Zachary Pleat: Fox Overlooks The American Origins Of May Day
Fox News has returned to its red-baiting smears against workers, calling the May Day labor holiday that is recognized in more than 80 countries a “communist holiday.” The Fox show America Live introduced an April 30 segment on May Day protests planned by Occupy Wall Street by playing black-and-white newsreel footage of a military parade in Moscow in the days of the Soviet Union in celebration of the holiday. Subtle. America Live host Megyn Kelly continued this narrative, saying: “Six decades ago, the first of May was best known as a day of celebration in Moscow and Havana, as workers in the Communist Party marked what they called their accomplishments.” Fox contributor Charles Payne echoed this red-baiting smear later that day on Your World , said that May Day “dovetails into a big, giant communist holiday”: But Fox is obscuring the origin of this holiday, which began in 19th-century America.
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Zachary Pleat: Fox Overlooks The American Origins Of May Day