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Local Fox Affiliate <em>Can't</em> Be Racist Towards Rich People
Not possible

WTXF 29 is Fox's Philadelphia O&O, and like most of Murdoch-owned network, it likes to do a little "investigimative journalism" from time to time. That was the case when Fox followed around Latrice Bryant, an aide for Philadelphia Councilman Wilson Goode, for ten days without her knowledge to do an "in-depth" study on city workers slacking off while taxpayers pay the bill.

Tailing somebody for 10 days without alerting her? Some might call that stalking. But Bryant has another name for it: racism.

After Bryant made a big to-do at a council meeting about Fox's paparazzi tactics, the station's news team, headed by anchor Jeff Cole, hit back with this awesome promo for the network's upcoming expose. Tonight at 10pm: It's not racism if you're upper middle class!

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