{"id":570995,"date":"2018-04-30T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=570995"},"modified":"2018-04-29T14:38:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T20:38:56","slug":"at-a-range-rights-gathering-the-press-was-in-the-crosshairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/04\/at-a-range-rights-gathering-the-press-was-in-the-crosshairs\/","title":{"rendered":"At a range rights gathering, the press was in the crosshairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gage Skidmore \/ Creative Commons<\/p>

“The media is totally corrupt,” U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes told the gathering. “They won\u2019t cover the truth.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Last Friday, in front of a small crowd of farmers and ranchers gathered in Modesto, California, U.S. Congressman\u00a0Devin Nunes<\/a>, R-Calif., said, \u201cIt\u2019s a very dangerous time in our nation\u2019s history … The media is totally corrupt. They won\u2019t cover the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to several reporters mixed in with the 40 or so attendees, he told the gathering, \u201cThe media that\u2019s here, that\u2019s covering this right now, I\u2019m sure they\u2019re here to mock you, make fun of you, call you cowpokes \u2026 They\u2019re here to perpetuate their brand of politics, which is a socialist brand of politics.\u201d To be heard, Nunes said, his listeners would need to circumvent the mainstream media.<\/p>\n

Also on stage with Nunes was Trent Loos, a farmer and radio host from Nebraska\u00a0and a member of the Trump administration\u2019s agriculture advisory committee. Loos was master of ceremonies at\u00a0the symposium, and told me he thought the congressman \u201chit a home run\u201d with his comments that day.<\/p>\n