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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:15 PM Mar 2015

Fox News Analyst Blasts Fox For Turning 'Yahoo' Cliven Bundy Into 'Folk Hero'

Fox News media analyst Bernie Goldberg criticized the channel on Monday night for elevating Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy to a "folk hero" during his armed standoff with the federal government last year.

"Some people on this channel, they tried to turn this yahoo rancher from Nevada into an American folk hero simply because he was against the federal government and so were they," Goldberg said during an appearance on the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor."

Host Bill O'Reilly defended himself by saying that he declined to cover the story. O'Reilly said at first the situation appeared to be about "a guy who was being oppressed" and that he didn't blame his colleagues "who dove in because it was presented that way."

"No, hold on, Bill," Goldberg said. "The reason that certain people turned this guy or tried to turn him into a hero is because he was against the federal government, and they know that their audience also detests the federal government. Pandering to the audience is not a good thing, even if it's good for ratings," Goldberg said.

Goldberg made the remarks just days after he argued with O'Reilly by saying on air that "Fox News is gonna play down conservative screw-ups."

video of interview at link:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-goldberg-bill-oreilly-cliven-bundy

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Fox News Analyst Blasts Fox For Turning 'Yahoo' Cliven Bundy Into 'Folk Hero' (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2015 OP

It helps that Bundy is white and wraps himself in the flag. subterranean Mar 2015 #1

+1,000,000 Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #2

how come that jackass was never arrested, by the way? Takket Mar 2015 #3

Was the government ever able to collect the money spartan61 Mar 2015 #4

as far as i know! The BLM just gave up and left so i'm sure he's still stealing from us! Takket Mar 2015 #5

Own it, Sean Hannity. Paladin Mar 2015 #6

subterranean

(3,427 posts)

1. It helps that Bundy is white and wraps himself in the flag.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:15 PM

Mar 2015

If he had been an African-American, Muslim or liberal in an armed standoff against the Federal government, I'm sure that Fox's response would have been very different.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

2. +1,000,000

Reply to subterranean (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:08 PM

Mar 2015

Takket

(21,632 posts)

3. how come that jackass was never arrested, by the way?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:15 PM

Mar 2015

he literally just got away with breaking the law and calling in an armed posse when the government tried to do something about it. That's a pretty ugly message just left hanging out there...

spartan61

(2,091 posts)

4. Was the government ever able to collect the money

Reply to Takket (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:14 PM

Mar 2015

from this idiot? Also, is he still feeding his herds on this land and not paying for using it?

Takket

(21,632 posts)

5. as far as i know! The BLM just gave up and left so i'm sure he's still stealing from us!

Reply to spartan61 (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:26 PM

Mar 2015

The no good lazy freeloader!

Paladin

(28,275 posts)

6. Own it, Sean Hannity.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:37 PM

Mar 2015

Hannity was ready to give Bundy an on-air blowjob, up until the crazy old man started in with the drooling racist comments. Upside: those brazen, never-going-away photos of Bundy's "militia," training their assault rifles on government employees, thus providing solid evidence of just how insane the right wing is in this country, at this point. Never forget.

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