GeorgiAg said:Showing the media clips of Hinckley and the aftermath of shooting Reagan as opposed to this image of him standing peacefully behind the rope with police officers is not "cherry picking." He committed a crime.Beast of Burden said:AggiePops said:
There is indeed a hoax here. Presented by Tucker Carlson. If you watched even a good portion of the live coverage aired widely during the event, including switching between the networks to see if there were different perspectives or views, you'd know that. Yes, there were many peaceful folks who had no other motivation in being there for the demonstration. Live coverage showed them. There were also hundreds who stormed the Capitol, sending lawmakers from both Parties in both House and Senate into hiding. Peace's Secret Service detail hustled him and his wife and daughter, who were there, into the safest hide hole they could find without leaving the building. In the early days after Jan.6 even Republican lawmakers who later changed their stories so as to not piss off their voters gave interviews where they denounced the rioters and called it an attempted insurrection.
Are you aware that Carlson was sued for defamation a while back and was exonerated, with FOX's lawyers arguing his opinion commentary was not meant as serious journalism and no realistic person would be expected to take what he said at face value? Are you aware that it has also come out in Court in the Dominion lawsuit that Murdoch himself testified under oath that FOX opinion commentators were aware there was no major fraud in the election but they all argued to maintain that line to keep from alienating viewers who might then switch to competing conservative outlets that continued to tell people what they wanted to hear? Evidence? FOX's own internal texts and emails, presented in Court, between all of them saying they needed to promote the lies to retain viewers.
Presumably few here spent much, if any time watching the Jan.6 hearings. They presented a mountain of evidence, both sworn testimony, much from Republicans with close ties to the Administration as well as several within it, and video from numerous sources - including the rioters- that verified that several hundred of the more extreme people gathered were anything but peaceful. Scores of Capitol Police were injured. That doesn't happen from peaceful tours. Some were censured while others were fired for being complicit with rioters… no doubt where some of the 'peaceful tour' footage came in.
Carlson cherry picked bits of calm, peaceful footage, which no one argues would be available in the whole, and presented that as being the primary atmosphere of the event. Accurate portrayal? Hell no, just more misdirection to play to his viewers.
Immediately discredits the video (apparently can't use his own eyes) because Carlson "cherry picked it" then turns around and praises the J6 committee.
I love this post so much.v.
Showing images/footage of some nut job trespassing at the Capitol on the day (and at the time) when Congress is supposed to perform its Constitutional duty to count Electoral votes is not "cherry picking." The whole premise of Tucker Carlson's clips is ridiculous. He had no right to be there and he wasn't there for sightseeing. He used a bullhorn to incite people to unlawfully enter the Capitol, entered the Senate Chamber and wrote a note to Pence that, "It's Only A Matter of Time. Justice Is Coming!" His flagpole had a sharpened knife on the end of it. He refused to leave when asked. Although he was not violent and did not shoot or stab anyone, he still committed crimes. He admitted the crimes and was sentenced.
I can't believe this thread has come this far, but here were are, 8+ pages deep, acting like this moron didn't do anything wrong.
Is this a serious post? Honest question.
Also, after reading your last sentence I'm once again in awe that you are a practicing attorney. The point and spirit of this thread is apparently well over your head which I find absolutely amazing.
