{"id":49795,"date":"2021-06-20T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=49795"},"modified":"2021-06-20T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T22:44:16","slug":"fox-news-ignores-questions-about-tucker-carlsons-crackpot-fbi-conspiracy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=49795","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Ignores Questions About Tucker Carlson’s Crackpot FBI Conspiracy Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s standard operating procedure for Fox News to stonewall any attempt to get them to validate the dystopian fantasies that they pass off as “news.”<\/em> They do that for two reasons: 1) They can’t validate it. And 2) They don’t want to. Their fictionalized reporting is a deliberate decision on their part to construct a version of unreality that advances their political agenda.<\/p>\n

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Recently Fox’s Senior White Nationalist, Tucker Carlson, contributed to his litany of lies with what may be his most perverse and dangerous diatribe to date. He pontificated tediously about his preposterous, and utterly dishonest, conspiracy theory that the FBI actually participated in and organized<\/a><\/strong> the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill by Trump’s insurrectionists. His half-baked (at best) theory asserted that the existence of “unindicted co-conspirators”<\/em> translated to FBI operatives. This is some truly ripe bull manure. For one thing, the FBI would never characterize their own people as conspirators. More likely they are suspects who are cooperating with law enforcement. But Carlson would never allow reason or reality to interfere with his fractured fairy tales.<\/p>\n

After being ridiculed by most credible journalists, and much of the Internet, Carlson stubbornly doubled down on his wankery. And he succeeded in fertilizing the wingnut mediasphere with his ravings. He even got some Republican lawmakers<\/a><\/strong> to parrot his mind-numbing nonsense, including (of course) Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-QAnon), and Matt Gaetz (R-Pedophile). Which prompted CNN’s Brian Stelter to pose some basic journalism questions to Fox News…<\/p>\n

“Did anyone vet Carlson\u2019s reporting? Did the Fox newsroom go through his reporting? Did they examine it ahead of time? Why haven\u2019t they followed up on it since? Carlson alleged this explosive story. He’s claiming this is an incredible bombshell. Where is the Fox newsroom? Why isn\u2019t Special Report with Bret Baier covering this every day? Why isn\u2019t Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace covering this incredible claim right now?<\/p>\n

“We know why, right? Because Carlson is out there on his own. Carlson Island. He does own an island. He’s out there on his own, claiming to be telling the truth to viewers. And the defense from Fox is that it’s an opinion show and everyone knows it’s an opinion show. But it looks like news, it smells like news, and his fans think it’s news. They trust Tucker more than they trust real reports.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Brian Stelter wonders why Fox News' newsroom hasn't followed up with reporting on Tucker Carlson's claims that 1\/6 was an FBI false flag operation.<\/p>\n

"We know why, right? Because Carlson is out there on his own. Carlson Island. He does own an island." pic.twitter.com\/LCHOAZCa3b<\/a><\/p>\n

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n