The Dems and their media troglodytes went nuts when worked broke that the Speaker of the House was giving Tucker Carlson’s program all the video the Capitol Police had from January 6th, 2021.
So, to address the outrage, some much-needed detail has been provided regarding Tucker Carlosn’s access.
“It’s basically controlled access to be able to view tapes. Can’t record, can’t take anything with you,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), the chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, told The Hill Tuesday, …
Elaborating, Loudermilk told CBS News that Carlson’s staff “may request any particular clips they may need, then we’ll make sure there’s nothing sensitive, nothing classified, including escape routes … we don’t want al-Qaeda to know certain things.”
No one has anything, but staff can view it all and ask for clips … which is still unacceptable for the left in all its forms. These clips could, well – let me allow the media to explain that problem in the context of their request for access (emphasis mine).
A group of outlets—Advance Publications, ABC News, Axios, CBS News, CNN, Scripps, Gannett, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, and ProPublica—wrote a letter to McCarthy and other congressional leaders to grant access to the footage.
“Without full public access to the complete historical record, there is concern that an ideologically-based narrative of an already polarizing event will take hold in the public consciousness, with destabilizing risks to the legitimacy of Congress, the Capitol Police, and the various federal investigations and prosecutions of January 6 crimes,” attorney Charles Tobin wrote on behalf the media outlets last week.
The bolded bit is obviously what they’ve been doing for the past two years but they insist on access to prevent … what? Would they’d like to see how much trouble they are in after leaping off another cliff with a Democrat narrative cradled protectively in their arms?
Talk about hypocrisy on steroids. It’s so bad that we can paraphrase the pull quote into a very passable mainstream media corporate mission statement.
“To reinforce ideologically-based narratives of polarizing events that will take hold in the public consciousness.”
– With the goal of destabilizing political opponents or their proxies –
It’s a bit much to sew on a pillow, but it would fit nicely on a wall in the press room or above the producer’s couch in their well-appointed multi-billion-dollar global media conglomerate office. And if transparency, truth in advertising, or even a lightly veiled effort at transparency were the goal, you could hang it in front of the camera or as part of the masthead, depending on the medium.
I think the EPOCH Times missed the real story there but we’re happy to carry that water.
They will, the media outlets, get that access in due time, per the same linked report.
During an interview with the New York Times earlier this month, McCarthy said he was releasing the footage to Carlson by saying: “I promised.” Like Loudermilk, McCarthy said that the footage would be made more widely available at a later date, although it’s unclear when.
“I was asked in the press about these tapes, and I said they do belong to the American public. I think sunshine lets everybody make their own judgment,” the California Republican told the NY Times.
So, not worry machine-media (with the long track record of selective editing to create and reinforce ideologically-based narratives). You’ll get your chance but odds are good you won’t be able to pull the Marxist wool over anyone’s eyes. If all the video that is safe to share is accessible to anyone, your effort to take hold of the public consciousness will be quickly undermined.
But we look forward to watching you try.
