“Offense Archaeology:” How Digging Up Past Sins Became a Political Weapon for the Left and the Right

Last week, nonprofit Media Matters for America, which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Far Left, unearthed statements Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Far Right media bias) made on a shock jock radio show between 2006 and 2011. The reveal was designed to put pressure on advertisers to drop Carlson’s show, and many of them have.

Unearthing old comments made by public figures with the intent to incite outrage or economic consequences has been referred to as “offense archaeology,” a term coined by Leftist writer Freddie deBoer. In many...