Speaker McCarthy Gives Access to 41,000 Hours of January 6th Video to Tucker Carlson and His Staff To Sift Through

The leftwing propaganda firm Axios is angry about this, and insists "There's nothing here to see here! Move on!"

"Journalists" now spend most of their time demanding that no journalism take place.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.

Carlson TV producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove, which includes multiple camera angles from all over Capitol grounds. Excerpts will begin airing in the coming weeks.

Why it matters: Carlson has repeatedly questioned official accounts of 1/6, downplaying the insurrection as "vandalism."

Now his shows -- "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox News, and "Tucker Carlson Today" and "Tucker Carlson Originals" on the streaming service Fox Nation -- have a massive trove of raw material.

Carlson told me: "[T]here was never any legitimate reason for this footage to remain secret."

"If there was ever a question that's in the public's interest to know, it's what actually happened on January 6. By definition, this video will reveal it. It's impossible for me to understand why any honest person would be bothered by that."

Reality check: The Jan. 6 committee played numerous excerpts of the footage at last year's captivating hearings. (See the committee's archive.)

Yes, a partisan committee with a specific story it wanted to tell showed excerpts that supported its propaganda cover story, and did not show any tape that contradicted it. Such as Mike Epps leading the crowed past the barriers into the Capitol grounds.

But why would we want to see the video the partisan committee didn't want us to see?

Trust the government, they demanded.

And if you don't -- we'll investigate You.

The media is now also in the business of being a watchdog for the government. Not of the government -- for it.

posted by Ace at 01:05 PM

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