Fox's Tucker Carlson says protesters were peaceful, orderly and meek. "These were not insurrectionists. They were sightseers," he said. He did show some of the violent scenes as well on his broadcast,. But he was just trying to kind of provide that counterbalance"
The Fox News host aired a splashy exclusive this month about the January 6 insurrection. Some Republican senators saw his coverage — and publicly called “b******t.”
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah with help from Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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