I don't know enough to to say whether the accusation here is true or false - and am unlikely to get any useful corroborating evidence out of Carlson or the NSA - but I'm curious what you make of the reports that while Carlson's beating this spying drum during FOX News' opinion hours, the folks working in the actual newsroom don't want to touch his claims with a ten-foot pole:
"The highest-rated Fox News host is reportedly 'extra pissed' at his employer for not vocally championing his far-fetched allegations against the federal government. Since Tucker Carlson claimed two weeks ago that he is being secretly spied on by the National Security Agency in an attempt to take him off the air, the network has largely ignored his supposed revelations both from a PR standpoint and in its coverage—silence that suggests not even Fox News is buying the surveillance narrative. A perceived lack of support from colleagues and network executives—the top two of which have not issued statements of public support or decried the NSA’s alleged behavior—has Carlson 'furious' that Fox, especially its PR team, is “not backing him up,” one source told CNN, adding: 'Tensions are sky high.'"
Fake news or does the Deep State extend so deeply into FOX News itself that Carlson can't get his fellow folks there to jump on the kind of story that would otherwise be bleeding red meat to throw up on their front page and lead their news segment with? In the absence of any hard evidence one way or the other, why should I take Carlson's self-interested claims more seriously than the silence of the actual reporters in that organization?
Jul 15, 2021Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton
I try to be fair and level headed, but Tucker Carlson is hated outside Fox News sycophants because he is a noun that starts with the letter a that makes up stuff and tries to spin agenda driven opinion as facts with senseless gorp like white people are under attack and vaccines are bad.
I realize this story is about something more (don’t use words like blindingly obvious as a suggestion if you hope to invoke any sort of persuasion), but I’m not able to get past the words: Tucker Carlson.
Jul 15, 2021Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton
No mention of any alternative possibilities is some malpractice, Steve. Tucker was reportedly reaching out to Russia to get an interview with Russia: how likely is it that he was talking to someone that *is* under NSA surveillance, thus recording his communications as well? Or: how likely is it that it's not from the NSA but from the Russians themselves?
You can lay out all the details and paint the government/democrats in whatever favorable light you want, Fact is Tucker is hitting too close to home and he is in trouble. I want him to know, when they come for him, i will stand with him.
Also not mentioned here are all the other incidences of Tucker "crying wolf" in the past, which make rational people question this situation more than they would otherwise. Remember when he had evidence mailed to him about Hunter Biden that "suspiciously" never showed up?
From: The little infrastructure bill that could by David Thornton 7/25/21
"The latest on the Tucker Carlson spying tempest-in-a-teapot is that an internal investigation found that there was no spying on Tucker.
The Record reports that “the Fox News host’s communications were not targeted — as the NSA has previously stated publicly — nor intercepted through so-called ‘incidental collection,’ where the U.S. government sometimes obtains the emails or phone calls of Americans in contact with a foreign target under surveillance.”
“Instead,” the report continues, “The nation’s top electronic spy agency found that Carlson was mentioned in communications between third parties and his name was subsequently revealed through ‘unmasking,’ a process in which relevant government officials can request the identities of American citizens in intelligence reports to be divulged provided there is an official reason, such as helping them make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing.”
The report cites sources that gave details about the internal investigation, which was prompted by congressional inquiries. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity.
It’s possible that the report is a coverup, but outrageous claims require evidence. The onus is on Tucker at this point.
Unlike his report on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, Tucker may not have intentionally misled people on the surveillance report. He may have simply reported what he was told by his own sources.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt to this point, but his future claims need to be supported by evidence."
There isn't anyone you won't defend from nonsense is there? No matter how much they lie or steal or misinform. Even if it kills people. You have absolutely no idea what is actually going on with Tucker but you seem to buy into all his nonsense even though he has a history of being a bold face liar. He should run for president, you love voting for that type.
I hope this site remains free because I wouldn't be able to support any website that has you on staff even if the rest of the writing pool I really enjoy.
