#KevinMcCarthy’s treat to the #extremistTV host comes as part of the numerous concessions McCarthy made to a select group of #FarRight Republicans in exchange for their speakership votes. He pledged to make all the security footage from #January6 public, which apparently means tying it all up in a bow for #Carlson to exclusively & selectively present on his shows to construct conspiracy theories with.
https://newrepublic.com/post/170679/kevin-mccarthy-handing-january-6-footage-tucker-carlson
“…funneling footage of a domestic riot to only one member of an #ExtremistMedia organization is not releasing the footage to ‘the public.’
“#McCarthy’s gift to #TuckerCarlson comes while newly-revealed #texts showed that Carlson & many of his #FoxNews colleagues, like #LauraIngraham & #SeanHannity, don’t really buy much of the conspiratorial content surrounding the 2020 presidential election that they themselves push.
“As Fox producer Justin Wells texted Carlson’s producer: ‘We’re threading a needle that has to be thread because of the dumb fucks at Fox on Election Day. We can’t make people think we’ve turned against #Trump. Yet also call out the bullshit. You & I see through it. But we have to reassure some in the audience.’
“#McCarthy’s decision shows he supports Fox’s long-standing gag on its own viewers.
Nonilex