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After several Republicans questioned the Jan. 6 Select Committee’s final report, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) granted Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to surveillance footage of the attack for the sake of “transparency.” On his Fox News show, Carlson released never-before-seen footage of the attack, calling it “mostly peaceful chaos,” sparking a backlash from both Democrat and Republican lawmakers alike.
Straight Arrow News contributor Rashad Richey argues Carlson is dangerously attempting to revise history and is motivated by one thing in particular: money.
Okay, let’s talk about something called revisionist history. It is a fancy terminology that means “lies.” Tucker Carlson decided to do a segment on his news program and during this segment, he proposed that the January 6th terrorist attack, the riot at the United States Capitol, was somehow all fictional. And it was actually a peaceful event. But the reality is he simply manipulated video, manipulated the narrative to manipulate the historical context.
Why is that important? It’s important because revisionist history always has an agenda contrary to the truth. Revisionist history basically supports the idea that it is okay to tell a lie and for others to believe it. Now remember, Tucker Carlson works for fix [sic], I mean, Fox News. It is a safe haven for many, many, many deceitful things. Even Tucker’s own text messages — which have been revealed because of the lawsuit and the litigation provided by way of Dominion Voting Systems — have been exposed. Tucker Carlson says one thing via text to a friend or maybe a staffer, and he says something totally different to those who watch his program.
So he does this thing to do what? To win the heart and soul of his viewer because his street cred was in question based on his own comments about Donald Trump, calling him a “demonic force,” or saying he passionately hates Donald Trump. All of this via text message has been exposed.
So what does Tucker do? Instead of directly answering the elephant in the room, he decides to do a program that is so full of lies, so full of manipulation. He knew that those who watch Fox News, those who still love Donald Trump, and all the lies Trump tells would somehow come back to the fold. It was a money move. Not a culture move. Not a social move. Not even a commentary move. It was a money move.
