A video has resurfaced online showing right-wing host Tucker Carlson warning about the dangers of conspiracy theories – as he continues to use his platform on Fox News to push a false narrative about the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
“In a democracy, it is vital that people have, that citizens have, a common frame of reference for reality,” Carlson said in a clip from a speech in 2006.
“There has to be a place where all citizens can go, and look at facts about what happened yesterday, and say, you know what, I agree that that’s probably roughly what happened,” he added.
The footage, posted on Twitter this week, comes as Carlson faces fierce bipartisan backlash for misrepresenting the January 6 Capitol insurrection to his viewers.
Watch the clip below.
Tucker Carlson 14 years ago: "In the absence of any universally recognized standard or source of news, what happens?….All sorts of crazy conspiracy theories bloom and take the place of facts." pic.twitter.com/3BWLbs5Clz
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) March 8, 2023
