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Zorro

(15,690 posts)
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 11:18 PM Mar 2019

Tucker Carlson, under fire, tries to turn the conversation back on his accuser, Media Matters

Fox News and Tucker Carlson don’t want to talk about what Tucker Carlson said. They want to talk about his accuser, the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America.

On the air and off, Carlson and Fox News have defended Carlson’s ugly comments on a syndicated radio program a decade or so ago by turning the spotlight back on Media Matters, which released transcripts and audio recordings of Carlson earlier this week.

On his prime-time program on Tuesday, for example, Carlson continued to portray himself and Fox News as the targets of a liberal “outrage machine” whose goal is to shut down the cable network and “dissenting opinions.” He offered no apologies or explanations, nor did he bother to mention why Media Matters had called him out in the first place.

“Media Matters is a George Soros-funded lobbying organization whose sole mission is to punish critics of the Democratic Party,” Carlson said, referring to the liberal billionaire philanthropist and political activist. He went on to accuse the Washington-based organization of violating the terms of its nonprofit status by campaigning on behalf of Democratic candidates, including Hillary Clinton.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tucker-carlson-under-fire-tries-to-turn-the-conversation-back-on-his-accuser-media-matters/2019/03/13/0d6e3bda-45a7-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html

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Tucker Carlson, under fire, tries to turn the conversation back on his accuser, Media Matters (Original Post) Zorro Mar 2019 OP
Aha! Of course George Soros is behind this nefarious conspiracy The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #1
How long is his, um, "vacation"? Marie Marie Mar 2019 #2
I don't have to many nickels to rub together, but I just donated $20 to Media Matters CharleyDog Mar 2019 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,068 posts)
1. Aha! Of course George Soros is behind this nefarious conspiracy
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 11:20 PM
Mar 2019

to reveal to the entire world that Tucker Carlson is a gross, sexist pig!

CharleyDog

(755 posts)
3. I don't have to many nickels to rub together, but I just donated $20 to Media Matters
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 11:58 PM
Mar 2019

They have cut into Fox News and made them bleed, which is exactly what we need to do. We need this more and more and right now.

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