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Fox Biz reporter heckled at Occupy Wall Street

Fox Business Network reporter Adam Shapiro was heckled by Occupy Wall Street protesters while he was reporting from Zuccotti Park on Tuesday night, reports The Huffington Post.

The Post writes, “Shapiro was attempting to do a live hit from Occupy Wall Street for Fox Business’ ‘The Willis Report’ after protesters had returned to the park following Mayor Bloomberg’s raid on the encampment.

“When host Gerri Willis tossed to Shapiro, a large crowd of protesters loudly chanted ‘Fox News lies’ over Shapiro’s report.

“Shapiro attempted to interview one of the protesters, but the young man turned his back to him (following a fellow protester’s instructions) and would not answer the question.

“Shapiro tossed back to Willis in the studio, seemingly cutting his live hit short. Willis appeared disheartened by the protesters reaction and said that Fox News was ‘just trying to cover the story like everybody else’ and had ‘no idea why’ the protesters would chant ‘Fox News lies.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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