Posted on 06/24/2021 4:22:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Tucker Carlson is the left’s “current Bogeyman No. 2, after Donald Trump”.
Tucker Carlson is the left’s “current Bogeyman No. 2, after Donald Trump,” observes J. Peder Zane in a commentary at Real Clear Politics, and I think he is right. Night after night, Carlson goes in depth uncovering hypocrisies, lies, and outrages being perpetrated by the powerful and connected elites that run the country and its media. So, as with Trump, powerful members of the media are willing to break the old rules of journalism to take him down.
The object of Zane’s critique is Ben Smith, formerly the editor of Buzzfeed and now a columnist for the New York Times.
The New York Times has decided it is fine to out a confidential source -- provided his name is Tucker Carlson. Its media columnist, Ben Smith, reports that the Fox News star is “the go-to guy for sometimes-unflattering stories about Donald J. Trump and for coverage of the internal politics of Fox News (not to mention stories about Mr. Carlson himself).”
Breaking a cardinal rule of journalistic ethics, Smith identifies Carlson as one of his own “off-the-record” sources. So, too, did “16 other journalists … [who] told me on background that he has been, as three of them put it, ‘a great source.’”
Betraying no self-awareness of his cynicism, Smith underscores the transgressive nature of these disclosures by noting that none of the 16 work at the Times because “it would put my colleagues in a weird position if I asked them” to betray a source. Translation: He’s happy to have his competitors violate sacred rules.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I am surprised the NYT did not find Tucker’s new home address and leak it like they did to draw ANTIFA to his old home address.
Trust me, they know it.
Yep, TC is just another media whore like Ann Coulter. They say what the rubes want to hear and still goes to hang out with their scumbag Marxist friends. Birds of a feather...
Pretty sure Carlson himself will set the record straight on this matter, as nothing the New York Times has to say is accurate.
Yeah, kinda what I was thinking.
“Journalistic ethics rules”
That’s a joke right?
It is what is done in the news business.
This is just another attempt to discredit him.
Flak, over target.
New York Times toadies are probably holding off releasing Tucker's home address until Tucker's out of town for a funeral or something... that way Antifa/democrat/BLM thugs will be able terrify Tucker's wife and children. The New York Times boys aren't just unethical and suck up toadies - they're thugs.
I guess Ben Smith is still smarting over Tuckers take down about the vaccine.
He is part of the chattering class of Washington, who have caused more wars to break out than almost any other reason. They hide behind their cocktails and reassure each other about how stupid the people are outside of the beltway.
Classic Oxymoron. There is no journalism and there never were any ethics. The leader of ‘ethics’ now is The National Enquirer and the Daily Mail.
Pravda one and all.
The NYTimes lied about Trump for over 4 years & still lie about him. They’re liars. You can’t believe anything they say.
I'm ok with both as long as the stories are true, especially the Faux news stuff.
Thug'um back.. :(
The NY Times has never had any ethics. They supported both Hitler and Castro.
Those that want to shut down conservative views are fools. They don’t understand human nature and they have no common sense. If you make peaceful protest impossible you will make violent revolution inevitable.
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