painful chapters in their lives, hats off. yeah, agreed. thanks, chris. agreed. thanks, chris. thanks to you at home for watching this hour. one of the most watched cable news programs in this country, is defending a violent mob that attacked the capitol, and they are doing it with the explicit aid and support of the highest ranking elected republican in the country. last night fox news tucker carlson aired his first exclusive report, showing from inside the capitol on january 6th footage that tucker carlson by speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy were not gonna show you all of tucker carlson s defense of the january six rioters here. this is a sample of what the fox news audience heard last night. very literal about january 6th was organized or violent, it was neither an insurrection nor deadly. they were peaceful, they were orderly and make, these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers. they re not destroying the capitol, they obviously revered the capitol.
of tomorrow! of tomorrow! thanks to you at home for joining us this hour, one of the most watched cable news programs in all of the united states is rewriting the history of january 6th, defending the violent mob that attacked the capitol, and they are doing it with the explicit aid and support of the highest ranking elected republican in the country. last night fox news tucker carlson aired his first exclusive report, showing security footage from inside the capitol on january 6th footage that tucker carlson by speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy were not gonna show you all of tucker carlson s defense of the january six rioters here. this is a sample of what the fox news audience heard last night. very literal about january 6th was organized or violent, it was neither an insurrection nor deadly. they were peaceful, they were orderly and make, these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers. they re not destroying the capitol, they obviously revered the capitol
for claims that the presidential election was stolen. and fox news let sydney powell use their airtime to push it. again, we have barely made a dent reading through all this. but already, there s a whole lot to discuss. joining me now is ben smith, again, editor-in-chief of and tylee weinstein former prosecutor. thank you both for helping me get through some of this mountain of pretty damning evidence. i guess, first to you, the people that are being quoted in this or not random minions at fox news. we re talking about rupert murdoch, lachlan murdaugh, who i believe is the chair of fox, suzanne scott the j wallace the president of fox news. the fox corp senior vp, arena bergeron teed, the senior executive vp of corporate communications, and all of the top fox primetime talent. how meaningful is that in the context of a defamation lawsuit? well, it s incredibly
mountain of pretty damning evidence. i guess, first to you, the people that are being quoted in this or not random minions at fox news. we re talking about rupert murdoch, lachlan murdaugh, who i believe is the chair of fox, suzanne scott the j wallace the president of fox news. the fox corp senior vp, arena bergeron teed, the senior executive vp of corporate communications, and all of the top fox primetime talent. how meaningful is that in the context of a defamation lawsuit? well, it s incredibly meaningful. and particularly, in the context of this defamation lawsuit. given the crush of evidence here, i think we have to ask, will, what are they actually going to argue about? in front of a jury? if this case makes its way to a jury, which it seems like it s headed to do. i think this is going to be one of the real issues. if pressed, and if they re backed into a corner, i think