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simoom3/01/2011 8:50:15 am PST

Fox News and conservative media have been pushing a story about how FNC reporter Mike Tobin was punched/assaulted while covering the Wisconsin protests. You can see how this originally aired on Fox in this clip:

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There was only audio of the incident during the initial airing as Tobin had thrown back to the studio anchor. Oddly, as the assault story was pushed repeatedly during the rest of the day Fox continued to only replay the audio. This video, someone in the crowd captured, seems to show why:

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^ At 30 seconds in, Tobin slaps a sign out of the way that was blocking his shot. At around 40 seconds in a white bearded man in a Santa hat approaches from behind and reaches over Tobin’s left shoulder, briefly waving a sheet-of-paper-sized sign toward the camera. In the process it looks like he bumps Tobin’s shoulder with his sign-holding hand. “Santa-hat” withdraws the sign, transfers it to his other hand, and then taps Tobin on the shoulder twice with a finger (to get his attention?). Both a man and a woman put their hands on “Santa hat’s” shoulders, getting his attention. Tobin states, “That guy just hit me.” Later Tobin indicates toward “Santa hat” and repeats, “That guy just hit me, just so you know.”

I’m guessing Fox checked their video after the segment first aired and realized how anti-climactic it would be to their viewers, which is why they’ve only aired the audio since.