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Viral Video Heat: (Fake) Fox News UK Reporter Takes the Pulse of Occupy London

Posted on the 21 October 2011 by Periscope @periscopepost
Viral video heat: (Fake) Fox News UK reporter takes the pulse of Occupy London

Occupy London, St Paul's Cathedral. Photo credit: Neil Cummings, http://flic.kr/p/awi9rK

The Occupy London protest, Blighty’s version of Occupy Wall Street, has been attracting lots of column inches in the mainstream media this week. There are those who question whether the protest has clear enough demands. There are others who applaud  the protesters’ determination to make a stand against corporate greed.

Then there is the Don’t Panic TV team‘s take on the sit-in. They’ve taken the temperature of the burning issue via a laugh-out-loud parody video which has the potential to go positively viral.

Here’s how the filmmakers describe their mission: “Fox New’s freedom loving hetro Don Ronson bravely reports on the Occupy The Stock Exchange movement from London, England, Britain. Braving the seething proto-fascist hippy sludge he crawls deep inside the news to get to the pulsating heart of the story and deliver you the truth alive and unwashed.”

 

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