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Some Conservative Media Burned in Cliven Bundy Affair
Accuracy In Media ^ | April 27, 2014 | Cliff Kincaid

Posted on 04/28/2014 7:27:56 AM PDT by Academiadotorg

Some “prominent Republicans and conservative news media outlets” are being accused by The Washington Post of rallying around the cause of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who made derogatory comments about “Negroes” and has been discredited as a racist. But Glenn Beck, the prominent conservative TV and radio host, did not fall into the trap. He concluded early on that the Nevada rancher was “unhinged” and not worthy of support, after noting that some followers of radio host Alex Jones were “deeply embedded” with the Bundy family and preparing for a confrontation with federal agents.

“These guys are dangerous. They are looking for revolution. They are looking for a fight,” Beck said of the Alex Jones disciples. Recognizing a dangerous situation in the making, when armed federal agents tried to seize Bundy’s cattle, Beck urged a peaceful response to the conflict. Eventually, the federal agents were withdrawn, and bloodshed was avoided.

Jones is being inaccurately described in some reports about the controversy as a “conservative” when, in fact, he insists he is a “libertarian.” What is an established fact is that Jones has a habit of exploiting legitimate conservative issues for his own benefit. He is a 9/11 “truther” who thinks the September 11, 2001 attacks were carried out by a secret cabal and that Muslims were unfairly blamed. In a decision he has probably come to regret, Sean Hannity of Fox News had followed Jones’ lead on the Bundy case.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: alexjones; blm; bundy; clivenbundy
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To: Cicero

Two family households were multiple times more prevalent during slavery than today. Perhaps they can explain why 3/4 never left the plantations after they were given their freedom? Now the gummit is the plantation owner.

Pray America wakes up


21 posted on 04/28/2014 7:56:51 AM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas 2022 is here)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yep.
Negroe is the equivalent of caucasian. It’s not an insult to call out someone’s race if their race is the subject matter. It’s only when words like Ni**er, Wetback or cracker are used that it is derogitory.

And “colored people” means the exact same thing as “people of color”. So that is not derogatory either.


22 posted on 04/28/2014 7:57:30 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: jsanders2001

Correction: 0 and Harry Reid’s MSM performed character assasination of political opponent as expected using their standard m.o.


I don’t think they performed it. I think they attempted it.


23 posted on 04/28/2014 7:58:09 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Academiadotorg
"Some Conservative Media Burned in Cliven Bundy Affair"

.... That's because the so called Conservative Media got off message ... The whole Bundy Ranch situation is about Abuse of Power .... not racism like the propaganda machine successfully diverted the narrative towards.

24 posted on 04/28/2014 7:58:39 AM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Cen-Tejas

If possible, would some Freeper playing devils advocate FOR the Left educate me on WHAT buddy said in the tapes that was “racist”?


There isn’t anything. That’s the point.


25 posted on 04/28/2014 7:59:09 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: DTogo

Beck should be real proud of himself for being praised by the scumbags at media matters. Their approval must be important to him.


26 posted on 04/28/2014 8:01:51 AM PDT by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: Cen-Tejas
He made the mistake of using a positive word ("better") in connection with the word slavery. He might have made the same point with a bit less of a splash had he said that black people are now "worse" off than they were two hundred years ago.

It seems silly, of course, but in fact associations play an important role in the way we think. Connecting positive adjectives/adverbs with unpopular events like slavery or the Holocaust will create a lot of friction in the brains of many people.

27 posted on 04/28/2014 8:05:22 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: MamaTexan

You’re right about that, Mama!
“Race” (in scare marks) is a Sacred Cow. Only black people and their guardians on the Left are allowed to talk about it. It is taboo for anyone else to even mention it.
Now, if a cowboy sees this sacred cow .... and says, “Hey, it’s a Brahman bull!” and slaps a saddle on it, cinches up its privates real tight and spurs it out the chute for a bumpy ride, well—then there’s hell to pay.


28 posted on 04/28/2014 8:10:17 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Sacajaweau

Sure. When’s the last time you called a black person a negro to their face?


29 posted on 04/28/2014 8:16:47 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: cuban leaf

> Correction: 0 and Harry Reid’s MSM performed character assasination of political opponent as expected using their standard m.o.

I don’t think they performed it. I think they attempted it.

As far as the lefties are concerned they’ve achieved it. I’m hoping those on the fence are starting to see through the smoke and realize what The People are really up against; a master deceiver whose intentions for this country are very bad. What we have is a silent coup that the lefties are too ideologically blind, indoctrinated, and naieve to see. They don’t realize they are next if they accomplish their mission.


30 posted on 04/28/2014 8:23:41 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: IronJack
> THESE guys are dangerous??? THESE guys are looking for a revolution, or spoiling for a fight???? What about the jackboots who routinely rob us of our rights, our liberties, and our freedoms, then thumb their noses at us because we're a bunch of malcontents and angry old white men? Does it occur to the apologists that THEY are the ones who are "dangerous?" And not just to Bundy, but to our Republic??? This where we are:
31 posted on 04/28/2014 8:31:16 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Academiadotorg
The federal government owns 86% of the land in Nevada and more than 30% of the land in the USA. that's unconstitutional : http://benswann.com/lofti-who-actually-owns-americas-land-a-deeper-look-at-the-bundy-ranch-crisis/ >

the government this much land in Nevada and other states is socialism/communism. the land must be given to the states and individuals NOW. Nothing is more monstrous to me than government owning land

The gov is using 30% of the U.S. land for environmentalism when private companies could be using those vast resources to get oil, oil shale, logging, farmland etc.. Use Google to see that just on government owned lands in the west there is more recoverable oil than all of the rest of the world combined

32 posted on 04/28/2014 8:31:49 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: jsanders2001

I will confess that the reason I don’t worry about this much is that I see us as germans arguing politics and our future,and it’s late 1944. Events are outside the control of these children. What’s gonna happen is gonna happen in the next few years regardless of what these ignoramouses attampt.


33 posted on 04/28/2014 8:32:14 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Cen-Tejas

he basically said do not have it good in this country and that welfare robbed them of individuality like slavery.


34 posted on 04/28/2014 8:32:28 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Boogieman

Negro doesn’t fit well into many sentences. But the word itself means black.


35 posted on 04/28/2014 8:34:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Georgia Girl 2

GB also a self - described libertopian


36 posted on 04/28/2014 8:34:12 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Academiadotorg

Entire Main Stream Media burned in the Obama Presidency Affair.


37 posted on 04/28/2014 8:34:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Beck and Jones are both conspiracy theorists who prefer to speculate rather than analyze.

Bundy is in the wrong, but the federal government's reaction to him demonstrates how far past its proper scope the Beltway has gone.

38 posted on 04/28/2014 8:36:10 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

This is not about grazing fees. Mr. Bundy is not in the wrong. He has a good argument based on pre-emptive rights.

Beyon that its really about the overeach of government and the police state. CWII has started there just have been no shots fired yet. The standoff at the Bundy ranch was the tipping point. It only heats up going forward. Its not going to cool off.


39 posted on 04/28/2014 8:43:19 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Academiadotorg

Somebody needs to tell Beck that when the liberals are patting you on the back about how wise/smart/clever/nuanced you are this can mean only one thing: You have been had!


40 posted on 04/28/2014 8:50:09 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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