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Even Fox News legal analysts say Cliven Bundy is in the wrong. (Original Post) Quixote1818 Apr 2014 OP
Essentially true, but their following is not really listening today. FarPoint Apr 2014 #1
why wouldn't they be listening today? nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #3
Or did they realize they just picked a looser and need to start turning the ship. Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #2
Good point Quixote1818 Apr 2014 #4
I wouldn't expect their average viewer to put two thoughts together and think critically Populist_Prole Apr 2014 #5

FarPoint

(12,336 posts)
1. Essentially true, but their following is not really listening today.
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 04:50 PM
Apr 2014

Fox will use this as an example of fair and balance.

Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
4. Good point
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 05:07 PM
Apr 2014

They may be worried that after Bundy's wages are garnished or he is arrested, the Tea Party nuts might want to blow something up and Fox will need cover. Not to mention, this issue turned out to be a huge dud for them.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
5. I wouldn't expect their average viewer to put two thoughts together and think critically
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 05:26 PM
Apr 2014

As far as the conservatives I know, pretty much the only thing they get out of all of this is getting their rocks off at seeing so many people openly carrying guns and shit, and so it's just hunks of red meat for gun nuts to drool over.

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