The liars at Fox News have been given notice by two of their contributors, Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, that they ā the contributors ā will not tolerate the lies broadcast by Fox News talking head Tucker Carlson.
Goldberg and Hayes said they cannot stand with the network after it broadcast Carlsonās special on the 1/6 insurrection. Carlson called it āPatriot Purge,ā and according to Goldberg and Hayes ā two leading conservative thinkers and columnists ā the program was full of lies, distortions and unfounded conspiracy rumors. They wonāt be part of a network that allows such lying to go unchallenged.
Good for them.
To be honest, I didnāt watch it. I donāt need to watch what I know it contains. I have heard Carlson spew much of the trash I know he poured into the production of āPatriot Purge.ā
According to The Wrap:Ā Carlsonās āPatriot Purgeā has drawn sharp criticism since its launch, with the Anti-Defamation League calling on Fox News to cancel it. āLetās call this what it is: an abject, indisputable lie, and a blatant attempt to rewrite history,ā ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan A. Greenblatt said in a letter addressed to Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch. Greenblatt expressed alarm that the āfalse narrative and wild conspiracy theoriesā presented in āPatriot Purgeā could āsow further divisionā and possibly āanimate violence.ā
Fox News has given itself ample reason to be ashamed of itself. Carlsonās phony documentary is just one more example of the lies that pour forth from a network that once boasted to be āfair and balanced.ā