Valin Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Power Line Scott Johnson Apr. 11 2024 Tucker Carlson must be one of the most popular conservative commentators in the country. His show on X attracts clicks by the hundreds of thousands. This week he sought falsely to blacken Israel’s reputation by promoting the views of a Bethlehem pastor that Israel mistreats Christiand. In so doing, he obviously seeks to drive wedge between Israel and Christian supporters of Israel. While Israel is engaged in a fight for its life, I thought the timing was peculiar and that Carlson deserved to be called out for the mendacity of his performance. I wrote about it here. Mosaic senior editor Andrew Koss put it this way in the site’s daily email roundup this morning: (Snip) As it turns out, I wasn’t the only one who noticed or found Carlson’s performance worthy of comment. I have collected the comments of some intelligent observers below. Incidentally, I don’t think Tucker is stupid or uninformed. I think his isolationism has led him into a dark place. Let’s lead off with the great Victor Davis Hanson. (Snip) Mike @Doranimated This is stupid and malevolent. Christians live far better in Israel than in any of the surrounding countries. Palestinian rule — not Israeli — is what drove Christians from Bethlehem. Before the Israelis withdrew, per the Oslo Accords, Christians thrived there. 6:57 PM · Apr 9, 2024 (Snip) David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi Tucker knows well that Bethlehem isn't governed by Israel. This is shameful bullshit. (Snip) Andrew Klavan @andrewklavan OK. So, if @benshapiro, a patriotic American Jew, cares deeply about America's great Jewish ally, that's disloyal. But if @TuckerCarlson spreads anti-Israeli distortions and lies in defense of terrorist murderers holding American hostages, that's patriotism. Got it. 🤪 (Snip) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 17 minutes ago, Valin said: Power Line Scott Johnson Apr. 11 2024 Tucker Carlson must be one of the most popular conservative commentators in the country. His show on X attracts clicks by the hundreds of thousands. This week he sought falsely to blacken Israel’s reputation by promoting the views of a Bethlehem pastor that Israel mistreats Christiand. In so doing, he obviously seeks to drive wedge between Israel and Christian supporters of Israel. While Israel is engaged in a fight for its life, I thought the timing was peculiar and that Carlson deserved to be called out for the mendacity of his performance. I wrote about it here. Mosaic senior editor Andrew Koss put it this way in the site’s daily email roundup this morning: (Snip) As it turns out, I wasn’t the only one who noticed or found Carlson’s performance worthy of comment. I have collected the comments of some intelligent observers below. Incidentally, I don’t think Tucker is stupid or uninformed. I think his isolationism has led him into a dark place. Let’s lead off with the great Victor Davis Hanson. (Snip) Mike @Doranimated This is stupid and malevolent. Christians live far better in Israel than in any of the surrounding countries. Palestinian rule — not Israeli — is what drove Christians from Bethlehem. Before the Israelis withdrew, per the Oslo Accords, Christians thrived there. 6:57 PM · Apr 9, 2024 (Snip) David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi Tucker knows well that Bethlehem isn't governed by Israel. This is shameful bullshit. (Snip) Andrew Klavan @andrewklavan OK. So, if @benshapiro, a patriotic American Jew, cares deeply about America's great Jewish ally, that's disloyal. But if @TuckerCarlson spreads anti-Israeli distortions and lies in defense of terrorist murderers holding American hostages, that's patriotism. Got it. 🤪 (Snip) Read a different article (forgot where duh) that said basically the same thing. I rarely watch Tucker clips anymore. He does seem to have gone a bit in to the abyss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 What the Hell Is Wrong With Tucker Carlson? I used to enjoy the occasional Tucker Carlson monologue on Fox News. His content was usually pointed and amusing and delivered with a breezy charm. But I rarely bothered with a Tucker Carlson interview. As an interviewer, too often, I found him strangely incurious and glib instead of breezy. But his interview on Tuesday with Reverend Munther Isaac was so much worse than merely glib or incurious. Carlson chose to interview Isaac to find out how the Jewish State of Israel treats Christians. Isaac is a priest who neither lives nor works in Israel and who uses the loaded phrase "Occupied Palestine" as his location on his Twitter/X profile. He is a Palestinian Christian from Palestinian-controlled Bethlehem, where Christian ministers serve at the mercy of the Palestinian Authority. These things would have been nice to know before, during, or after the interview. Barring providing context, Carlson could have conducted a second interview with a Christian priest who actually does live and work in Israel. Or he could have spoken to them both at the same time in a discussion/debate format. Or maybe Carlson could have at least asked Isaac more pointed and revealing questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 49 minutes ago, Geee said: What the Hell Is Wrong With Tucker Carlson? But his interview on Tuesday with Reverend Munther Isaac was so much worse than merely glib or incurious. IF he had started the show out by saying people need to hear from all sides of an issues, and that is what I am about. That would have been one thing (The right thing IMO), But he didn't. An therein lays the problem, particularly with his attack on Ben Shapiro. Quote He does seem to have gone a bit in to the abyss. Maybe we are seeing Why he was fired from Fox? Just A Thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC The old GOP is slowly going away. That’s good. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the new GOP will be better. It will be different. But the infighting happening now and in the coming years will determine if it’s any better. Stay involved. The involved ones will decide. 11:44 AM · Apr 10, 2024 ______________________________________________________ H/T Dave Rubin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Valin said: Maybe we are seeing Why he was fired from Fox? Just A Thought. Was a thought I had also. Corporations have to worry about suits, as they found out the hard way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 13 minutes ago, Geee said: Was a thought I had also. Corporations have to worry about suits, as they found out the hard way. Just throwing Ideas out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 08:32 - Chapter 1: Audience Capture Captures Audience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 Apr 22, 2024 #BenShapiro #TheBenShapiroShow #News Americans on both sides of the political aisle are entertaining the theory that our country is evil for some of our previous actions. Here’s why this theory isn’t logical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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