Well, there's sense, as in spin, to be made in tonight's piece on evangelical Christians supporting an apocalyptic Israel, and it's this:

The conflict in Israel is about religious ideologies in conflict, and nothing could be further from the truth, as Israeli Arabs don't suffer the plight that Christians and Jews do in the Arab world. You won't hear much, if anything, about Israel's sovereignty being continually violated, or not in this stinky helping of self-serving coverage.

Fundamentalist Christians, or at least the ones that get interviewed, cannot help but come across as retarded cowboy types, as any literal rendering of biblical prophesy requires a thick- as-post noggin. Coupling that with the U.S. conservative political view of Israel seems to be Nightline's point - a hefty but ill-disguised leftist media distortion.

w.c.,

I've been catching bits and pieces of this type of coverage on the news this year, and it might seem biased since 80% of newspeople don't believe in it,
but about 60% of U.S. citizens do anticipate the evangelical version of Apocalypse and Armageddon.
It may go as low as 40%, depending on how the question is asked, but certainly enough to fuel our politics.

You might want to check some Barna and Gallup polls on this, as the numbers may surprise you.

I've been into Christianity Today type evangelicalism for about 25 years now, and it's not so different from fundamentalism.

"Ideas have consequences." -Richard M. Weaver

MM:

I'm not disputing the statistics regarding the Christian fundamentalist population. What seemed implied in that coverage (given the timing) was that Israel's behavior somehow reflects this religious notion, as in a mandate similar to Islamic utopian-based jihad. In any case, Israel seems to have no designs on anything but preserving its relatively tiny geography and protecting its people. That some politicians might either pragmatically accomodate their constituencies' rigid notions, or even believe this themselves, probably has little to do with supporting Israel's struggle to exist. IOW, I don't believe fundamentalist Christianity is the primary ideology driving the political support of Israel, regardless of how many Tim LaHaye books sell as current events unfold.