{"id":1196925,"date":"2022-01-07T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196925"},"modified":"2022-01-07T13:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:04:24","slug":"nolte-ted-cruz-stepped-in-the-medias-trap-and-tucker-carlson-closed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-ted-cruz-stepped-in-the-medias-trap-and-tucker-carlson-closed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolte: Ted Cruz Stepped in the Media&#039;s Trap, and Tucker Carlson Closed It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnolte-ted-cruz-stepped-in-the-medias-trap-and-tucker-carlson-closed-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">What happened to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) this week is a significant victory for the corporate media and a perfect illustration of how the media trick Republicans into damaging themselves.<\/p>\n<p>What we saw at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was nothing close to a terrorist attack or an insurrection or Pearl Harbor or 9\/11. It was a mostly peaceful protest where a bunch of yahoos turned violent. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s all it was. Unfortunately, things went too far, and the lawbreakers are being punished.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Obviously, the riot was not pre-planned, for had it been, maybe one person \u2014 just one \u2014 would have been armed. Maybe one person \u2014 just one \u2014 would have been charged by the left-wing Department of Justice with terrorism or sedition or insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, but the corrupt media and the Democrats \u2014 the same corrupt media and Democrats who cheered on and encouraged months of riots in more than a dozen Democrat-run cities that included organized attacks on state capitols \u2014 have worked diligently to pressure people into falsely describing an anti-vote fraud protest that got out of hand as terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>How do the media do this? Well, it\u2019s very simple. All of the establishment media, and I mean <em>all of the media<\/em> \u2014 every newspaper, TV network, and cable channel \u2014 conspire to gang up on anyone who refuses to go along with this false narrative. People are bullied and insulted and attacked. But \u2026 and this is most important \u2026 an escape hatch is offered: <em>Just say what we want you to say, and we\u2019ll leave you alone. Hell, we might even praise you.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But that escape hatch is The Trap, and the moment you fall for it, you are pretty much doomed. Why? Because it will never be enough. What I mean is this\u2026 If you agree, as Cruz has, to lie about January 6 being a \u201cterrorist attack,\u201d the media will move into phase two, which is to demand you criticize those in your own party who won\u2019t do the same. This not only puts you in the position of having to either 1) criticize members of your own party or 2) look like a weasel while refusing to criticize them, but it also angers your voters, which damages your, say, presidential chances.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3512681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP_579967789549.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3512681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP_579967789549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What\u2019s more, nothing angers the GOP base more than watching one of our own give credibility to media lies.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I\u2019ve seen this happen to Republicans a thousand times. But not of late. Other than quislings like Rep. Liz Cheney (Sellout-WY), when it comes to handling the fake media, the GOP is much-improved these last few years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17251850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Liz-Cheney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17251850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Liz-Cheney.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) questions witnesses during a hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. Members of law enforcement testified about the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol. According to authorities, about 140 police officers were injured when they were trampled, had objects thrown at them, and sprayed with chemical irritants during the insurrection. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) questions witnesses during a hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well, you can only imagine how happy the media are today after watching Cruz, a GOP superstar, implode last night on Tucker Carlson\u2019s Fox News show.<\/p>\n<p>As he has done <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/ddale8\/status\/1479454720569794562?s=21\">in the past<\/a>, earlier this week, Cruz once again falsely described the January 6 riot as a \u201cviolent terrorist attack.\u201d Only this time, he said it on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and people took notice, including Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>So in an effort to clean up his cucky mess, Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/01\/06\/ted-cruz-backtracks-on-claim-january-6-was-a-violent-terrorist-attack-during-confrontation-with-fncs-tucker-carlson\/\">appeared<\/a> on Tucker\u2019s show and tried to backtrack with the ludicrous claim his comments were \u201csloppy\u201d and \u201cfrankly dumb\u201d and a \u201cpoor choice of words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson was having none of it. \u201cI guess I just don\u2019t believe you,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I mean that with respect because I have such respect for your acuity and your precision.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19394290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CruzCarlson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19394290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CruzCarlson.jpg\" alt=\"Carlson Cruz\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz on FNC, 1\/6\/2022<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>And now the corporate media <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/01\/ted-cruz-begs-tucker-carlson-terrorists-january-6-capitol-police.html\">are<\/a> gleefully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/ted-cruz-grovels-to-tucker-carlson-over-jan-6-e2-80-98terrorist-attack-e2-80-99-remark\/ar-AASw9sj\">piling on<\/a> as Cruz\u2019s presidential aspirations shift from contender to Liz Cheney Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Well, why wouldn\u2019t the media gloat and pile on? They have been trying to destroy Cruz for the better part of a decade. And now, he\u2019s self-immolated on their behalf. It was bad enough he chose to buy into their narrative, but now he\u2019s been caught dissembling with this nonsense about a \u201cbad choice of words\u201d when he\u2019s been using those same words for a year.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, and this is what hurt him most of all, he now looks weak, caught off guard, like someone who can\u2019t handle the media, like someone who will fall apart under the media pressure ala Mitt Romney and John McCain during their failed runs at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The sad thing is that all Cruz had to do was stick by his guns. Instead of breaking weak with this false claim of being \u201csloppy,\u201d he should have said, <em>The definition of terrorism is committing violence in pursuit of a political outcome, and that\u2019s what I saw at the U.S. Capitol that day. Not everyone. A large majority were peaceful. But in my book, those who were violent were committing the very definition of terrorism. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>He could have threaded that needle. People like me might have disagreed, but there was ground for him to stand on. The fact he didn\u2019t have the savvy to do that and, instead, chose to quibble and deceive and basically melt down is another strike against him. We need our presidential candidates to be able to outfox the left-wing media, to be strong and savvy, and able to think on their toes and stay out of their traps.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, Cruz had 24 hours to come up with a response and still blew it, still made it worse, and now, on top of our disgust at watching him fall into the media\u2019s trap, we\u2019re questioning his poise and competence.<\/p>\n<p>The real bad news for Cruz is that this isn\u2019t over, not by a longshot. He walked into a media trap a blind man could see and then made it worse by trying to squirm his way out.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow John Nolte on Twitter <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NolteNC\"><em>@NolteNC<\/em><\/a>. <em>Follow his Facebook Page <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnNolteNC\/?skip_nax_wizard=true\"><em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happened to Sen. 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