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In an alternative universe concocted by Fox News, Andrew Breitbart, and TCOT (top conservatives on twitter), the Madison capitol has become the island in Lord of the Flies, except the savages in this case are union "thugs." The mob has taken over, thick with radicals, and Republicans are likely to be attacked as a matter of course.

In reality, the long protest in Madison has been remarkably civil. As a testament to that, conservative media outlets are having a hard time finding examples of on-scene violence in Wisconsin that really bring their alternative narrative home. They've even gone so far as to claim their own reporters are under assault when they are not. Indeed, just as they accuse unions of busing in protesters from out of state, they've bussed in out-of-state footage, to make a case that can't be made by the facts.

Check out this clip from Monday night's episode of the O'Reilly Factor, a lower-quality version of which has gone viral on social media sites.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/fox-buses-in-footage-from-sacramento-to-make-union-protesters-look-violent-video.php?ref=fpblg

So much for the idiots that forecasted an uprising with likely federal intervention!

Wow...this is  news!  I happen to have been in Madison last week.  We walked State Street, visited the University, and saw friends who live on Mifflin, just East of the capital.  Having walked through the crowd there, I did happen to observe a large group that was anything but "civil",  not quite a mob, and indeed was tinged with the union "thug" element.  Radicals?  Oh yeah, plenty of those.  Not the peaceful protest described by Dave, and certainly not an out-of-control mob, but something in between. 

Maybe Dave could make the three hour trip for himself, and not depend on others to describe the situation.  His slant on the whole deal is predictable. 

If your reply is to me, maybe you should reread. I gave no personal opinion to the story except to point out the misrepresentations of FOX News.