How To Make Matters Worse

If Kevin McCarthy is going to give 1/6 footage to Tucker Carlson, then Dems should make it available to real news organizations.

I've confirmed with the Capitol Police that House Dems can access the footage. This GOP propaganda stunt can't go unanswered:https://t.co/kgB421Ru6i

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 23, 2023

Let’s don’t, and say we did.

Kevin McCarthy as Speaker:
1) Set up an insurrection protection committee
2) Snuck insurrectionist Matt Gaetz onto committee in last minute swap
3) Provided video that will disclose how to disable defenses to pro-insurrection propagandist

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 20, 2023

This gives you an idea of what you can learn about a single camera by looking at several hours of footage (including how to disable it).

Now imagine this a thousand times over. pic.twitter.com/ol8R8QfXQn

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 21, 2023

Sargent argues doubling down on a bad decision is fighting fire with fire. Except no news outlet is going to review 41,000 hours of tape (Carlson’s claim) and spend days/weeks on a dedicated program picking excerpts for publication/broadcast.

Carlson will, and besides his meager audience and Twitter, who pay an attention to Carlson? Is the MSM really going to engage an endless round if responses to Carlson’s shows? Doesn’t that just elevate Carlson?

I have the J6C report; I’ll read that. Even fewer people want to see more selected scenes than will read that report.

Quit giving Carlson the attention. He’s not worth it. It’s bad enough McCarthy gave this stuff to Carlson. Another wrong won’t make it right.