Tucker Carlson's cherry-picked Jan. 6 footage is as fake as the rest of Fox News. (via MaddowBlog)
, noting that Carlson exploited his special access to “falsely claim” that there was effectively no riot on Jan. 6.
But just as notable as Carlson’s campaign is the degree to which we saw this coming. A television personality spent two years peddling absurd theories about the attack on the Capitol. Then an allied House speaker provided the host with special access to sensitive footage. The television personality then told his audience that his theories were right all along and his preconceived ideas have been confirmed by the information that only he’s seen., the deception was the point.
Whether McCarthy, Carlson, and their allies fully appreciate this or not, their political antics are unlikely to have much of an effect. When then-Attorney General William Barr had exclusive access to Robert Mueller’s special counsel report, and presented a misleading narrative to the public, it had an immediate impact: Much of the political world was unaware at the time that Barr was playing a partisan game, so his claims were too often taken at face value.
If the House speaker, his allied cable news host, and their allies expect a replay of this dynamic, they’re going to be disappointed. To be sure, Jan. 6 denialists were delighted with Carlson’s program last night, but for every other mainstream observer, the coverage wasn’t investigative journalism; it was a theatrical production put on by an unreliable narrator.
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