{"id":140923,"date":"2014-10-17T21:17:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T21:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=140923"},"modified":"2014-10-17T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T21:17:29","slug":"russell-brand-kicked-fox-news-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/media-news\/russell-brand-kicked-fox-news-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand kicked out of Fox News HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his ongoing spat with Fox News personalities, British comedian Russell Brand risked arrest to seek entrance into the cable news network\u2019s New York headquarters to address Sean Hannity, who had cancelled a scheduled appearance by Brand on his Fox show.<\/p>\n<p>During the latest episode of \u2018The Trews\u2019 &#8211; Brand\u2019s webcast that has become his vehicle for criticizing the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/176792-russell-brand-hannity-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hannity<\/a> and fellow Fox News host <a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/180676-russell-brand-oreilly-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/a> for content on their respective shows &#8211; the British comedian started by excoriating O\u2019Reilly for <em>\u201chelping us become more Islamophobic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brand then played a clip of O\u2019Reilly\u2019s show, in which the host claimed 35 nations are governed by Sharia Law which, he said, was <em>\u201ccontroversial, to say the least.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo, the least you could say, Bill, would be nothing at all,\u201d<\/em> Brand replied, <em>\u201cand the world would be a better place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brand went on to examine how O\u2019Reilly was deceptively building a case to support his own bias against Islam, when security outside Fox News\u2019 headquarters approached the comedian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ration_16-9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WNl_1gQqrWI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cExcuse me,\u201d<\/em> the guard said. <em>\u201cYou can\u2019t film here! This is private property!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhose property is it?\u201d<\/em> Brand responded.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe building\u2019s,\u201d<\/em> the guard said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho does the building belong to?\u201d<\/em> Brand asked.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d<\/em> he\u2019s told by the guard.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt does matter,\u201d<\/em> Brand answered, moving back to the front of the building. <em>\u201cI\u2019ll just stay here then.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The guard then threatened to arrest Brand. Another security guard then told Brand the property<em>\u201cbelongs to the building.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brand is then shown walking into the building, where another guard tells him he <em>\u201ccannot stay on the property and film anything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCan I have a tour?\u201d<\/em> Brand then asked.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAre you serious?\u201d<\/em> the guard said. <em>\u201cYou got to wait outside.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brand eventually left, but not before telling a receptionist at the building that he was <em>\u201cbooked onto Sean Hannity\u2019s show. And then it was cancelled. Can I come up, have a look around, maybe have a look at the studio, touch some stuff, maybe meet some people from the Hannity show?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She refused, prompting Brand to add <em>\u201ctell Sean Hannity I came by to have a chat to him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/196968-russell-brand-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">This piece<\/a> was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinf.com\" target=\"_blank\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his ongoing spat with Fox News personalities, British comedian Russell Brand risked arrest to seek entrance into the cable news network\u2019s New York headquarters to address Sean Hannity, who had cancelled a scheduled appearance by Brand on his Fox show. 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