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.
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The left’s second main obsession is Tucker. They’d do anything to bring him down because if they can bring him down they will have dealt a huge blow to the conservative movement.
As for me, this is from the left therefore it’s an utter lie. No need to give it anymore attention.
Democrats:
De-fund police.
Let criminals out of jail before their victims are out of the hospital.
Encourage foreigners to break into our country.
Steal elections
Fight for ‘the right’ to do easier voter fraud...
Is it really a surprise Joe Biden’s a bully?
That his son is a criminal...
That corrupt press toadies gives democrat thugs passes?
Biden’s the criminal thug President of the Criminal Party...
Thug’um back by voting them out...
He’s a turncoat. Not to be trusted. I’ve come to believe he’s not even conservative. He’s just playing a part. He was good with the election results the next day.
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