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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
subterranean
(3,427 posts)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)Takket
(21,702 posts)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)from this idiot? Also, is he still feeding his herds on this land and not paying for using it?
Takket
(21,702 posts)The no good lazy freeloader!
Paladin
(28,283 posts)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.