American moderator causes nationwide outrage with statements

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The release of surveillance footage of the attack on the Capitol and statements by a Fox News host have sparked outrage in the United States. The backdrop is a much-criticized decision by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

He had given tens of thousands of hours of video footage of the storming of the Capitol exclusively to moderator Tucker Carlson, who was benevolent to his party. The right-wing talk show host showed some select footage Monday and Tuesday night (local time) and commented on it in the spirit of former President Donald Trump, who repeatedly falsely claimed that only peaceful protesters were out at the time.

‘Recordings show neither revolt nor riots’

Carlson now claimed that the 2020 presidential election was “a serious betrayal of American democracy” and that the Democrats’ committee of inquiry to storm the Capitol was just trying to draw attention to it.

“The footage shows neither a riot nor a riot,” Carlson said. Federal agents likely incited the violence, he claimed, without being able to prove it. The moderator is known for spreading conspiracy theories and blatantly false reports and for inciting minorities. He has a daily evening show on Fox News, which averages over three million viewers.

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger called Carlson’s editing of the video misleading. “The program appropriately selected the quieter moments of our 41,000 hours of video material,” he criticized in an internal memo available to US media. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Carlson’s show “one of the most embarrassing hours we’ve ever watched television.”

But the Republicans were also critical. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called it a “mistake” by Fox News to portray the storming of the US Capitol in this way. “In my opinion, the U.S. Capitol Police Chief correctly describes what most of us experienced firsthand on January 6.” Republican Senator Mitt Romney called Carlson’s show “absurd” and “nonsense.” However, other Republicans in the House of Representatives praised the show.

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McCarthy had sabotaged his party’s cooperation with the House investigation into the Capitol attack and on Tuesday again defended the release of the video footage to Carlson. The commission had processed the attack and presented its final report shortly before Christmas, giving Trump major responsibility for storming the Capitol. The panel also recommended criminal charges against the former president on several counts. Whether the Justice Department will actually take criminal action against Trump remains to be seen, as the recommendation is not legally binding.

Trump supporters violently stormed the seat of parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress met there to formally confirm Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. Trump had incited his supporters in a speech with the oft-refuted claim that he had been robbed of a victory by massive electoral fraud. Five people were killed in the riots.

Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch recently admitted that some of his network’s moderators were deliberately spreading lies about the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents containing affidavits from the 91-year-old media mogul in early February. The documents also show that Carlson and other Fox hosts feared losing viewers’ favor if they did not support Trump’s voter fraud narrative. The statement is part of a libel lawsuit brought by voting machine manufacturer Dominion against Fox News. (SDA)

Source: Blick