Fox News, Tucker Carlson and Kevin McCarthy are now facing intense bipartisan criticism as their efforts to rewrite 1/6 attack history have backfired.
Chuck Schumer asks Kevin McCarthy to report Fox News
Fox News has gotten away with propaganda and misinformation for so long that they seem to have assumed that Kevin McCarthy could give Tucker Carlson the 1/6 security footage and it would work again.
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Fox News was wrong.
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Schumer called on McCarthy to speak out against Fox News:
President McCarthy, save your office from this indignity by finally speaking up. If you’re dealing with a burglar, President McCarthy, the last thing you want to do is give them the keys to your house. If you’re dealing with an arsonist, President McCarthy, the last thing you want to do is give them a box of matches.
And if you’re dealing with Fox News, Chairman McCarthy, the last thing you should do is give them security footage from January 6.e. Because, as we have seen, their hosts will lie to the American people – lie boldly – about what happened. So again: President McCarthy can’t reverse his decision to share security footage with Fox, but he should at least call out Fox News for how they manipulated the footage to rewrite Jan. 6 history.e.
Video of Schumer:
Fox News tries to distance itself from Tucker Carlson
THE the criticism has been so intense that Fox News distances itself from Carlson’s segment:
Watch: Fox’s @BretBaier And @ChadPergram give an update on the reaction to Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 special, with Bret noting, “To be clear, no one here at Fox News condones any of the violence that happened on Jan. 6.” pic.twitter.com/mk2UnbfQgL
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) March 7, 2023
The criticism was widespread. After Fox News was hammered with more damaging revelations from the Dominion trial, it’s clear they want those Carlson ratings, but they’re afraid of being sued again.
McCarthy and Carlson thought they could use Fox News as a platform to rewrite the story of the 1/6 attack, but the whole operation backfired. Fox News has been exposed, McCarthy is on the defensive, and it looks like if Fox News gets hit with any more big lawsuits, Tucker Carlson could be out of a job.
Jason is the editor. He is also a member of the White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a bachelor’s degree in political science. His graduate studies focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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