One didn’t need to watch the recent conversation/confrontation between Tucker Carlson and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, which created a storm of controversy. The tone and nature of the conversation were predictable. But having watched it, it was breathtaking nevertheless to see Tucker use every canard imaginable as evidence of his antisemitic pedigree. Despite claiming that he’s just asking questions, he comes across as prosecutor, judge, and jury.

The confrontation probably didn’t move anyone who is a rational thinker, other than to think of Tucker as a bottom-feeding faux-journalist. It probably didn’t move any of Tucker’s amen corner of trolls. Their comments are truly frightening. And his comments create a level of incitement that is unprecedented for someone not wearing a white hood.

Billed as an “interview,” it was really more of an ambush. Tucker pounced out of the gate to attack Huckabee from multiple angles, in a program that lasted more than two hours. Tucker’s comments billed under the banner of concern for America ranged a wide perspective of lies and antisemitic tropes. Sadly, all very predictable and part of Tucker’s MO.

One unusual thing was that Tucker used his bully pulpit of being the host, not simply to present the conversation, but leading it (and the viewers) with 25 minutes of ranting at the outset; not a three to five or even seven minute intro, but a full 25 minutes barrage, nearly 25 percent of the length of the entire conversation with Huckabee, telling you what to look for. If he ever feigned journalist objectivity, this was thrown out the window before the confrontation even began.

Without even discussing the........

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