MSNBC’s obsession with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy

Published April 25, 2014 4:00am ET



MSNBC has found its own missing airliner. His name is Cliven Bundy.

The Left-wing cable network’s obsession with the outlaw Nevada rancher reached a fever pitch Thursday after the New York Times revealed his racist views about black people. From “Morning Joe” to “The Last Word,” hosts and guests gleefully recounted Bundy’s words and linked them directly to conservatives and the Tea Party as if his racism were a defining characteristic of the ideology.

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