Now that Donald Trump is no longer president, the media has lost its ratings golden goose:
Nicole Wallace has lost 80% of her audience post-Trump. https://t.co/tfHVETqPta
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) June 17, 2021
But it looks like they’re hoping attacks on Tucker Carlson and his recent comments on January 6 will bring back some of that Trump magic among their viewers:
Banner on @NewDay: "GOP ESCALATES DEFENSE, DENIAL, DOWNPLAYING OF CAPITOL ATTACK"
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 17, 2021
From this morning:
"It's legally impossible."@eliehonig explains why Tucker Carlson's theory that the FBI organized the January 6th riot is "dead wrong." pic.twitter.com/GMz92D7Jvb
— Alli Hedges Maser (@AllisonLHedges) June 17, 2021
Pot, meet kettle:
Note how @JohnBerman refers to Tucker as an “entertainer.” That’s exactly correct. And it’s what his lawyers have argued to excuse his lies in court.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) June 17, 2021
And from Brian Stelter’s newsletter last night:
They’re obsessed!
Remember what Tucker Carlson told his viewers on the night of the insurrection: "It's not YOUR fault. It's THEIR fault." He's been making excuses for the attackers ever since. https://t.co/lTwpWRsvfY pic.twitter.com/ohqVrNj33f
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 17, 2021
What a clown show:
"When you ASSUME, you make an ass of you and me."
Tucker Carlson must have forgotten this lesson from "The Odd Couple," because he's making huge assumptions with his latest Jan. 6 conspiracy theory… pic.twitter.com/j4kDPtPFAT
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 17, 2021
But it’s not just CNN:
Analysis: Tucker Carlson’s tinfoil-hat theory blaming the FBI for Jan. 6 https://t.co/FqXadqLpgn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 16, 2021
Conservatives follow Fox News' Tucker Carlson to baselessly claim FBI was behind Capitol riot https://t.co/gHufDrhK6Y
— Salon (@Salon) June 17, 2021
"The purpose here is not for communicating information. It's to break the consensus of reality so that people can be manipulated and radicalized. It is incredibly dangerous. And it is working,” says @chrislhayes of right-wing media’s "propaganda" about the attack on democracy. pic.twitter.com/PVXmGUzAqI
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) June 17, 2021
Joy Reid was having none of Tucker Carlson's conspiracy theories on tonight's #TheReidOut https://t.co/XSNiraIDmX
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) June 17, 2021
A year ago, Christopher Rufo was an obscure documentarian. Now, he’s being invited on Tucker Carlson’s show to gin up fears of Marxism in America, @jake_bittle writes. https://t.co/iLimO2a2BE
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) June 17, 2021
Take a breath, guys. This too shall pass.
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