FOX News Resents The Norway Shooter Being Described As 'Right-Wing'

[RamboLiberal]

Late on Friday night the New York Times ran an updated story on the terrible shootings in Norway and revealed that the alleged shooter Anders Behring Breivik had been "characterized by officials as a right-wing extremist, citing previous writings including on his Facebook page."

From that point it was merely minutes before the conservative media shifted into high gear in an attempt to push back against the description

On Friday night former Bush Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told (a fairly reasonable) Martha MacCallum that “It's just hard to imagine one shooter could have killed 80 of these children...this kind of behavior is very un-Norwegian to say the least. And the speculation that it’s part of right-wing extremism or something like that, I think that has less of a foundation at this point, than the concern that there is a broader political threat here.”

Indeed. On Saturday The Blaze ran a comparatively subdued post questioning whether the Osla gunman could really be considered 'right-wing':



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/fox-norway-right-wing-extremist-2011-7#ixzz1TASZg0w1

[Cleita]

1. I'm surprised they aren't calling him a liberal.

It seems like they are missing out on their usual projection tactic.

[petronius]

11. Seriously. "Anders Behring Breivik (D) is accused..." (nt)

[Blue_Tires]

15. Give them another 72 hours

it has to be done in little increments...

[TheBigotBasher]

17. They are going to start that.

Remember they pretty much said that of Jared Loughner

[spanone]

2. i thought faux was a news channel.....who are they to complain about the news they report

[RagAss]

3. Whatever...motherfuckers ....whatever !

[Tx4obama]

4. 'The Blaze' website is owned by Glenn Beck. It's a right-wing rag. n/t

[Skip_In_Boulder]

5. I agree, he should not be described as right wing

but instead referred to as Far Right Winger, or Teabagging Freeper.

[malaise]

6. Well then

Fuck Fox :evilgrin:

[Renew Deal]

7. Blame it on the Norway Shooter

It's how he described himself.

[SidDithers]

8. Would they prefer him to be described as "Fair and Balanced"?...nt

Sid

[Kingofalldems]

9. K and R to counter the secret unreccers

[RandomKoolzip]

10. Dude would have fit right in with Bush's cabinet.

Fan of Daniel Pipes, etc.

[rurallib]

12. Oh how I hope thetapping scandal puts them out of business

[Critters2]

13. I have to accept that he calls himself Christian. They have to accept that he calls himself

Right Wing. Life sucks. Get used to it. I have.

[Ratty]

14. Don't they always argue that Nazism and Fascism is extreme liberalism?

[Contrary1]

16. How does it feel to be on the receiving end for a change?