Penny Starr’s Jan. 23 CNSNews.com article on Ted Nugent’s statements at a gun show stated that he “criticized New York City’s Democratic Mayor Michael Bloomberg for focusing the gun control debate in the United States on deer hunting.”
But Nugent said a lot more. As Media Matters documents, Nugent also ranted about President Obama, claiming he is “actually is attempting to re-implement the tyranny of King George that we escaped from in 1776. And if you want another Concord Bridge, I got some buddies.”
Curiously, Starr did not find this highly provocative statement newsworthy.
Meanwhile, a Jan. 23 CNS blog post by Gregory Gwyn-Williams Jr. alludes to Nugent’s inflammatory statement, but he waters it down by claiming that Nugent said only that “anyone who seeks to undermine the 2nd Amendment must be treated like King George.” In fact, Nugent was specifically referring to Obama with his King George reference.