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It sounds like they betrayed us... (from what I have been reading) There were at least 10 video camera crews there, I had assumed one of them was Fox (the crews do not really "identify" themselves (logos on cameras or anything) unless ya see their press credentials which usually has a badge of some sort.
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I'll try to 'splain the broadcast industry and I know others will be along to fill in the gaps. They exist to sell advertising. Merchants and manufactures' buy these ads to expose their products and services to potential customers.
Now I'm an old f@rt but try to think back to the Lawrence Welk Show. He had great numbers, but as as popular as he was, no one would pay sufficient amounts for his show to be broadcast. Why?
His audience was *Seasoned Citizens* who would not pay for or buy items which required a lot of advertising to sale.
These folks at that stage in their lives had pretty much decided they were a 'Buick man', or Pennzoil was the best oil etc.
The networks have to have gullible audience or the sponsors won't buy. Thus they mold themselves to DUmmies. It's called capitalism.

the crews do not really "identify" themselves (logos on cameras or anything)

I saw one camera with a local CBS station's logo on it. At the first Crawford FReep I saw both a CNN logo and a local Fox station logo on cameras. The CNN camera was right in my face during the singing of the National Anthem.