The top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee responded to Media Matters' story on alleged gunman Byron Williams' affinity for Glenn Beck by warning that public figures need to be aware of the impact of their words.
Yesterday, Media Matters posted the report revealing that Williams' alleged plot was inspired by conspiracy theories peddled by Beck and other right-wing media figures.
According to police, Williams said he wanted to start a "revolution" by killing employees of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU.
Asked to comment on the consequences of extremist rhetoric generally and the Byron Williams/Beck story in particular, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said in an e-mail statement: "It is important that everyone in public life, whether on the right or on the left, realize that words have consequences."
King appeared on Beck's CNN Headline News show in 2008.
A spokeswoman for Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), meanwhile, said it was unfair to criticize Beck for the Williams incident. Hatch was a Beck guest on multiple occasions in 2009.
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I'm sorry. I can't trust anything Media Matters writes as far as I can throw it.
ReplyDeleteThis organization is known for writing smear campaigns on anyone that doesn't agree with their agenda (including most of Fox News).
In addition, a good portion of their funding is from George Soros, the socialist billionare who got rich from destroying the value of the British Pound. This is the same guy who's pumped loads of money into MoveOn.org, "The Story of Stuff", the Tides foundation and a lot of other anti-capitalism campaigns.
Forbes Magazine on George Soros