



Image Source: http://video.foxnews.com/v/1313804773001/protester-express-outrage-over-russian-elections/

Close-up of the Greek National Bank sign/still shot from video

Fox news has missed the mark (intentionally) when covering the uproars in Moscow. The news media showed footage of riots in Athens, Greece claiming that people of Russia were upset at Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party. Is this all by design or a sincere mishap?Now, even though FOX news has kindly told us that this is, in fact, Moscow – as a Muscovite, one glance is enough to tell me it's NOT. First of all, the phone box – ours are a greyish-blue, and are few and between. In fact, I can’t even remember the last time I saw a public phone box, let alone anyone using it.Secondly, the people in the background – the young couple pressed against the building? They’re dressed in jeans and long-sleeved tees.It’s December. In RUSSIA. No one in their right mind would go to a rally (where most of the time, a lot of standing around is involved) in a tee shirt. People here wear thermals, ski jackets, hats and gloves – the works. Stereotypes are based on fact, you know – and Moscow is very cold in December.But even if all of this isn’t enough to convince you – and believe me, I do not want you to just take my word for it, here is my final argument.You may say "Hey, that looks Greek to me” – and you know what, you’ll be spot on. Greek it is – literally. And that sign? Says “National Bank of Greece” in those big, pretty, gold letters. FOX, it appears, isn’t satisfied with the REAL Russian rallies. They wanted a BANG! But there were no bangs, so I figure they thought “hey, it’s police running after people and fires and chaos – who on earth will be able to tell the difference?!” So they took videos from Athens, put a ‘’Russia” comment on screen – and voila, stick a fork in ‘em, they’re done.How unfortunate that their broadcasts can be seen by pretty much anyone, anywhere.I don’t harbor any hopes that the FOX people will see this and suddenly change their “errant ways”. But for the viewers – there are no palm trees in the streets of Moscow, the Prime Minister is spelled ‘PuTin’, not ‘PuTTin’ and the plural for ‘protester’ is ‘protesterS’. For future references.Author: RT News