reporting that cable news networks all treated the Tax Day protests, or "tea parties," differently. While the Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel covered the protests "as a big story," CNN covered it as a "modest story" and MSNBC as "a great story...to make fun of." 

"TVNewser" has the following breakdown of the number of times each network mentioned the protests on Tax Day (up to 6 p.m. ET): 

• Fox Business Network - 78
• Fox News Channel - 55
• CNN - 36
• MSNBC - 32
• CNN Headline News - 24
• CNBC - 17

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