NRA’s LaPierre bashes ‘media elites’

POLITICO – National Rifle Association President Wayne LaPierre aimed squarely for the media in his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, saying government and media elites were teaming up to lie to Americans.

“Political dishonesty and media dishonesty have linked together. They’ve joined forces to misinform and deceive the American public,” LaPierre told a well-receiving crowd at the conservative confab Thursday afternoon. “Let’s be straight about it right here this afternoon: The political and media elites are lying to us.”

Citing the IRS scandal, government surveillance, Obamacare, Benghazi and a handful of other conservative talking points, LaPierre accused the media of dropping the ball on its responsibilities to the American people.

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