Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who was ousted by the network this spring, took aim at colleagues of his former employer for not stepping up to defend fringe conspiracy-monger Alex Jones. On the latest episode of his show on X (formerly Twitter), Carlson hosted Tristan Tate, who along with his brother Andrew Tate was arrested in March 2023 by Romanian authorities. “You don’t have to agree with everything Alex Jones says. He said, I hate Alex Jones, but Alex Jones should be allowed to talk, everyone should be allowed to talk in the town square,” calling Jones “a warrior.”“No one defended him,” said Carlson, speaking about Jones getting kicked off YouTube for violating the platform’s hate-speech rules. In June, Fox News sent a cease-and-desist letter to Carlson after he launched “Tucker on Twitter”; since then, he has released 13 additional episodes.

Source: Fox News August 08, 2023 07:54 UTC