Tucker Carlson issues vague threat to reporters who exposed his white supremacist head writer
Carlson: “When we pose as blameless in order to hurt other people, we are committing the gravest sin of all and we will be punished for it”
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From the July 13, 2020, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight:
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Over the weekend you may have seen stories about a writer on the show called Blake Neff.
For years, since he was in college, Blake posted anonymously on an internet message board for law school students. On Friday, many of those posts became public. Blake was horrified by the story and he was ashamed. Friday afternoon, he resigned from his job.
We want to say a couple of things about this. First, what Blake wrote anonymously was wrong. We don't endorse those words. They have no connection to the show. It is wrong to attack people for qualities they cannot control.
In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born. We often say that because we mean it. We will continue to defend that principle, often alone among national news programs, because it is essential, nothing is more important. Blake fell short of that standard and he has paid a very heavy price for it.
But we should also point out to the ghouls now beating their chests in triumph at the destruction of a young man that self-righteousness also has its costs. We are all human.
When we pretend we are holy, we are lying. When we pose as blameless in order to hurt other people, we are committing the gravest sin of all and we will be punished for it. There's no question.