Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Bundy: Local Ranchers and Local Media say Bundy is breaking the law.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/04/16/nevada-journalists-conservative-media-darling-r/198910

Comings also pointed out that many of the armed "militia" who came to Bundy's aid are from out of state, describing them as "just anti-government and ... just seen as outsiders who are coming in to jump on this issue."
Even Las Vegas Review-Journal Editor Michael Hengel, whose paper published an editorial in support of Bundy, admitted he is not legally in the right: "He's breaking the law, that fact is true, they have ruled that ... The courts have ruled that he is on federal land and he is grazing on federal land and he has not paid."
In St. George, UT., the closest city with its own daily media, the online St. George News weighed in with a critical piece Sunday that also took aim at the national press supporting Bundy, stating: "The Bundy Range War was perpetuated by an irresponsible media vying for nothing more than ratings and an ill-informed and willfully ignorant public who, much like a NASCAR fan, come to the race simply in hopes of seeing a crash."

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