On Fox News, however, there was a different view of the historic congressional hearings investigating the attack on the Capitol in Washington. The deadly uprising was, according to TV presenter Tucker Carlson, “an outburst of violence, a forgetful little outbreak by recent standards, which took place a year and a half ago.” This was the alternative reality show presented by Carlson, Fox News’s most popular host, as he opened his hour-long show. He went on to boast: the right-wing network would not cover one of the most important political hearings in recent American history. “The whole thing is offensive,” Carlson told a House of Representatives subcommittee on the uprising, which revealed devastating new details about how Donald Trump seemed to support the assassination of his vice president and his supporters. a “war zone” outside. the Capitol. “It simply came to our notice then. And we do not play together. This is the only time on an American news channel that will not broadcast its propaganda live. “They are lying and we are not going to help them do it.” Instead, it was an hour of blackout, misdirection and what about Carlson, with the help of a selection of guests including a man fired by the Trump administration after speaking at a conference attended by white nationalists. Carlson’s first guest was Fearless presenter Jason Whitlock. Whitlock immediately parroted what was to become the night line. “There was no uprising,” Whitlock said. “There was a commotion, a small one, that got a little out of control.” The scenes that were broadcast on other TV channels made this claim ridiculous. Viewers who were not members of Fox News watched footage they had not seen before, showing police officers being kicked and beaten and people carrying Trump 2020 flags storming the Capitol building. Fox News viewers did not see this. “If something remarkable happens, we will bring it to you immediately,” Carlson said in his opening remarks. Carlson turned out to have an unusual definition of remarkable, given that as the committee looked in detail at how Trump, when he heard his supporters shouting that Mike Pence should be hanged, said: “Maybe our supporters have the right idea. “Mike Pence deserves it.” Gabard – who has kept a relatively low profile since vigorously defending Vladimir Putin days before the Russian leader ordered the invasion of Ukraine – seemed happy to be with Carlson, downplaying what was happening, insisting that Congress should focus on other things. issues. Carlson was happy to address this issue. He has repeatedly questioned why Congress held this two-hour hearing when gas prices have risen, there have been drug deaths and, most memorable: “This country has never in its history been closer to a nuclear one. war”. During the first half of Carlson’s show, two tactics emerged: downplaying the uprising and complaining that Parliament wanted to investigate it. As he entered the pitch, Carlson found a new, conspiracy theorist. “The point is not to get to the truth,” he said of the hearing. “It’s to hide the truth.” According to the Fox News presenter, the purpose of the commission is to provide a pretext “for the Democratic Party to declare war on millions of American citizens who oppose their agenda.” To support his point of view, as it were, Carlson – in the end – showed part of the hearing. “Liz Cheney is helping them,” he said. “He is here a few minutes ago and he is screaming for misinformation.” Fox News cut a video of Cheney talking in a very measured manner about how Trump tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election through a campaign of misinformation – a campaign that Cheney said “sparked violence on January 6.” “It’s far away on another planet,” Carlson said. “Why does Liz Cheney support the destruction of America’s civil liberties and our sacred rules?” Fox News typically has more than 3 million viewers at 8pm, but announced earlier this week that it would not broadcast the audition, rather than downgrade coverage on Fox Business, which averages less than 100,000 viewers. The channel remained true to its promise of a boycott. Occasionally, while Carlson was speaking, a video stream of the panel appeared in a small muted box floating to the right of the host’s head, but that was largely the case. As the audition continued, Carlson ran to his guests. A Republican presidential nominee said people in the Capitol had reasonable complaints about electoral fraud before admitting it was “a little bleak.” Another guest made vague allegations about the entire FBI-sponsored uprising. Carlson’s last interviewee was Darren Beatty, a right-wing activist who was fired as a Trump speaker after it was revealed he had attended a conference in 2016 alongside a prominent white nationalist. Beattie’s view – which Carlson nodded to him – was that the “federals” were responsible for the January 6 uprising. “It’s a clear joke, we know it happened.” Carlson may well have nodded in agreement. Last year he hosted a documentary, Patriot Purge, about the January 6 attack, which formulated the conspiracy theory that the violence that day was instigated by left-wing activists. Carlson has also suggested that FBI agents carry out the attack on the Capitol. As Carlson praised Beattie’s reporting, courage and general position as a person, he recalled something Carlson had said earlier, after spending several minutes criticizing the audition with Charlie Hurt, author of the right-wing Washington Times. “You and I got into journalism about the same time, about 30 years ago,” Carlson told Hurt. “It simply came to our notice then. “It really seems a shame now.”

