Is Right-Wing Media Responsible for Right-Wing ********?

June 12, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
The Big ****
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Back in April, there was a huge fuss over an internal report by the Department of Homeland Security warning that current conditions resemble those in the early 1990s — a time marked by an upsurge of right-wing extremism that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Conservatives were outraged. The chairman of the Republican National Committee denounced the report as an attempt to “segment out conservatives in this country who have a different philosophy or view from this administration” and label them as terrorists.

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IMO the Right-Wing media is not solely responsible for the ******** these people would have had their views no matter what but its definitely adding fuel to the fire. I'd be the first to admit they are also Left-Wing extremist but nothing compares to the Right.
 

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