Tucker Carlson

Handed some 41000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched an impassioned new effort to explain away the deadly Capitol ...

The Fox host's private comments, revealed recently in court documents, contrast sharply with his support of conservatives on his show.

Mr. 6, Mr. Pfeiffer about Mr. Carlson texts with members of his staff, two months after the 2020 election and two days before the insurrection at the Capitol building, about looking forward to not having to cover Mr. Carlson texts with Mr. Carlson’s views on Mr. A staff member texted Mr. Trump and one of the biggest promoters of the unfounded election fraud claims. Here are five examples of Mr. He’s the undisputed world champion of that. Trump and some of his closest aides. In his private messages, Mr.

Hours after Senate Republicans slammed the Fox News host for using speaker-provided footage to downplay the riot, the House majority pushed to talk about ...

And so we have the documents, we have the videos, we have a lot of information. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) told reporters Wednesday that the GOP conference is starting to more closely review the work of the last Congress’ Democrat-run Jan. In one sign the GOP will continue to go on the offensive: Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. 6 segment aired on Monday night, several House Republicans have parried questions by claiming they did not see Carlson’s show or by otherwise avoiding the media. 6 select committee only presented one side of the riot. 6 rioters — and eventually the public at large — access Capitol Police security footage that is in the House GOP’s possession. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who represents a battleground district, said that House Republicans see attention to Carlson’s portrayal of Jan. They only want to talk about certain parts of it, though,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told reporters during a press conference where every question focused on the Fox News footage. “It seems like some in the press want to talk about Jan 6 every day. 6 as “more of a media thing.” Senate Republicans heaped criticism Tuesday on Carlson’s portrayal of the riot, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (though few directly dinged McCarthy). In fact, some members were privately surprised by the amiability of this week’s first closed-door huddle — generally because there is usually some drama, but particularly since the Fox News segment

The White House said on Wednesday that Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson "is not credible," after the right-wing commentator showed footage from the Jan.

Then-Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and staff ran for their lives amid the chaos. Supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S.

The Biden administration rarely criticizes conservative media stars by name, but a deputy press secretary declared that Mr. Carlson “is not credible.”

Biden has tussled in the past at news conferences with Peter Doocy, a Fox News White House correspondent, but when the president did criticize Mr. Carlson’s coverage: In a Twitter post, the House Republican Conference called his segment about Jan. Doocy to clear the air. In a deposition released on Tuesday, an executive at Fox News Media, David Clark, who previously oversaw Fox News’s weekend programming, said he did not consider Mr. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, repeated those remarks at a briefing with reporters on Wednesday and added that Mr. 6 a “MUST WATCH.” In an unusual broadside against a major conservative television star, the Biden administration on Wednesday directly criticized the Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his on-air portrayal of the Jan. Mr. 6 and downplayed the violence that occurred. He presented the footage as evidence that the attack was an “orderly and meek” gathering of sightseers who had good reason to doubt the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Bates, said in a statement. On his Monday and Tuesday night broadcasts, Mr.

The White House lashed out at Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday in an extraordinary rebuke of the late-night commentator who has been airing false ...

In one November 2020 exchange, Carlson said Trump’s post-election behavior was “disgusting.” And in another text message conversation, two days before the January 6 attack, Carlson said, “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. Included in court filings in the defamation case was a series of private text message in which Carlson said he “passionately” hates former President Donald Trump. “The commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.” Manger called Carlson’s depictions of the events “offensive.” Although Carlson claimed he had Capitol Police review footage before airing it, multiple sources on Capitol Hill told CNN that Carlson’s show provided only one clip to review and not the others. “We also agree with what Fox News’s own attorneys and executives have now repeatedly stressed in multiple courts of law: That Tucker Carlson is not credible.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she condemned the "false depiction of the unprecedented violent attack."

