In a recent article by Paul Joseph Watson, we are told that a former army psy-ops officer has authored a scathing commentary on the firing of Tucker Carlson. While it is not clear to this or possibly any reader why an army psy-ops officer should have more credibility than anyone else, the article praises Carlson and portrays him as a victim of Democrat malice. This article is a thoughtful assessment of Tucker’s important place in the realm of public commentary. Nevertheless, we should be striving for some perspective on the issue of Carlson’s termination from Fox News.
We have come a long way from Walter Cranky Cronkite, Tom Broken Brokaw, Dan Rather Not, and a few other news pontificators from my younger days. At that time, there were only a few “talking heads” when compared to today’s bombardment of news and views in the public square.
During that earlier period reporting had a distinct partisan slant. The commentators were generally center-left or “liberal” and were post-New Deal Democrat consensus builders. They would not be challenging Pres. Johnson’s Great Society as creating dependency and as a giant step towards socialism, but with classic liberal naivete would see the Great Society as merely an extension of American compassion.
However, the inherent leftism of our major network newscasters of an earlier era would be revealed by their anti-McCarthyism and their bias against Richard Nixon because of his work on the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigations. (Nixon later would try to redeem himself in the eyes of the “liberals” by recognizing Communist China and by surrender -- oops I meant “pulling out” -- of Vietnam. But it was too late. The progressive “center” had already determined that Nixon -- that right-wing fanatic -- had to go!!)...............To Read More....
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