NYT: Tucker Carlson Is Secret Source For “Leftist” Media

The New York Times reports:

If you are a Tucker Carlson viewer, you may also be asking: How can the guy who tells you every night that the media is lying be texting with the enemy?

The answer is one of Washington’s open secrets. Mr. Carlson, a proud traitor to the elite political class, spends his time when he’s not denouncing the liberal media trading gossip with them.

He’s the go-to guy for sometimes-unflattering stories about Donald J. Trump and for coverage of the internal politics of Fox News (not to mention stories about Mr. Carlson himself).

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Without commenting in any way about anyone’s sourcing… allow me to note that it is a reoccurring theme in today’s politics that some of the people who complain most about the media are the ones talking to reporters on the DL. https://t.co/WqwOKw70HL

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 21, 2021

Well that escalated https://t.co/RidbBfoBfw pic.twitter.com/RLA2jo8czs

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) June 21, 2021