[Fox News' Tucker Carlson](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-riot-footage) Wednesday for his misleading portrayal of the deadly [U.S. Constitution and the rule of law. [testimony](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/07/fox-news-lawsuit/)given by a Fox News executive in [Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/08/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-murdoch)against the network. [per Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/08/white-house-tucker-carlson-jan-6-coverage-00086077), which first reported Bates' statement Wednesday. [NPR report](https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye)of a 2020 case in which a judge said she was "leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox’s lawyers" that the "'general tenor' of the show" should inform a viewer that Carlson isn't "stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses." Capitol riot](https://www.axios.com/2022/01/06/capitol-riot-january-6-anniversary) that's drawn widespread criticism — including from [senior Republicans](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/07/mcconnell-capitol-police-fox-news-jan-6-portrayal).

Monday and Tuesday were dominated by bipartisan criticism against the host for his transparent attempt to rewrite the reality of Jan. 6.

[ transparent attempt](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-jan-6-footage-propaganda-bomb-giant-dud-1234692468/) to rewrite the reality of Jan. The host concedes that there’s no truth to [Trump](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/trump/)’s claims of fraud and election theft. All throughout, the internal dynamics of the network have been shrouded in rumors and tidbits from unnamed sources willing to give a quote. [“passionately” hates former President Trump](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-trump-hate-him-passionately-dominion-lawsuit-1234692527/), and expressing relief at his impending ousting from office. The host immediately fell back to tried and true, Capitol as an unjust persecution of “meek and orderly” tourists, who treated the Capitol with “reverence.” Carlson also insisted that it was actually everyone else who was cherry-picking footage to “convince Americans that Jan. On Monday night, Carlson reasserted the now ubiquitous conservative belief that the “2020 election was a grave betrayal of American democracy given the facts that have since emerged about that election. 6 riots, Carlson’s lies about the tape were too sloppy for even [Republican leadership](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-bash-tucker-carlson-lying-jan-6-violence-1234692024/) to defend. Carlson even goes so far as to ask host Sean Hannity to help get one the [ network’s White House correspondents fired](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-reporter-blindsided-over-revelation-that-tucker-and-hannity-wanted-her-fired). Murdoch admitted that hosts on the network aired false claims about the election and alleged voter fraud, and that company executives could have intervened to prevent their broadcast. Now, the network frontman has no choice but to power through it.

Numerous Republican senators have criticised host Tucker Carlson for his comments on new footage of the 6 January Capitol riots, which saw nearly 1000 ...

In a video played on Fox News, Mr Sicknick was seen walking around inside the Capitol after the mob attacked him. "The footage does not show an insurrection or a riot in progress," he said. He added that Mr McCarthy was "every bit as culpable as Mr Carlson" by providing the popular news channel with thousands of hours of footage. [Donald Trump's narrative](https://news.sky.com/story/capitol-riot-hearings-trump-dismisses-investigation-as-crazy-and-says-it-is-wasting-everyones-time-12636014) that the riots - in which five people were killed - were "simple protests" that "got out of hand". It's nonsense." It's so absurd.

“I hate him passionately.” Thanks to new court filings in a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit against Fox News we now know exactly how the network's star host, Tucker ...

“Bill O’Reilly is really talented,” [a fresh-faced Carlson said in the clip](https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1633547364643250177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1633547364643250177%7Ctwgr%5E40c07dfe4c16579a9095819a55b9cae02e9a7b85%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftucker-carlson-bill-orielly-deep-phoniness_n_6408f247e4b06acd7c83e4d4). [resurfaced](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-bill-orielly-deep-phoniness_n_6408f247e4b06acd7c83e4d4). The world is a very different place than it was in 2003; the increase in political tribalism means that hypocrisy is more rampant and [full of juicy little examples](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/business/media/tucker-carlson-trump.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes) of Carlson bashing Trump. Once upon a time, Carlson was publicly disgusted by journalists who put on an act for their viewers. After all, the court filings don’t just make Carlson’s opinions about Trump clear, they demonstrate that he has zero respect for his viewers. It seems unlikely, but I would hope that the news about his feelings towards Trump might make Carlson’s viewers start asking those questions – and start questioning his credibility. [really feels about Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/08/tucker-carlson-hates-trump-capitol-footage). In the real world, however, Carlson seems to have rather different views towards Hunter. While Tucker Carlson has admitted he was close to Hunter in the past, he hasn’t exactly been enthusiastic about publicizing how cosy their relationship was. He’s the undisputed world champion of that.” In another text, sent the day after the Capitol riots, Carlson described Trump as a “demonic force, a destroyer.” And in yet another text he called Trump’s presidency a “ [disaster](https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1633592127438602241?s=20).” Weirdly none of those opinions made it onto his show. It’s almost like Carlson doesn’t believe a single word he says on TV.

