The Dark Side Of Cliven Bundy's Conservative Media-Approved Militia | Blog | Media Matters for America

The Dark Side Of Cliven Bundy's Conservative Media-Approved Militia | Blog | Media Matters for America:



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Tea Party Scammers Have Media Accomplices | Blog | Media Matters for America

Tea Party Scammers Have Media Accomplices | Blog | Media Matters for America:



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Cliven Bundy Destroys Fox News and Sean Hannity By Claiming They Support His Racism

Cliven Bundy Destroys Fox News and Sean Hannity By Claiming They Support His Racism:



Jason Easley at politicususa.com says:

 "Cliven Bundy is destroying Fox News and Sean Hannity by claiming that they “understand him.” In this respect, Bundy is just like Fox News’ audience. They watch Fox, and shows like Hannity, but those programs reinforce their beliefs. Bundy thinks that Fox believes exactly what he does, because this is exactly the message that the network delivers to their viewers every single day." (emphasis mine). 

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The Money Behind Fox's Promotion Of Cliven Bundy's Battle With The Feds | Blog | Media Matters for America

The Money Behind Fox's Promotion Of Cliven Bundy's Battle With The Feds | Blog | Media Matters for America: 

"Hannity's Koch-affiliated funders have a long history of promoting the privatization of public lands and condemning the federal ownership of land. Tea Party groups have supported local efforts to transfer federal lands. Heritage has advocated shrinking the U.S. government's control by selling its physical assets such as "huge swaths of land (especially out west)." Heritage was also a loyal promoter of the Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013, advocating for the transfer of federal land management to state regulators for energy resource development. 

Giving airtime to an issue that is obscure but significant to his conservative funders makes perfect sense for Hannity. Politico reported that Heritage began sponsoring Hannity in 2008 and in 2013 Hannity began advertising for the Tea Party Patriots, "lending his name to fundraising drives, hosting its leaders on his radio and Fox News shows, and even using the Fox airwaves to promote the Tea Party Patriots website.""

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Why Was the Right Caught Flat-Footed By Cliven Bundy's Cranky Racism? | Mother Jones

Why Was the Right Caught Flat-Footed By Cliven Bundy's Cranky Racism? | Mother Jones:

 "They seem to have spent so long furiously denying so much as a shred of racial resentment anywhere in their base that they've drunk their own Kool-Aid."

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