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posted by cmn32480 on Monday January 04 2016, @04:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the seeds-of-revolution dept.

NPR is reporting on this tale of direct action:

A self-styled militia in eastern Oregon grabbed national headlines Saturday when they broke into the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. There the armed group remains Sunday, occupying the federal building in protest of what it sees as government overreach on rangelands throughout the western United States.

"We stand in defense," Ammon Bundy, the group's apparent leader and spokesperson, told Oregon Public Broadcasting. "And when the time is right we will begin to defend the people of Harney County, [Ore.,] in using the land and the resources."

Ammon's brother, Ryan, has reportedly used harsher rhetoric, saying members of the militia are willing to kill or be killed.

Their last name may ring a bell. Ammon and Ryan Bundy are sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, who notably took part in an armed standoff with the federal Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, in Nevada in 2014.

Ammon Bundy now is part of a group of 15 to 150 people — depending on which source you believe — who are protesting the arson convictions of two Oregon ranchers, Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son, Steven.

Also at Oregon Live, NYT, and the Associated Press.


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  • (Score: 2) by Vanderhoth on Tuesday January 05 2016, @01:55AM

    by Vanderhoth (61) on Tuesday January 05 2016, @01:55AM (#284905)

    The point is, I've seen the data first hand which is why I know the claims journalist are making are mostly sensationalized bullshit.

    That's the real kicker though. I have a background that's heavily math based and I know I can't make inferences on data journalist pass off as an inevitable doomsday, and yet no one questions them because, "a new study shows..."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @07:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @07:39AM (#285025)

    . I have a background that's heavily math based and I know I can't make inferences

    Wow, just Wow! This level of self-awareness is so rare here on SoylentNews! Now, if you could just stop making inferences about journalism, a discipline about which it is obvious you know nothing?

    • (Score: 2) by Vanderhoth on Tuesday January 05 2016, @11:32AM

      by Vanderhoth (61) on Tuesday January 05 2016, @11:32AM (#285065)

      Journalist are suppose to report the facts, not insert their personal bias and misinformation to sway public opinion. I can't even count the number of times I've read, "A new study shows...", then gone and read the study only to find out it says the opposite of what was being reported, or the study is bumpkiss based on a sample size of ten people, or was a firggn twitter poll. What's worse is when you catch a journalist making false claims or getting the information wrong other journalists and their hippy dippy followers will step in to protect them rather than just tell the truth and admit they were wrong.

      It seems all that's required to be a "journalist" these days is to have a blog with a following, if you're mad take it out on the "professional bloggers" and "journalists" who are ruining the profession, not some rando on the internet telling it like it is.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @12:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @12:10PM (#285075)

      Wow, just wow. It's 2016, I can't even.