HERE is why:
The New York Times has overheard Cliven Bundythe Nevada rancher who, instead of paying decades of overdue grazing fees, met the Bureau of Land management with guns and a small militiasaying this:
Yes, but what basis did the National Journal guy have for using the term “overheard”? It wasn’t in the original Times article - that article just said that Bundy said it at a press conference.