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I analyze how the partisan media on the right and the left tell the same story in remarkably different ways. this was red news until it suddenly turned into blue news. let me explain what it means. bundy is in the middle of a cultural war which seemed to turn into a range war. bundys cattle is on federal land, but since he refused to pay his grazing fees, they came to seize his cattle. they came armed and so did bundys supporters. he was either an american patriot fighting for his rights or a la...

>> by now, you probably know a thing or two about nevada rancher cliven bundy. if you watch fox news, you know him as a patriot. >> whats going on? tell me the problem? >> welsh i guess its a range war. thats all i can say. >> one man army of hope, fighting off the big government. >> my statement to the american people, ill do whatever it takes to gain our liberties and freedom back. >> he also wears a cowboy hat. but from the beginning there were some issues with bundys side of the story. issue...

Right to a sleeping babys crip. you have to see what happens next. first, a nevada rancher is not backing down. his war with the federal government is far from over. ♪ >> meet cliven bundy, cattle rancher and range warrior. >> range war is all i can say. >> bundy is the last cattle rancher in southern nevada. and now he is at the center of a political firestorm. >> an american counsel taking on the federal government. nevada rancher cliven bundy threatening to launch a range war after the gove...

Reid is talking about his next candidacy wants to make it clear that number one he can deliver when it comes to his promises and nobody will back him down and when it comes to the range war hes the one to back and im sure he wants everybody especially his donors to know that. >> what do you make of the timing of that? everyone in nevada was weighing in on this. everyone was taking a position. most were taking a position sympathetic to the ranchers, criticizes the feds tactics but harry reid stay...

Contempt of office, but they give platform for a rancher on government property who talks about disarming federal agencies. >> it is such extreme language. its really unbelievable. its just certainly not the language you hear from regular voters. its a real fringe element. and you saw mike huckabee this last week who says i think they have more freedom in north korea than the united states, thinking about airport security. the language is just really, really far out there. and its going to be --...

Nowhere and just blew up in the conservative media. it was everywhere. how did this guy become this kind of almost overnight celebrity? >> right. if this had been a republican in the white house, this would have gotten five minutes for the right-wing media. democrat is in the white house, duddenly the government takes on tyrannical powers and so look, theyre always in search of the outrage. its the outrage industry. and he declared a range war. the federal government made it known they were goin...

Very fringe element. they are spending more time trying to cater to the fringe on the right than trying to understand the women and minority voters and younger voters that they keep losing election after election. >> dana, the right wing has increasingly rallied behind a nevada rancher who threatened a range war with feds. the rancher has been illegally grazing his cattle on government land for decades. yet -- well, let me play this for you. >> the sovereign people of this nation, were standing,...

Hearing where you ask those questions. >> they will be fighting. the leverage for republicans is not as it would have been if it required a 60 vote threshold it only takes 51 to get her through. >> panel, stand by. bring you more on this breaking news as we get it but, right now, an american cowboy taking on the federal government. nevada rancher bundy threatening to launch a range war after the government sent snipers and helicopters to seize his cattle. now, what started as a land battle is a ...

>> by the way, im not a big fan of animal lovers. i think thats against the bible. >> what? horse drawn carriages? >> no. loving animals. >> oh, in love. >> well, we love you, and youre a bit of an animal. >> thank you. coming up, the standoff intensifies in nevada as a rancher threatens a range war against the federal government. this is armed agents are impounding his cattle. youll hear from the brave american defending his property in just a few moments here on "the five." of

>> good to be with you tonight. >> whats going on? tell me the problem. >> well, i guess its a range war. >> why are their helicopters and snipers? >> well, i had asked that question, too. i think we are in america but maybe not. it seemed like the united states government operating with unlimited power over we the people in the state of nevada. this started back in 1993 when we started this battle. what provoked the beginning of the dispute with the federal government, administrative regulatory...