CNN recently called Citizens United a militia, and refuses to apologize, despite acknowledging that Citizens United is not a militia. A CNN representative has this to say:

I would reiterate that CNN’s characterization of Citizens United as one of the “fringe militia” groups is a metaphor and is permissible and protected speech under the First Amendment. Throughout the program military language was used as a metaphorical, stylistic device and it is obvious to any reasonable viewer that CNN was by no means suggesting that Citizens United or any other group actually engages in military maneuvers or physical attacks.

That’s a bit of a stretch…

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