Johnson: “I Would Think” Wall Street Protesters “Are Deluded In A Lot Of Ways.” On the October 3 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr. attacked the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters, claiming, “Clearly, I would think these folks are deluded in a lot of ways and probably provide the best argument for national service for 18-year-olds that we have ever seen.” Johnson later said of the protests: “I don’t know what it is. I don’t think they know what it is. But it’s costing Americans millions of dollars in tax dollars in order to arrest them.” [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/3/11, via Media Matters]

Fox’s Watters: Wall Street Protesters Are “The Sludge” Of “Every Left-Wing Cause.” On the September 30 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News producer Jesse Watters said of the protests: “I think if you put every single left-wing cause into a blender and hit power this is the sludge you’d get. And it’s basically anti-capitalism. And they want to redistribute the wealth. But if you eliminate capitalism, there is no wealth to redistribute.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 9/30/11, via Media Matters]

Guilfoyle: Protesters Have “Absolutely No Purpose Or Focus” And Are “Just Looking To … Dirty The Streets.” On the September 30 edition of Fox News’ Hannity, Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle said of the protests: “It’s like Woodstock meets Burning Man meets people with absolutely no purpose or focus in life. No wonder, they have nothing but free time to be down there. They make up a slogan or a cause as they go along. And they are just looking to, like, go out there and dirty the streets. And they really don’t have any, like, idea about what they are doing there.” During the segment, an on-screen graphic stated, “Lunatics of the left wing.”

Doocy Complains Boston Protesters Got “Between Me And A Steak Dinner.” On the October 3 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy complained that a Boston branch of the Wall Street protests got “between me and a steak dinner.” Later, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked, “What’s their message?” Doocy replied “They don’t know.” Co-host Gretchen Carlson called the protesters “slightly disingenuous.” [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/3/11]