Finally I think we have a label for Fox News. Fox News is a Media Militia. This would also be the correct label for Rush Limbaugh and many others that use hate speech. Start counting derogatory words and you are listening to a Media Militia
The only problem is, militias arm themselves with the most offensive weapons they can. In this case, fear, uncertainty, hate, and their own version of the truth.
The Tea Party is not quite a Media Militia, but its message is. In fact, if you look close, it is really a weapon used by Fox News, just as many of the far right militias uses their beliefs as a way to add recruits which is also where they get their money to operate. A Media Militia uses the hear and hate to attract eyes and ears and covering the Tea Party helps to ratchet up the fear and hate.
Thinking about certain types of media as a militia is not new. Here are a couple of articles:
The Rise of Glenn Beck's Bizarre Media Militia
Anti-Government Media Militia
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