Fox News contributors Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes have resigned over Tucker Carlson's documentary on the United States Capitol attack.
The conservative journalists and authors have worked for Fox since 2009.
Carlson's documentary, “Patriot Purge,” baselessly calls the Capitol Building attack a false flag operation intended to entrap Trump supporters. Fox's news side hasn't found any evidence to support that claim.
As Mediaite reports:
According to a report by New York Times media columnist Ben Smith, the two men discussed quitting Fox soon after the trailer for Carlson's special was first posted online on Oct. 27, with Goldberg texting Hayes “I'm tempted just to quit Fox over this.”
“I'm game,” replied Hayes. “Totally outrageous. It will lead to violence. Not sure how we can stay.”
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Hayes expressed his concern about the widely viewed Fox News (Carlson in particular is a longstanding ratings juggernaut) promoting the threat of “a domestic war on terror and it's coming for half of the country.”
“That's not true,” said Hayes, calling out Carlson's series for amplifying this kind of conspiracy theory because of the risk that some viewers would believe it as the literal truth, making it “truly dangerous in a way that the usual hyperbole that you get on a lot of cable news isn't.”
When contacted by Smith, Carlson didn't respond to Goldberg and Hayes' accusations. He did call their resignations “great news.”
And here I was thinking that Patriot Purge didn’t go far enough. I mean, for 2 months of journalism, I thought they were going to expose who was really behind this, i.e. the Democrats and, particularly, Pelosi. I’ve said all along that President Trump had nothing to gain from any of this. He was finally getting a vote and having some Republican members speak out against approval of the Electors. What good would it have done him to have that process stopped? And doesn’t anyone find it odd that really nothing was damaged beyond repair? There was glass broken and some furniture moved about but no fires and no guns (other than the one used by a Capitol officer to kill Ashley Babbett). No, whoever planned this wanted to alarm Congress just enough to scare them into stopping the vote without causing any real damage to the building and Congressional offices.
IF Goldberg and Hayes are so upset with Tucker’s documentary why don’t they have the intestinal fortitude to do their own version of the circumstances surrounding the matter? … or maybe their “version” has no basis. I’m sticking with Tucker.
I agree, I’m sticking with Tucker as well.
The documentary will lead to violence Jonah & Steve? Sure.
Can you two tell the difference between a donkey and an elephant? Seems like you have them mixed up. Better spend time making your beds – word is out your mommy’s are livid & about to throw you two out of their basements.
There is plenty of evidence to support the false flag/FBI involvement if you know where to listen and watch and read and where to inform yourselves. Check out Revolver News who broke the story about Ray Epps, with video of him instigating and trying to promote a breach of the Capitol. Strangely enough, the FBI has had hands off on Epps. 12 of the 18 Michigan Militia were Federal agents who had infiltrated the militia. Your denial and lack of investigation and your refusal to look at the evidence is ‘baseless’. I don’t know who you represent or who your organization sides with, but it sounds like a RINO or Neo-Con outfit. What evidence do you have that it is “baseless”?
If they do disagree so whole heartedly, good riddance.
If Fox news hasn’t found any evidence to that effect it’s because they either refuse to look into it or refuse to believe the evidence. I believe, as a former viewer that hasn’t watched them since they called Arizona way too early, that they have gone to the dark side. Even staunch conservatives are forced to bite their tongues and not piss off China and their handlers in the USA. Not to mention the global bankers setting us into communism.
I’m sure they’re gunning for Tucker. They got Bill, I hope Tucker survives the onslaught for a long long time.
Good riddance. They say Carlson is wrong. Maybe he is but he put a lot of facts out there and interviews. So without ever addressing where it is wrong other than to say it is wrong, the antiTrumpers are going to their new home. /Really smart arguments from brilliant people. Of course, these are the ones who allowed Biden and his minions to take control of a border that was closed and throw it open, take a county that was energy independent and put us in the position to beg OPEC to help us out, leave Americans in Afghanistan. tell more lies in 8 months than Trump allegedly did in 4 years, and generally ruin the United States of America.
Excellently put.
It seems these two RINOs can’t stand opinions other than their own, Good riddance!
Tucker’s documentary included real evidence unlike these losers.
Why not explore the extent to which false flag operators might have been involved in the January 6th events? Goldberg’s closed mind on this subject is beyond disappointing. Does he contend that Ray Epps is a mere figment of Carlson’s imagination?
The two now absent quitters must be on the obtuse left side; Natl. Review has some egotistical writers with their heads in the clouds. I subscribe to NR but the two will NOT be missed on Fox. Jan 6 clearly appeared to be a dem manufactured event for their political purposes.
Good riddance.