Michael Stipe throws a hissy, gets ass handed back to him by Fox.

I guess with R.E.M. now defunct, Michael Stipe has a lot of time to watch T.V.
So much time in fact, he heard Fox News playing "Losing my Religion," on its morning show Fox & Friends.
Stipe quickly took to the official R.E.M. HQ site to act shocked--SHOCKED that they could dare use his song, and gin up the grass roots movement who are apparently comprised of: people who froth at the mouth whenever they hear the words "Fox" and "News," and overpaid musicians of the 1% like Michael Stipe:

R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" was used in the Fox News coverage of the Democratic National Convention last night. R.E.M. today, through its music publisher, Warner-Tamerlane Music, demanded that Fox News cease and desist from continuing its unlicensed and unauthorized use of the song. Michael Stipe said, "We have little or no respect for their puff adder brand of reportage. Our music does not belong there."

But hey, Michael. It's okay. Go on and rile up your base either way. And don't feel too bad: Fox & Friends is, for better or worse, one of the highest watched morning cable programs. So people are still hearing your music.
And if you're being honest, do you really care when there's a nice fat royalty check at the end of the month? So go on: eat your cake and have it, too.