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DirkGently

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4. MSNBC went quite in depth with Chris & Rachel.

Reply to xchrom (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 12:52 PM

Jul 2014

I'm sure Fox did what you suggest, but Fox is hardly "the media" writ large.

I think Rachel went all the way back to Posse Comitatus, Sovereign Citizens, Tim McVeigh, etc.

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Right-Wing Militias Are Thriving — and the Media Won’t Talk About It [View all] xchrom Jul 2014 OP

K&R nt Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #1

"The media" actually discussed those two incidents at length. DirkGently Jul 2014 #2

i didn't see the media discuss those -- i saw them sesationalize xchrom Jul 2014 #3

MSNBC went quite in depth with Chris & Rachel. DirkGently Jul 2014 #4

good for those 2 -- xchrom Jul 2014 #7

Al Sharpton had a serious discussion on this with some one from Southern Poverty malaise Jul 2014 #10

It's stunning how "our" gov't handled this... polichick Jul 2014 #5

+1 xchrom Jul 2014 #6

kick napkinz Jul 2014 #8

Gosh. Oliver North wanted FEMA to use Michigan Militia-types for the Big Round-Up. Octafish Jul 2014 #9

The media in general and the government are both frightened of RW militias. Boomerproud Jul 2014 #11