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The attorneys defending Fox Newsâ top-rated talk-show host, Tucker Carlson, in a lawsuit last year used a rather surprising defense.
Responding to accusations of slander, they argued that the âgeneral tenorâ of Carlsonâs show should inform viewers that heâs not âstating actual facts,â but instead engaging in âexaggerationâ and ânon-literal commentary.â
In other words, viewers should know better than to believe him.
For Carlson, it was a successful strategy â he was found not guilty of the charges against him.
But we have to wonder if his supportive viewers truly understand the âgeneral tenorâ of his show.
The lawyers representing Laura Lee Steele, the Thomasville resident who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, say she was egged on by former President Trumpâs repeated false claims that the election results were fraudulent â his Big Lie.
Donald Trump is no longer a sitting president but his allies are still playing an outsize role in this yearâs annual Conservative Political Action Conference, widely known as CPAC.
The convening organized by the American Conservative Union culminates Sunday in a speech by the former president himself, Trumpâs first public appearance since leaving White House.
Donald Trump Jr. and campaign fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle were slated to speak Thursday, while various other campaign aides and administration officials are peppered throughout the convention lineup.
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A Friday panel on âunreasonable search and seizuresâ featured former Trump campaign official and National Diversity Coalition for Trump CEO Darrell Scott. The pastor is reportedly under FBI investigation for his role in allegedly using a now-defunct pro-Trump âdark moneyâ group called the Urban Revitalization Coalition to solicit money from foreign nationals. In 2020,
NEW YORK CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter thought more than a quick update was necessary in preparing for the paperback edition of his book from last summer, “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth.”