Tucker Carlson featured Kyle Rittenhouse in first interview after sentencing: He was a ‘sweet kid’
Kyle Rittenhouse’s tribute took to new heights Monday night when Tucker Carlson used Fox News’ top-rated primetime show to give the teen even more praise.
None of that is particularly surprising, given how Carlson has covered the case before. But it shows how the dominant right-wing media sector, led by Carlson, is continuing to work to elevate Rittenhouse as a role model for others. People like Carlson are not only advocating the general concept of vigilante justice, they are actively promoting it.
But Turner’s microphone is paler than Carlson’s. And it’s hard to see Carlson’s interview with Rittenhouse, in which he (presumably) attacks the news media and others, as something other than a triumph. …
“I don’t think he’s a crazy right winger”
An hour after Rittenhouse’s interview with the most famous right-wing conspiracy theorist in the business aired, his attorney, Mark Richards, appeared on CNN and described his client in one way or another. is different. Chris Cuomo asked about Carlson, Fox News, and whether Rittenhouse is affiliated with such forces in the right-wing media. Richards replied: “I don’t think he is… I don’t think he’s a crazy right-winger.”
Cuomo then asked Richards about Rittenhouse’s ionization: “What kind of message do you think this will send?” Cuomo asked, noting how some gun stores are advertising sales tied to Rittenhouse’s name and how a GOP lawmaker offered him an intern job. “Is that something Kyle endorses?” Richards replied, “I don’t think that’s what he espouses. I think it sends a message that certain people are idiots…”
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