title: “As America Watched The Capitol Attack Fox News Gave An Alternative Reality Fox News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-20” author: “Walter Armenta”

On Fox News, however, there was a different view of the historic congressional hearings investigating the attack on the Capitol in Washington. The deadly uprising was, according to TV presenter Tucker Carlson, “an outburst of violence, a forgetful little outbreak by recent standards, which took place a year and a half ago.” This was the alternative reality show presented by Carlson, Fox News’s most popular host, as he opened his hour-long show. He went on to boast: the right-wing network would not cover one of the most important political hearings in recent American history. “The whole thing is offensive,” Carlson told a House of Representatives subcommittee on the uprising, which revealed devastating new details about how Donald Trump seemed to support the assassination of his vice president and his supporters. a “war zone” outside. the Capitol. “It simply came to our notice then. And we do not play together. This is the only time on an American news channel that will not broadcast its propaganda live. “They are lying and we are not going to help them do it.” Instead, it was an hour of blackout, misdirection and what about Carlson, with the help of a selection of guests including a man fired by the Trump administration after speaking at a conference attended by white nationalists. Carlson’s first guest was Fearless presenter Jason Whitlock. Whitlock immediately parroted what was to become the night line. “There was no uprising,” Whitlock said. “There was a commotion, a small one, that got a little out of control.” The scenes that were broadcast on other TV channels made this claim ridiculous. Viewers who were not members of Fox News watched footage they had not seen before, showing police officers being kicked and beaten and people carrying Trump 2020 flags storming the Capitol building. Fox News viewers did not see this. “If something remarkable happens, we will bring it to you immediately,” Carlson said in his opening remarks. Carlson turned out to have an unusual definition of remarkable, given that as the committee looked in detail at how Trump, when he heard his supporters shouting that Mike Pence should be hanged, said: “Maybe our supporters have the right idea. “Mike Pence deserves it.” Gabard – who has kept a relatively low profile since vigorously defending Vladimir Putin days before the Russian leader ordered the invasion of Ukraine – seemed happy to be with Carlson, downplaying what was happening, insisting that Congress should focus on other things. issues. Carlson was happy to address this issue. He has repeatedly questioned why Congress held this two-hour hearing when gas prices have risen, there have been drug deaths and, most memorable: “This country has never in its history been closer to a nuclear one. war”. During the first half of Carlson’s show, two tactics emerged: downplaying the uprising and complaining that Parliament wanted to investigate it. As he entered the pitch, Carlson found a new, conspiracy theorist. “The point is not to get to the truth,” he said of the hearing. “It’s to hide the truth.” According to the Fox News presenter, the purpose of the commission is to provide a pretext “for the Democratic Party to declare war on millions of American citizens who oppose their agenda.” To support his point of view, as it were, Carlson – in the end – showed part of the hearing. “Liz Cheney is helping them,” he said. “He is here a few minutes ago and he is screaming for misinformation.” Fox News cut a video of Cheney talking in a very measured manner about how Trump tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election through a campaign of misinformation – a campaign that Cheney said “sparked violence on January 6.” “It’s far away on another planet,” Carlson said. “Why does Liz Cheney support the destruction of America’s civil liberties and our sacred rules?” Fox News typically has more than 3 million viewers at 8pm, but announced earlier this week that it would not broadcast the audition, rather than downgrade coverage on Fox Business, which averages less than 100,000 viewers. The channel remained true to its promise of a boycott. Occasionally, while Carlson was speaking, a video stream of the panel appeared in a small muted box floating to the right of the host’s head, but that was largely the case. As the audition continued, Carlson ran to his guests. A Republican presidential nominee said people in the Capitol had reasonable complaints about electoral fraud before admitting it was “a little bleak.” Another guest made vague allegations about the entire FBI-sponsored uprising. Carlson’s last interviewee was Darren Beatty, a right-wing activist who was fired as a Trump speaker after it was revealed he had attended a conference in 2016 alongside a prominent white nationalist. Beattie’s view – which Carlson nodded to him – was that the “federals” were responsible for the January 6 uprising. “It’s a clear joke, we know it happened.” Carlson may well have nodded in agreement. Last year he hosted a documentary, Patriot Purge, about the January 6 attack, which formulated the conspiracy theory that the violence that day was instigated by left-wing activists. Carlson has also suggested that FBI agents carry out the attack on the Capitol. As Carlson praised Beattie’s reporting, courage and general position as a person, he recalled something Carlson had said earlier, after spending several minutes criticizing the audition with Charlie Hurt, author of the right-wing Washington Times. “You and I got into journalism about the same time, about 30 years ago,” Carlson told Hurt. “It simply came to our notice then. “It really seems a shame now.”