Did Fox News Incite Violence Before Jan. 6 as Rep. AOC Claims?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Fox News (Right Bias) and Tucker Carlson (Right Bias) of inciting violence and called on Congress to hold media companies accountable through legislation.
Key Quote: In an interview with MSNBC (Left Bias), Ocasio-Cortez said, “I believe that we leave it to the courts to solve issues that politics is really supposed to solve, that legislating is supposed to solve. We have very real issues with what is permissible on air, and we saw that with January 6th and we saw that in the lead up to January 6th, and how we navigate questions, not just a freedom of speech but also accountability for incitement of violence. This is the role we have to really explore through law as well.”
For Context: Ocasio-Cortez was asked about the settlement announcement in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, in which Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million dollars. Dominion accused Fox News of defaming the company by covering allegations of voter fraud and election tampering in the 2020 election.
Response From the Right: An analysis from The Blaze pointed to Ocasio-Cortez’s “inability to provide such examples” of incitement of violence on Fox News. An opinion piece in the Washington Examiner (Lean Right Bias) accused Ocasio-Cortez of hypocrisy, asking how “any member of the Democratic Party” could “claim to oppose the incitement of violence following the explosion of racialized violence across the country from 2020 onward?”
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From the Left
AOC Calls Out Fox News, Tucker Carlson for ‘Incitement of Violence’
During a discussion of Fox News’ recent $787.5 billion settlement with Dominion over the network’s false claims of voter fraud, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that certain Fox News hosts, including Tucker Carlson, used “incitement of violence” ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
“We have very real issues with what is permissible on air,” the Democratic representative said during an interview on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that aired Sunday. “We saw that with Jan. 6 and we saw that in the lead up to Jan. 6 and how we...
From the Center
AOC: We Need Legislation To Solve The Problem Of FOX News Being Allowed To "Incite Violence"
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told MSNBC's Jen Psaki on Sunday morning that holding media companies accountable for "incitement of violence," like with regard to January 6, 2021, for example, is something that Congress should "explore through law."
"Very often, I believe that we leave it to the courts to solve issues that politics is really supposed to solve, that legislating is supposed to solve," she said about the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against FOX News.
"When it comes to broadcast television, like FOX News, these are subject to federal...
From the Right
AOC suggests government should drop hammer on Fox News for 'very clearly' inciting violence — but there's a glaring problem
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) suggested Sunday the federal government needs to regulate Fox News because the network is "very clearly" guilty of inciting violence.
The problem, though, is that Ocasio-Cortez did not provide any evidence to back her claim.
What did AOC say?
MSNBC host Jen Psaki asked Ocasio-Cortez about Fox News' $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems and whether the company erred by not forcing Fox News to acknowledge "that they lied."
In her response, Ocasio-Cortez said the case "raises much larger questions," including what content is "permissible" for...
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