Fox Goes Silent On Bundy After Racist Tirade

[underpants]

Fox News' incessant promotion of Cliven Bundy abruptly ended after the Nevada rancher's racist rant was published in The New York Times.

Bundy's public feud with the Bureau of Land Management over his refusal to pay grazing fees received extensive support from Fox News, which devoted nearly five hours of primetime coverage to the story, including numerous interviews with Bundy and his family. Sean Hannity provided him so much positive coverage, Bundy praised the Fox News host as a "hero."

By noon on April 24, Fox had mentioned the rancher only twice, and never covered his racist comments. On Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy drew a parallel between Bundy's standoff and the situation of two Texas landowners, and Fox's Andrew Napolitano told viewers to "forget the battle in Nevada" to focus on events in Texas instead.



http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/04/24/fox-goes-silent-on-bundy-after-racist-tirade/199007

[Warpy]

1. "Don't worry, they're stupid, they'll forget all about it in a couple of days."

Unfortunately, they're usually right about that, today's hair on fire crisis replaced by some new manufactured outrage within two or three days, at most.

[Ilsa]

2. My guess is everyone also realized that Bundy is probably on

Medicare and taking the gubmint's Social Security handouts. So much for being govt nihilist.

[rurallib]

6. rumors are that he uses federal highways.

[oldandhappy]

3. Did FN ever cover the purchase of the ranch in 1948

by Bundy's parents?? The 'historical rights' began 65 years ago -- not one hundred or two hundred years ago. FN likes to gin things up but finds it hard to actually report facts!!!

[underpants]

5. I doubt that they mentioned that

I am actually taping Hannity (god help me) to see how he manages around this.

Probably play victim and soak up time with "Does he have a right to say it?"

[Ilsa]

7. I guess InsHannity wants to believe that Bundy's

Ancestors settled in Nevada during the War of 1812. I guess they didn't like Madison.

[silvershadow]

4. Worth a bump, just to remind everyone who it was that gave him airtime. nt