McCarthy defends Carlson's access to Jan. 6 footage, calls media 'jealous'

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday defended his decision to give conservative TV host Tucker Carlson access to roughly 40,000 hours of security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, telling reporters that the footage will soon be released broadly and that his office is taking measures to address concerns about security risks.

“It almost seems like the press is jealous,” McCarthy said in a one-on-one interview with The Washington Post. “And that’s interesting because every person in the press works off exclusives on certain things.

“People like exclusives, and Tucker is someone that’s been asking for it,” said McCarthy, who characterized Carlson’s style of journalism as “opinion,” not news. “So I let him come in and see it, but everyone’s gonna get it.”

McCarthy has avoided repeated questions from reporters about his agreement with Carlson since the Fox News host announced last week that his team had access to security footage. Several media organizations, including The Washington Post, sent letters to McCarthy requesting the same access and raising concerns “that an ideologically based narrative of an already polarizing event will take hold in the public consciousness.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/28/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-footage/

[DownriverDem]

1. The Jan 6th Committee

should just give it to the media then.

[brooklynite]

3. The Jan 6 Committee doesn't exist

Its charter ended on Jan 2nd.

[dchill]

2. He is SUCH a juvenile.

[maxsolomon]

8. Exactly.

"You're just jealous" is how an adolescent gaslights. It's deflection.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Most Republicans are

[dchill]

16. I know. Without juvenile tendencies, there'd be no...

... Republicans or libertarians.

[Warpy]

4. I still say this wasn't McCarthy's private property to dispose of

tp jos biddu. no matter what he promised that buddy.

[FakeNoose]

5. Exactly right - it wasn't his property to give away

McCarthy giving away videos and documents of the J-6 committee, that's like Chump giving away top secrets to his autocratic buddies in the Middle East.

[twodogsbarking]

6. Gave it away? I question that.

[Marthe48]

7. not high school

obviously immature and not up to an adult outlook on his job. Does not belong in the majors.

[SWBTATTReg]

9. Faux/Fake news alreadly has a shoddy reputation of distorting the news, and guess what?

This is who mccathy gave all of the footage to, those at Faux/Fake news that have already proven that they can't be trusted w/ the truth. I wonder what mccathy has to hide about this particular footage, knowing their reputation already in distorting / hiding the truth?

Probably doesn't want the rest of us to see the republican congressional members clawing at the doors of the chambers, to escape tRUMP's thugs beating at the doors of the Capital.

[Marcuse]

10. National Enquirer values

[AZLD4Candidate]

11. Why you hating? Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Same crap, different moron.

[dchill]

17. I got plenty for both.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Man, I've heard that before.

When members of the Rotary Club that moved into my development acted like a gang, banding together to vote in favor of transferring the HOA common grounds that were next to their homes, over to them, they called us jealous when we disagreed with them.

This is white privilege at work, abusing their power and connections and trying to marginalize those who they're stealing from.

[rurallib]

13. Wow - really shows who he is really working for

[Samrob]

15. What media is jealous of a lying POS? ( Who might be going to jail, I add.) nt

[NCjack]

18. The speed at which McC is digging this hole will wear out his shovel before he hits

bottom. Someone, please standby to hand him a replacement shovel when he needs it.

[Grins]

19. " seems like the press is jealous,"

More like, “We’re on to you, ya’ bastid!”

[Jimvanhise]

20. A BRIBE IS A BRIBE

McCarthy just came through with what he promised Tucker in exchange for supporting his bid for speaker. McCarthy made lots of promises he has to keep and this is just the most high profile one. It is already starting to unravel as the GOP have given into the Capitol Police and agreed to make sure no security secrets are passed along to to the Fox News nitwit.

[SouthernDem4ever]

21. Just another of the many reasons McCarthy isn't fit to govern a democracy

He doesn't realize what a real news organization even looks like.

[newdayneeded]

22. What did kXVin get in return?

[Quanto Magnus]

23. It's not that they're jealous

it's that they know McCarthy is doing it for propaganda purposes....

He knows it himself....

The scary part to me, is that the media is just letting him get away with it....

[Quanto Magnus]

24. McCarthy, you realize you gave those vids to

a self-described entertainment company?

It's no better than giving it to Marvel or Paramount and having them create some fiction out of the footage..... and I bet the Marvel version would be better and much more entertaining....


The media should ask him why he gave the footage to an entertainment company.

[Marcuse]

25. McCarthy can be exclusively interviewed by Tuckface at anytime and no one will be jealous.

[Joinfortmill]

26. McCarthy is a dick. My apologies to dicks.