The White House joined in widespread condemnation of Tucker Carlson today, singling out the Fox News host for his misleading portrayal of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. 'Tucker Carlson is not credible,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates added.
Tucker Carlson has taken fire from all sides since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opted to give the Fox host exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of video captured on Jan. 6 by Capitol Police cameras. | Jason Koerner/Getty ImagesThe White House joined in widespread condemnation of Fox News star Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, singling out the prime-time ratings king for his misleading portrayal of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
“We also agree with what Fox News’s own attorneys and executives have now repeatedly stressed in multiple courts of law: that Tucker Carlson is not credible,” Bates added. In the separate $1.6 billion defamation case filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, Bates also noted that David Clark, a senior vice president at Fox News,POLITICO reported thathave called on the White House and others to boycott Fox News, including refraining from appearing on its airwaves and not spending advertising dollars there.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol Building on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Reporters asked McCarthy about the Fox News' Tucker Carlson's recent coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and the footage from security cameras that the Speaker released to Carlson. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Sen. Tom Tillis was more blunt in his assessment of Carlson’s Jan. 6 portrayal: “I think it’s bullshit,” he said.
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