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Ben Smith Outs Media-Basher Tucker Carlson as a Top Source For Reporters
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By Sarah Rumpf Jun 20th, 2021, 10:41 pm
New York Times media columnist Ben Smith posted an article about “one of Washington’s open secrets,” that Fox News’ top-rated host, Tucker Carlson, frequently gossips with the same liberal media outlets he denounces nightly on his show, on topics ranging from former President Donald Trump to Fox News’ “tumultuous internal politics.”
“Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists ‘Animals.’ He’s Also Their Best Source,” was Smith’s headline, detailing how multiple journalists described the juicy info Carlson fed them over the years:
He’s the go-to guy for sometimes-unflattering stories about Donald J. Trump and for coverage of the internal politics of Fox News (not to mention stories about Mr. Carlson himself). I won’t talk here about any off-the-record conversations I may have had with him. But 16 other journalists (none from The Times; it would put my colleagues in a weird position if I asked them) told me on background that he has been, as three of them put it, “a great source.”
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By Sarah Rumpf Jun 20th, 2021, 10:41 pm
New York Times media columnist Ben Smith posted an article about “one of Washington’s open secrets,” that Fox News’ top-rated host, Tucker Carlson, frequently gossips with the same liberal media outlets he denounces nightly on his show, on topics ranging from former President Donald Trump to Fox News’ “tumultuous internal politics.”
“Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists ‘Animals.’ He’s Also Their Best Source,” was Smith’s headline, detailing how multiple journalists described the juicy info Carlson fed them over the years:
He’s the go-to guy for sometimes-unflattering stories about Donald J. Trump and for coverage of the internal politics of Fox News (not to mention stories about Mr. Carlson himself). I won’t talk here about any off-the-record conversations I may have had with him. But 16 other journalists (none from The Times; it would put my colleagues in a weird position if I asked them) told me on background that he has been, as three of them put it, “a great source.”
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Just wondering.
