{"id":2250304,"date":"2024-05-22T12:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-slams-newsweek-smear-as-scheme-to-restart-government-surveillance\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:18:57","slug":"tucker-slams-newsweek-smear-as-scheme-to-restart-government-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-slams-newsweek-smear-as-scheme-to-restart-government-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker criticizes Newsweek for plot to revive surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Ftucker-slams-newsweek-smear-as-scheme-to-restart-government-surveillance%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=2250304&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>Former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson\u200c accused\u200c Newsweek of \u200dfabricating a\u200b report to justify government surveillance, alleging his show\u200b aired in Russia. Newsweek \u200binitially\u2064 claimed Carlson launched a show on Russian TV, later retracting the statement. Carlson denounced Newsweek&#8217;s motives, suggesting it as a\u200c ploy \u2062to allow monitoring\u2064 of \u200bhis personal \u2064communications under FISA. \u2064In\u200c response, Carlson \u200clabeled the allegations as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-desantis-goes-off-on-biden-for-considering-domestic-travel-restrictions-on-florida-we-will-act-swiftly\/\" title=\"WATCH: DeSantis Goes Off on Biden For Considering Domestic Travel Restrictions on Florida, \u2018We Will Act Swiftly\u2019\">completely absurd<\/a>.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson accused Newsweek of attempting to give the federal government reason to spy on him with a fabricated report of his show airing in Russia. On Tuesday, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/tucker-carlson-launches-show-russian-state-tv-russia-24-1903045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported <\/a>Carlson launched a show on Russian state television before <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/news\/wex\/newsweek-walks-back-report-of-tucker-carlson-launching-russian-tv-show\/article_a96afae7-bbce-5f3f-86c8-767a257c8361.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">walking the claims back<\/a> hours later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTucker Carlson launches show on Russian state TV,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-headlines-hide-fact-that-kyle-rittenhouses-self-defense-claim-was-made-abundantly-clear-in-court\/\" title=\"Media Headlines Hide Fact That Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s Self-Defense Claim Was Made Abundantly Clear In Court\">original headline read<\/a>. According to Newsweek, footage of Carlson\u2019s X show aired on Russia 24 and was translated into Russian. The magazine changed the headline Tuesday night to \u201cTucker Carlson Show Aired By Russian State TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewsweek is very obviously trying to give the Biden administration a pretext to read my personal communications under [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act],\u201d Carlson told RealClearPolitics. \u201cTotal bullsh-t in every way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#8220;Total bullshit in every way,&#8221; Tucker Carlson tells me of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Newsweek<\/a> claims that he launched his show on Russian state TV. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Newsweek is very obviously trying to give the Biden administration a pretext to read my personal communications under FISA. It\u2019s pretty dark.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eXm1l07qp0\">pic.twitter.com\/eXm1l07qp0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1793016956880040342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In another statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/analysis\/no-tucker-carlson-didnt-just-launch-a-show-on-russian-state-television\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>, Carlson called the report of his launching a show in Russia \u201ccompletely absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReporters are so dishonest and stupid,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cI\u2019ve never even heard of this channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek published a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/tucker-carlson-russia-tv-show-rossiya-24-1829559#:~:text=Tucker%20Carlson%20Speaks%20Out%20About%20%27New%27%20Primetime%20Show%20in%20Russia,-Published%20Sep%2025&#038;text=Tucker%20Carlson%20denied%20any%20knowledge,producing%20on%20X%2C%20formerly%20Twitter.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story<\/a> last September reporting Russian media had begun broadcasting Carlson\u2019s X program on the state-controlled airwaves.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt has since emerged that the Russian state TV channel has begun airing clips from Carlson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-detention-for-alleged-proud-boy-whose-lawyer-blames-trump-for-capitol-incident\/\" title=\"Judge Orders Detention for Alleged Proud Boy Whose Lawyer Blames Trump for Capitol Incident\">social media show<\/a>, which the commentator said had been done without his \u2018knowledge or approval,\u2019\u201d Newsweek reported last year. \u201cCarlson has often been accused of playing into Russian propaganda, but he has stopped short of appearing as a paid host on Russian TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Fox News host Tucker Carlson says a government whistleblower told his team that the NSA is spying on his team&#8217;s electronic communications and is &#8220;planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqOf6jndFC\">pic.twitter.com\/DqOf6jndFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielchaitin7\/status\/1409669997002051586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Carlson <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/29\/tucker-carlson-bidens-nsa-is-illegally-spying-on-me-and-i-can-prove-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused <\/a>the National Security Agency (NSA) of spying on him three years ago when a whistleblower preemptively leaked details of the federal surveillance operation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-jim-acosta-admits-to-media-bias-against-the-president\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019S Jim Acosta admits to media bias against the President\">cable news anchor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NSA \u2014 the National Security Agency \u2014 is monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air,\u201d Carlson said in June 2021. \u201cThe whistleblower, who is in a position to know, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explosive-tucker-carlson-accuses-biden-administration-of-spying-on-him\/\" title=\"EXPLOSIVE: Tucker Carlson Accuses Biden Administration Of Spying On Him\">repeated back<\/a> to us information about a story that we are working on that could have only come directly from my texts and emails. \u2026 The NSA captured that information without our knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpying on opposition journalists is incompatible with democracy,\u201d Carlson added. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Carlson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/07\/07\/tucker-carlson-putin-interview-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempting<\/a> to arrange an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (The conservative podcaster ultimately aired a sit-down <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/14\/critics-of-tucker-carlsons-putin-interview-get-the-content-and-context-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discussion <\/a>with Putin in February of this year.) Carlson <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/28\/tucker-carlsons-fox-departure-signals-the-end-for-corporate-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abruptly left <\/a>Fox News in April last year after leading as network television\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markjoyella\/2021\/04\/27\/tucker-carlson-leads-fox-news-to-big-win-in-april-prime-time-ratings\/?sh=17705e266cb2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no. 1<\/a> cable news host for years.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson accused Newsweek of provoking government surveillance by falsely claiming his show aired in Russia. Newsweek initially reported Carlson&#8217;s alleged show on Russian TV, but retracted the statement shortly after. 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