Posted on Mar 15, 2023
Exclusive: Social media threats exploded after Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 claims, analysis finds
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/03/14/fox-news-tucker-carlson-jan-6-social-media-violence/ [login to see] /
Tucker Carlson's portrayal of the deadly Jan. 6 attack as a largely peaceful event on his prime-time Fox News show set off a dangerous new wave of social media chatter that includes death threats against Capitol police officers and Democratic leaders, according to experts who monitor extremism and a report from Advance Democracy shared exclusively with USA TODAY.
The segment that aired last week downplayed the violence at the Capitol two years ago, recasting the Washington mob that breached the Capitol as an “orderly and meek” gathering of “sightseers.”
Carlson’s claims, which accompanied clips of Capitol security footage, drew an angry reaction from right-wing users who fired off threats on Twitter and in pro-Trump forums directed at politicians who have made public inquiries into the violence, especially the congressional Jan. 6 committee.
Tucker Carlson's portrayal of the deadly Jan. 6 attack as a largely peaceful event on his prime-time Fox News show set off a dangerous new wave of social media chatter that includes death threats against Capitol police officers and Democratic leaders, according to experts who monitor extremism and a report from Advance Democracy shared exclusively with USA TODAY.
The segment that aired last week downplayed the violence at the Capitol two years ago, recasting the Washington mob that breached the Capitol as an “orderly and meek” gathering of “sightseers.”
Carlson’s claims, which accompanied clips of Capitol security footage, drew an angry reaction from right-wing users who fired off threats on Twitter and in pro-Trump forums directed at politicians who have made public inquiries into the violence, especially the congressional Jan. 6 committee.
Exclusive: Social media threats exploded after Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 claims, analysis finds
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45 has a dedicated following for some reason. He manages to bring out the worst in people. They believe anything he says. Fox is getting sued for promoting the election lie. And all the 8 to 11 PM hosts were caught sending messages acknowledging that it was all BS. Ratings are all that matter to them.
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I don't believe Goebbels could have done a better job than Carlson.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/joseph-goebbels-1
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/joseph-goebbels-1
Joseph Goebbels, Nazi politician, propagandist, and radical antisemite, was Reich Minister for Propaganda and Public Enlightenment from 1933 until 1945.
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