Posted on 05/22/2022 10:35:26 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A former correspondent with Fox News suggested on Saturday that law enforcement agencies will have to take action against Fox News and Tucker Carlson to "stop the lying."
Carl Cameron, Fox's former chief political correspondent, told CNN's Jim Acosta that Carlson in particular has been "screaming fire in a crowded movie house for years."
"The fact of the matter is, if you disturb the peace by starting a riot in a movie theater, cops are going to arrest you and you might end up in jail or you might end up in something worse," Cameron said.
"And that kind of stuff absolutely has to stop, whether it's the antitrust bill to take down and deplatform people who lie and put out falsehoods that cause damage and violent, violent hate — there ought to be something done about it," he continued.
Cameron was referencing Carlson's remarks on the Buffalo shooting suspect from earlier this week.
As Insider's Connor Perrett and Kieran Press-Reynolds reported, police say they found a document belonging to the Buffalo shooting suspect that was rife with conspiracy theories such as the white nationalist "replacement theory," which claims immigration by non-white people is an attempt to replace the white population in the US.
Carlson latched onto that theory in his coverage of the Buffalo shooting, said Cameron, adding that the US government has to take action against people who spread and amplify misinformation.
"Democrats have to kick it in," he said. "The president has to be more forceful and sooner or later the law enforcement and the US government is going to have to stop the lying because it's causing people's deaths."
"It's not just Fox, it's social media in general," he added. "It's on the internet.”
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Cameron was good at FOX. We knew his real thoughts then. It just goes to show what kind of people there are in Washington. Scarboro is another. At least the Bill Mahre’s out there are seedy no matter what they think and will show it.
Everyday I’m more and more shocked at how stupid and blind I’ve been not to see all of these tyrants and commies in front of my face.
Must be pretty emasculating to come from being one of the top reporters at the biggest news outlet…
…to being a guest commentator on a Jim Acosta program somewhere in TV Siberia.
Perhaps it’s embittered him a bit?
People like Cameron are the ones that are truly dangerous.
Idiot
What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats will do to us.
Yep.
He’s probably so low on the totem pole that he doesn’t even realize that he needs an escape plan.
“Only immediate calls for unlawful actions can be held as a crime.”
You mean like calling for the police to shut someone up?
Sell out.
Democrats are NOT impressed with truth or logical arguments... That said, your reply was 100% Mr.Mojo.
Yeah, but BOTH variations of Replacement Theory ARE TRUE!
And anyone who believes otherwise is stupid.
Cameron knows he is full of crap on this. All he is doing is making a public statement to the powers that be to let them know that his mind is right and he is ready to play ball.
Who hired him at Fox?
I didn’t remember him and had to look him up. Oh, yeah, that weirdo with the floppy ears who, yes, always looked out of it. He must have been the “balanced” part of FOX I ignored.
The gulag for J6 protesters is just a warm-up.
Far too few congressmen have made a stink about their treatment and railroading into accepting plea deals.
Their gulag and courtroom treatment should have inspired dozens of investigative reporters.
And I’m constantly informed at FR that an Article V Convention of the States is far too dangerous to consider.
Carl is a parasite like the rest
He looks like Alfred E. Neuman’s twin.
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