A $1.6bn defamation lawsuit against Fox News has pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of the powerful conservative cable network in the days after ...

"A news organisation has an obligation, and it is an obligation, to report news fulsomely, wholesomely and without fear or favour," Mr Murdoch said at an investor conference in San Francisco, according to news reports. And that's unfortunately more reflective of just the sort of polarised society that we live in today." Mr Hannity, for instance, said in a deposition he did not believe the election claims by Trump legal adviser Sidney Powell "for one second". "And this was big news. The bar for proving a defamation case under US law is quite high. he asked in a text to a producer. "They don't care," Mr Doocy replied. It means the love-hate relationship Mr Trump has with Fox News may be veering back toward hate just as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up. Fox News has had a complicated relationship with Mr Trump over the years. He predicted that soon his show would be able to ignore the soon-to-be former president. "Do the executives understand how much credibility and trust we've lost with our audience?" He also mocked the former president's business enterprises.

A defamation lawsuit has pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of Fox News.

Mr Hannity, for instance, said in a deposition he did not believe the election claims by Trump legal adviser Sidney Powell "for one second". "And this was big news. he asked in a text to a producer. The bar for proving a defamation case under US law is quite high. "They don't care," Mr Doocy replied. It means the love-hate relationship Mr Trump has with Fox News may be veering back toward hate just as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up. Fox News has had a complicated relationship with Mr Trump over the years. The president of the United States was making wild claims, but that is news." He predicted that soon his show would be able to ignore the soon-to-be former president. "Do the executives understand how much credibility and trust we've lost with our audience?" He also mocked the former president's business enterprises. While Fox News presenters were giving Mr Trump and his supporters a platform to question the legitimacy of the 2020 election results, behind the scenes many on the network were dismissing the validity of the allegations and lamenting how the network covered the story.

Controversial Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson said he “passionately” hated Donald Trump, according to new text messages released as part of a defamation ...

“In retrospect, it is clear that the 2020 election was a grave betrayal of American democracy. Taken as a whole, the video record does not does not support the claim that January 6 was an insurrection. In other disclosures, Carlson called Mr Trump “a demonic force, a destroyer”, while labelling Trump campaign officials and attorneys as liars who were spreading “offensive” conspiracies about the election.

The text messages sent by the Fox News host were released as part of a 2020 election lawsuit.

"We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights," he wrote in a text sent on 4 January 2021. There isn't really an upside to Trump." "That's the last four years.

Those private communications, which were released as part of Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, show how Carlson ...

But if you don’t bother to pause and learn a single thing from it — from your citizens storming your Capitol building — then you’re a fool. “But if you don’t bother to pause and learn a single thing from it — from your citizens storming your Capitol building — then you’re a fool. Carlson told Pfeiffer in texts that he hated the issue but said it was a “mistake” to have ignored it. In his opening monologue that night, Carlson seemed to wrestle with his own response to the attack. And by the way, if you have time, you ought to do that. Carlson aired some of the names on his show that night, saying that voter fraud “happened, and we can prove it.” Instead, he took on the role of media critic, baselessly claiming that other news organizations were focusing on the call to divert attention from the upcoming Senate election in Georgia. While Carlson privately wanted to ignore the spectacle on-air, he left the door open for Trump’s team to prove that fraud really existed on the level they claimed. “If you count the illegal votes,” Trump said, “they can try to steal the election from us.” But Carlson seemed to acknowledge that Trump could wreck their careers and livelihoods if he didn’t like their coverage. The unfolding chaos seemed to rattle Carlson and his producer, Alex Pfeiffer. He is a primary source of pro-Trump political punditry and has advanced the false notion that the