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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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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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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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Tucker Carlson aired Jan. 6 claims using Capitol security footage
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Carlson exclusive access to Capitol security footage from Jan. 6.
Carlson, who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack, opened the broadcast with the claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Trump and was "a grave betrayal of American democracy."
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the media as he holds a copy of a CNN article, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Carlson aired the first installment of some 41,000 hours of security footage on his prime-time show and promised more Tuesday.
He showed clips of rioters in the Capitol not engaged in violent activities. The released footage “demolishes the claim” that an insurrection occurred, Carlson said.
House GOP leaders promoted the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” segment. On Tuesday, the House Republican Conference tweeted: “MUST WATCH” and four siren emojis.
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger condemned the segment as “offensive and misleading.”...
..."Tucker Carlson aired Jan. 6 claims using Capitol security footage
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Carlson exclusive access to Capitol security footage from Jan. 6.
Carlson, who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack, opened the broadcast with the claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Trump and was "a grave betrayal of American democracy."
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the media as he holds a copy of a CNN article, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Carlson aired the first installment of some 41,000 hours of security footage on his prime-time show and promised more Tuesday.
He showed clips of rioters in the Capitol not engaged in violent activities. The released footage “demolishes the claim” that an insurrection occurred, Carlson said.
House GOP leaders promoted the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” segment. On Tuesday, the House Republican Conference tweeted: “MUST WATCH” and four siren emojis.
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger condemned the segment as “offensive and misleading.”...
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