MediaMatters exposes Tucker Carlson as hypocrite and liar

[Cocoa]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200609090003

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But at least Carlson is consistent -- or so he said. Carlson said that efforts to persuade ABC to cancel the miniseries constitute "censorship." And he said that he took the same position when conservatives successfully pressured CBS into canceling a planned docudrama about former President Ronald Reagan.

Well, we checked on that -- and it turned out that Carlson wasn't telling the truth. In 2003, during the CBS controversy, Carlson specifically rejected the "censorship" description, saying, "ou devalue the term censorship when you apply to the CBS scenario. CBS admitted this thing was inaccurate. That's why they pulled it."

What's the difference between now and 2003 that would cause Carlson to not only change his position, but deceive his audience about it as well? Two possibilities come to mind. First, Carlson in 2003 was defending conservative critics of CBS. In 2006, he's attacking progressive critics of ABC. And second, Carlson has a relationship with ABC: He has traded in his trademark bow tie for a satin shirt in order to appear on that network's Dancing With the Stars.

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[MoonRiver]

1. Little man Tucker didn't tell the truth!

Say it ain't so!!! :wow:

[Drewskie]

7. ...

[C_U_L8R]

2. I love republicans most

when they're hoisted by their own petard.

xxxooohahaha

[BootinUp]

3. reading that whole piece it just makes my blood boil.

That is a thorough document about the whole disgusting situation. Kudos to MediaMatters for a job well done.

[tanyev]

4. And soon we'll find out that he's a really bad dancer, too.

:evilgrin:

[Saturday]

9. hahahahaha

You made me laugh. :toast:

[never_get_over_it]

5. Well since Tucker made David Brock look so bad

the other day on his show - glad to see Media Matters fighting back - oh and I'm stunned that Tucker wasn't telling the truth - I only watched that show because Bernie Ward was scheduled to be on and Tucker was lying his ass off through the two segments I watched....and also making me very sick - I don't know what I will do if Bernie is on again - love watching him - but hate watching Tucker....

[City Lights]

6. I just sent an email to MSNBC about this.

I sent it to: [e-mail]

[e-mail] is another good one.

on edit - One point I made was how easy it is for Internet users to check on a host's prior statements. Then I mentioned how Keith makes an ass out of BO on almost a nightly basis doing this very thing. I encouraged them to raise their standards. :-)

[neoblues]

8. Tucker Carlson a "Liar"? Could it be? Tell me it ain't so...

What's surprising is that anybody even notices the little two-faced weasel (and that the little bow-tie wearing nincompoop gets to be on TV).

Well, if shaming a network broadcasting company into not showing a pack of partisan lies is "censorship", then demanding equal time for the truth certainly ought to be fair--but I'm sure that has about the same chance as a snowball in hell.

[valerief]

10. Contact ABC and tell them you won't watch the latest season of

Dancing With the Stars, because it will have that POS on it.

[Red Right and BLUE]

11. I can't think of anything more vomit-inducing

than watching that guy waltz around. PUKE. Glad I don'thave cable.

[Hugin]

12. This is a surprise to anyone?

:shrug:

[lpbk2713]

13. That little weasel has no idea what it's like to speak the truth.

He ought to wear a cheerleader outfit with a big "Dubya" on his wimpy chest.