I don't know enough to to say whether the accusation here is true or false - and am unlikely to get any useful corroborating evidence out of Carlson or the NSA - but I'm curious what you make of the reports that while Carlson's beating this spying drum during FOX News' opinion hours, the folks working in the actual newsroom don't want to touch his claims with a ten-foot pole:
"The highest-rated Fox News host is reportedly 'extra pissed' at his employer for not vocally championing his far-fetched allegations against the federal government. Since Tucker Carlson claimed two weeks ago that he is being secretly spied on by the National Security Agency in an attempt to take him off the air, the network has largely ignored his supposed revelations both from a PR standpoint and in its coverage—silence that suggests not even Fox News is buying the surveillance narrative. A perceived lack of support from colleagues and network executives—the top two of which have not issued statements of public support or decried the NSA’s alleged behavior—has Carlson 'furious' that Fox, especially its PR team, is “not backing him up,” one source told CNN, adding: 'Tensions are sky high.'"
Fake news or does the Deep State extend so deeply into FOX News itself that Carlson can't get his fellow folks there to jump on the kind of story that would otherwise be bleeding red meat to throw up on their front page and lead their news segment with? In the absence of any hard evidence one way or the other, why should I take Carlson's self-interested claims more seriously than the silence of the actual reporters in that organization?
[1] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/tucker-carlson-is-reportedly-pissed-at-fox-news-for-not-backing-his-nsa-claims
I try to be fair and level headed, but Tucker Carlson is hated outside Fox News sycophants because he is a noun that starts with the letter a that makes up stuff and tries to spin agenda driven opinion as facts with senseless gorp like white people are under attack and vaccines are bad.
I realize this story is about something more (don’t use words like blindingly obvious as a suggestion if you hope to invoke any sort of persuasion), but I’m not able to get past the words: Tucker Carlson.
No mention of any alternative possibilities is some malpractice, Steve. Tucker was reportedly reaching out to Russia to get an interview with Russia: how likely is it that he was talking to someone that *is* under NSA surveillance, thus recording his communications as well? Or: how likely is it that it's not from the NSA but from the Russians themselves?
You can lay out all the details and paint the government/democrats in whatever favorable light you want, Fact is Tucker is hitting too close to home and he is in trouble. I want him to know, when they come for him, i will stand with him.
Also not mentioned here are all the other incidences of Tucker "crying wolf" in the past, which make rational people question this situation more than they would otherwise. Remember when he had evidence mailed to him about Hunter Biden that "suspiciously" never showed up?
Any chance of a mea culpa on this one?
From: The little infrastructure bill that could by David Thornton 7/25/21
"The latest on the Tucker Carlson spying tempest-in-a-teapot is that an internal investigation found that there was no spying on Tucker.
The Record reports that “the Fox News host’s communications were not targeted — as the NSA has previously stated publicly — nor intercepted through so-called ‘incidental collection,’ where the U.S. government sometimes obtains the emails or phone calls of Americans in contact with a foreign target under surveillance.”
“Instead,” the report continues, “The nation’s top electronic spy agency found that Carlson was mentioned in communications between third parties and his name was subsequently revealed through ‘unmasking,’ a process in which relevant government officials can request the identities of American citizens in intelligence reports to be divulged provided there is an official reason, such as helping them make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing.”
The report cites sources that gave details about the internal investigation, which was prompted by congressional inquiries. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity.
It’s possible that the report is a coverup, but outrageous claims require evidence. The onus is on Tucker at this point.
Unlike his report on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, Tucker may not have intentionally misled people on the surveillance report. He may have simply reported what he was told by his own sources.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt to this point, but his future claims need to be supported by evidence."
There isn't anyone you won't defend from nonsense is there? No matter how much they lie or steal or misinform. Even if it kills people. You have absolutely no idea what is actually going on with Tucker but you seem to buy into all his nonsense even though he has a history of being a bold face liar. He should run for president, you love voting for that type.
I hope this site remains free because I wouldn't be able to support any website that has you on staff even if the rest of the writing pool I really enjoy.