The White House said on Wednesday that Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson "is not credible," after the right-wing commentator showed footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol that portrayed rioters as peaceful.
"We agree with the chief of the Capitol Police and the wide range of bipartisan lawmakers who have condemned this false depiction of the unprecedented, violent attack on our Constitution and the rule of law – which cost police officers their lives," White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement.
"We also agree with what Fox News's own attorneys and executives have now repeatedly stressed in multiple courts of law: that Tucker Carlson is not credible," Bates added.
The Biden White House has tread carefully in its criticism of Fox's coverage of the 2020 election and its aftermath in the past, sometimes citing the Hatch Act that prevents administration officials from speaking about campaign-related matters.
Carlson has defended his decision to run the footage, saying it was needed for transparency.
"Anyone could look at the tape and decide what he or she thinks of it," he wrote in a piece on the Fox News website late on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Joe Rogan was left outraged after watching Tucker Carlson’s January 6th video, saying the footage was “different than what we were being told it is.”
During the Wednesday episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, he spoke with author Michael Malice about the current state of politics and culture. One topic that arose during their conversation was Carlson’s video featuring January 6th footage to which he was given access by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
“Let’s just be real clear. You shouldn’t break into the fucking Capitol building. You shouldn’t be trying to overthrow the government. You shouldn’t be trying to like, get out there and say that the election was false when you don’t exactly know,” Rogan clarified before they dove into the topic. Rogan added that January 6th “wasn’t a good look for America.”
“Everybody’s up in arms because it’s coming from Tucker. But it should be coming from the New York Times too. It should be coming from everybody. It says this is video footage of this guy, and it’s a thing that’s different than what we were being told it is,” he said.
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