Posted on 03/07/2023 12:45:44 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has launched an impassioned new effort to explain away the deadly Capitol attack, linking the Republican Party ever more closely to pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot.
The conservative commentator aired a first installment to millions of viewers on his prime-time show, working to bend perceptions of the violent, grueling siege that played out for the world to see into a narrative favorable to Donald Trump.
He promised more Tuesday night.
The undertaking by Fox News comes as Trump is again running for president, and executives at the highest levels of the cable news giant have admitted in unrelated court proceedings that it spread the former president’s false claims about the 2020 election despite dismissing Trump’s assertions privately.
The effort dovetails with the work of Republicans on Capitol Hill, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who turned over the security footage to Fox. The Republicans are trying to claw back the findings of the House Jan. 6 investigation, which painstakingly documented, with testimony and video evidence, how Trump rallied his supporters to head to the Capitol and “fight like hell” as Congress was certifying his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Carlson is reviving the falsehoods launched by Trump and his allies, including Republicans in Congress, that the attackers were peaceful protesters and acted like tourists, despite the well-documented carnage of the day and the deaths of five people in the riot and its aftermath. It’s part of an effort to reverse criminal charges for those being prosecuted in the attack, many of whom have pleaded guilty and said they regretted their actions on Jan. 6.
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Wow, and that is the ACTUAL headline. Even for the AP, that is pathetic.
They KNOW we are stupid. The fact that we allow this ignorance to go on is evidence of that.
We knew this was coming next day. Sometimes the truth WILL NOT set you FREE! I feel sad for the injustice perpetrated on those innocent J6 prisoners who are rotting in jail right now. All for a narrative to bring down Trump and the MAGA community. I hate the mediapukes…despise them to the core! ADD McConnell in the mix.
Written by more DIE hires from the Ass Press...pure BS.
“...amplifies Jan. 6 lies with GOP-provided video...”
Wow - talking about being right over the target!
And who gave videos to an ABC News producer for the January 6 primetime televised committee meetings?
-PJ
They are flailing. This is a place holder position until the liberal borgsphere comes up with something else. Probably tomorrow.
“Who are you going to believe? Us or your lying eyes?!”
Yea, something big, like a former President passing.
At what point does the media cross the line from the 1st amendment into being an accessory to a crime?
How many leftist alphabets would allow that type of thing?
It looks like the communists at APNews are talking about everything EXCEPT the evidence and facts provided by Tucker.
Why not address the actual data presented?
Why not answer a few questions raised by the footage?
Why not talk about the alleged lies by the January 6th committee?
Why not let the viewers decide?
Why does APNews have to force feed their narrative of the events?
Why are they still in business?
Question to the “reporters” on this story:. Why didn’t Nancy Speaker release any of the footage? Why didn’t the media request it?
Raising my hand...to perpetrate lies through their lackies in media and tech to further the DNC agenda and narrative.
At least give the J6 prisoners due process.
5.56mm
Wow! When the corporate media said they were no longer going to try to be objective and try to provide “both sides” of an issue, they were serious!!!!
Deadly serious!
The Associated Press effort to explain away the facts about the Capitol protest.
The media is busted big time on their master propaganda plan and the cover up of illegally arresting people who still haven’t been charged hello mother Russia.
Just another example in the LOOONG list of excellent proof that the media is really just leftist activists, not journalists.
MSM ALERT. Gotta stop Tucker! Gotta protect the fake narrative. Gotta lie even harder.
The reaction from these bastards proves that the video released by Tucker is 100% accurate.
Dems set a trap on Jan 6, and the result is innocent people are in solitary.
For my true, uncensored thoughts on democrats, send private message.
Serious question..
With Tuckers access to the raw film..
Would it be possible to run facial recognition and start actively identifying and tracking Feds?
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