Tucker Carlson, who was confronted at a Montana fishing shop mere months ago and called âthe worst human being known to mankind,â has shared some immediately-called-out thoughts about lying.
During an appearance on Dave Rubinâs podcast Sunday, which was flagged by Media Matters, Carlson expressed his concerns over perceived falsehoods being shared on air via CNN. And in the process, he admitted that he, himself, lies.Â
âHow do you think they live with themselves at this point, when they just lie again and again and we have the internet to expose the lies?â Rubin asked.
Carlson replied, âI lie if Iâm really cornered or something. I lie. I really try not to. I try never to lie on TV. I just donâtâI donât like lying. I certainly do it, you know, out of weakness or whatever.â
Carlson continued in the segment, arguing mainstream media tries to âprotect and guard the powerfulâ and that he no longer uses his program to target people who arenât powerful. Recently on air, the Fox News pundit claimed that Democrats and the CDC âhave been lying about COVID and the vaccineâ and that Dr. Anthony Fauci âcreated COVID,â as well as making controversial remarks about the police officers who testified after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.Â
âAnd everyone who works on our show is very aware of the most basic rule, which is donât piss down,â he said in the below segment. âDonât attack people beneath you. If youâre gonna, you know, take a punch, make sure itâs upwardâsomeone who is rich or stronger, more powerful, in charge of more things than you are.â
Check out part of the segment below, and see what people on Twitter are saying about Carlsonâs admission of lying.Â