Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor 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 the free-speech rights of 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.
They were charged in June on rape and human trafficking offenses — both deny the charges — and were released from house arrest last week.
Carlson and Tate were discussing free-speech issues, and Tate brought up the case of internet platforms like YouTube banning Jones, the far-right conspiracy figure who was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims over his lies about the 2012 deadly massacre. “You don’t have to agree with everything Alex Jones says.
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