|
| Here's the full clip. After Cruz says he used "sloppy
| phrasing" when he called 1/6 a "violent terrorist attack,"
| Carlson says his explanation "doesn't even make sense."
| Quite the back and forth here as Cruz essentially pleads
| with Tucker and his audience for forgiveness.
|
| [440-second Fox News video at URL]
|
<https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1479266489517674508?s=20>

--bks

> | Here's the full clip. After Cruz says he used "sloppy
> | phrasing" when he called 1/6 a "violent terrorist attack,"
> | Carlson says his explanation "doesn't even make sense."
> | Quite the back and forth here as Cruz essentially pleads
> | with Tucker and his audience for forgiveness.
> |
> | [440-second Fox News video at URL]
> |
><https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1479266489517674508?s=20>

|
| More evidence of Fox News' stranglehold on the Republican
| Party
|
| Tucker Carlson's on-air cowing of Ted Cruz shows how in
| lockstep Fox News and Republicans are and the influence Fox
| News has.
|
| Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has called the events on
| Jan. 6, 2021, a "terrorist attack." In fact, he has done
| so, reportedly, more than a dozen times in the past year,
| and most recently as last week -- the anniversary of the
| insurrection.
|
| Then he took it all back when Tucker Carlson put him on
| blast.
| ...
<https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2022/fox-news-tucker-carlson-ted-cruz-republicans/>

--bks