I seem to remember seeing Beck at a large tea party on 9-12-09....what is the difference?
Obviously, FOX must have been Conservative then...now that they are moving to the mainstream (ie. liberal bent), they have to watch their actions and question their motives...
Some Fox executives say they didn't like that fact that an admission was to be charged to the four hour event (Hannity just part of it). The admission was only $5 to $20, probably to cover expenses and a little profit for the organizers.
Maybe nothing was charged at the Beck event, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see other changes and restrictions at Fox in the future. Lots of odd occurrences around Fox in the past few months.
Beck was not at an event that charged money and then donated it for a political movement.
FOX can pontificate all it wants, that is part of free speech, but being part of a money raising event for a political cause crosses the line of objectivity in journalism.
No one was charging a fee for proximity to Beck.