Holy Shih Tzu! When Fox News Senior Bullshucking correspondent, Tucker Carlson, devolves into unbridled hysteria he really holds nothing back. And on Friday night he was so incensed by late breaking news that he interrupted his regularly scheduled schizophonic schtick to report on a matter that would surely alter the course of humanity.
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As usual for Fox "News," they were regurgitating a story that they picked up other from credible news organizations. Fox doesn't actually do journalism. The story that titillated Tucker on this occasion was one that has international consequences. ABC News reported that several staffers for Stephen Colbert's Late Show on CBS had been arrested for being in a congressional office building without proper authorization:
"In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS said the production team was at the Capitol Wednesday and Thursday to record a comedy segment featuring Triumph [the Insult Comic Dog].
"'Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed,' the network said. 'After leaving the members’ offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police.'"
So this was essentially a case of having stayed beyond the period of time that had been previously approved. But to Tucker Carlson it was the same sort of domestic terrorism that was committed by Donald Trump's shock troops on January 6, 2021. Carlson raged that...
"This is almost beyond belief, but just before this show aired we learned that last night producers for Stephen Colbert's show on CBS committed insurrection at the United States Capitol. Adam Schiff, the congressman from California who spent the last year and a half telling you that unauthorized violations of Capitol space are a coup - Adam Schiff illegally gave producers from CBS access to the Capitol.
Then the group, which includes the show's senior producer, director, comedian and writer, remained in the Longworth House office building after hours. And the point of them being there was for them to harass sitting members of congress. [...] It’s exactly like what happened on January 6th, So, we’ll take a close look at what the punishments are.""
WOW! that is one heck of a deranged outburst, even for Carlson who is known for them. For him to equate what these seven comedy professionals were doing with the deadly insurrection by hundreds of hostile thugs incited by Trump is spectacularly preposterous. Colbert's crew did not break through barricades and, in the process, injure more than 140 police officers, five of whom died. They did not shatter windows or bust through locked doors. They never threatened to kill or hang anyone. They didn't vandalize the premises causing $30 million dollars in damages.
Carlson's tirade also accused Rep. Adam Schiff of "illegally" giving producers from CBS access to the Capitol. That's a lie. Carlson claimed that the purpose of the visit was "to harass sitting members of congress." That, too, is a lie. The only thing that Carlson accomplished with his histrionics is to reveal that he doesn't know the difference between a violent insurrection and a harmless overstay of a permitted visit by a few funny people.
Then again, it is never Carlson's intent to provide honest accounts of anything. He works overtime to disinform his already dimwitted viewers with blatant falsehoods covering a wide array of subjects. For example...
There's much more where that came from. But listing every asinine thing Carlson has said would break the Internet. It will be fun to see what Colbert has to say about this on Monday.
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