The corporate media has exploited every opportunity to portray Ammon Bundy and the occupiers in Oregon as villains and rightwing kooks.
For instance, they grabbed a tweet purportedly posted by Bundy where he compared himself to civil rights activist Rosa Parks.
We are doing the same thing as Rosa Parks did. We are standing up against bad laws which dehumanize us and destroy our freedom.
— Ammon Bundy (@Ammon_Bundy) January 6, 2016
“Bundy’s invocation of Parks drew criticism as his group will use force to defend themselves if raided during their attempt at forcing Washington give control of federal lands to ranchers, and Twitter made that clear to him,” reports TIME.
As suspected by more than a few that invocation was not posted by Bundy. In fact, Bundy does not have a Twitter account, according to Gizmodo.
“The account was created on January 3rd and has just 54 tweets, which should be the first red flag that it’s not Bundy. The guy seems to prefer Facebook, like any middle aged, red-blooded American would.”
Media fall for fake Ammon Bundy tweet comparing militia to Rosa Parks https://t.co/FAdkL2rMuT pic.twitter.com/19qGUgIA2C
— Jessica Chasmar (@JessicaChasmar) January 6, 2016
Despite this, the corporate media slipped into overdrive to criticize and lambast the post.
Ammon Bundy likens himself to Rosa Parks, Twitter knocks the Cowboy hat off his head https://t.co/DA0gnstME0 pic.twitter.com/0Mo8JMC6ed
— Salon.com (@Salon) January 6, 2016
.@ShaunKing: Ammon Bundy's comparison to Rosa Parks is not only offensive, it’s laughable https://t.co/qNNC4QIZn4 pic.twitter.com/suxne2b2Qg
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 6, 2016
.@Ammon_Bundy compares Oregon effort to Rosa Parks: "We are doing the same thing" https://t.co/MJ1ye4JK1z pic.twitter.com/oY7kvMXawx
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 6, 2016
The hoax did not stop after it was discovered Bundy has nothing to with it.
If MLK was alive today I feel he would be here taking a stand with us. #CitizensForConstitutionalFreedom
— Ammon Bundy (@Ammon_Bundy) January 6, 2016
This begs the question: is the fake account merely some mean-spirited prankster attempting to discredit Bundy or is something more nefarious up—like a COINTELPRO dirty trick.
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