{"id":16213,"date":"2014-06-09T17:50:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=16213"},"modified":"2015-09-04T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T20:16:56","slug":"racist-tea-party-revolutionaries-kill-cops-in-las-vegas-why-wont-the-media-call-it-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=16213","title":{"rendered":"Racist Tea Party Revolutionaries Kill Cops In Las Vegas: Why Won&#8217;t The Media Call It Terrorism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media has set a precedent for itself in past events that involved tragic political hostilities and murder. Most famously, the conservative press has spent the last two years complaining about whether President Obama called the attacks in Benghazi terrorism. Of course, there is video showing him doing just that the next day in the White House rose garden, but that didn&#8217;t put an end to the ludicrous speculation and smears.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there were murderous rampages in Frankfort, Germany, Ft. Hood, TX, Boston, MA, and even the Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria. All of these cases got right-wingers riled up insisting that they immediately be regarded as terrorism and called such by the nation&#8217;s press, politicians, and pundits. A few examples included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glenn Beck:<\/strong> Why are we still not calling it terrorism?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rush Limbaugh:<\/strong> He just will not say it. He will not say it&#8217;s terrorism. Who knows why?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neil Cavuto:<\/strong> Why is it so hard to call them terrorists?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andy Levy:<\/strong> I think they&#8217;re that stupid if they&#8217;re refusing to call them terrorists anymore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catherine Herridge:<\/strong> After he shouted &#8216;God is great&#8217; the administration did not call it terrorism.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Hannity (Karl Rove ad):<\/strong> Obama and his administration wouldn&#8217;t call it terrorism for 14 days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Wallace:<\/strong> How do you explain, then, the continued refusal to call it terrorism?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which brings us to Jerad Miller and his wife Amanda. These two nut cases were deeply involved in anti-American activities and openly expressed radical beliefs based on conspiracy theories and Fox News lies. They recently spent time in the desert threatening federal agents with deadbeat rancher Cliven Bundy. Their Facebook page is plastered with violent rants advocating the overthrow of the government and imminent bloodshed. A glance at the people and organizations that they <em>&#8220;liked&#8221;<\/em> on Facebook is highly instructive. It includes three of the biggest Tea Party groups, all bankrolled by the Koch brothers. Also, there are three organizations that are run by current Fox News guests and contributors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Misc\/jerad-miller-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"Jerad Miller\" width=\"550\" height=\"1356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16214\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Obviously Fox News can&#8217;t call the Millers terrorists because that would mean they are calling a hefty chunk of their most loyal viewers terrorists. And for many others in the Fox audience it would be offensive to apply a term that they reserve for brown-skinned people from foreign lands, to a white, married, Christian couple from Nevada via Indiana.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Shameless self-promotion&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A8PD694?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=B00A8PD694&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20\" target=\"_blank\">Get Fox Nation vs. Reality. Available now at Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But you still have to wonder why the rest of the media is suddenly so averse to using the word terrorism. If there were ever an appropriate time to employ the label, it is now. The Millers made their intentions crystal clear. They reportedly shouted that <em>&#8220;This is the start of the revolution,&#8221;<\/em> as they commenced their crime spree. They draped their victims in the Gadsden flag, a banner of the Tea Party movement. Their motives were purely to incite terror in furtherance of their seditionist agenda. Similar behavior by Nidal Hasan and the Tsarnaev brothers was referred to as terrorism from the outset. So I&#8217;ll ask again &#8211; Why won&#8217;t the media call it terrorism?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Update:]<\/strong> And Fox News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=16287\" target=\"_blank\">ceased covering<\/a> these Tea Party cop killers after just one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media has set a precedent for itself in past events that involved tragic political hostilities and murder. Most famously, the conservative press has spent the last two years complaining about whether President Obama called the attacks in Benghazi terrorism. Of course, there is video showing him doing just that the next day in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Racist Tea Party Revolutionaries Kill Cops In Las Vegas: Why Won't The Media Call It Terrorism?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[33,44,135,71,129,534],"class_list":["post-16213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-fox-news","tag-glenn-beck","tag-neil-cavuto","tag-rush-limbaugh","tag-sean-hannity","tag-tea-party"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/jerad-miller-facebook.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-4dv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16287,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=16287","url_meta":{"origin":16213,"position":0},"title":"Fox News Has Ceased Coverage Of Las Vegas Tea Party Cop Killers","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/10\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"After only one day Fox News has already eliminated coverage of the Tea Party Cop Killers in Las Vegas who went on a murderous rampage Sunday. 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