Judge for yourself
Since the publication by the New York Times of Cliven Bundy's comments about “Negroes,” numerous right wing websites have alleged that Bundy's comments were taken “out of context.”
In the portion of the Times story dealing with Bundy's race views, reporter Adam Nagourny used 146 words from the rancher, a relatively long quote in today's journalism, and considerably more than most reporters had used from Bundy during the standoff. Many articles used surprisingly few quotes, if any, from Bundy, considering that he was the focus of the dispute.
Nagourney told the RN&R, “I have not heard from him [Bundy] or anyone in his camp disputing the story. I assume if they had a problem, I would have heard about it. I was very careful to use a long quote to make sure there was no question about context.”
The liberal Media Matters for America got ahold of a tape of the full interview and turned it over to Talking Points Memo. Readers can view it here:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/media-matters-cliven-bundy-video