“CLICKBAIT CARLSON” GOES TOO FAR: Tucker Carlson Parrots Hamas Propaganda and Gives Platform to a Palestinian “Priest” Who Applauded October 7 Massacre

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” – 1st Timothy 4:1

“The LORD has chosen Israel to be a special people unto Himself, ABOVE ALL the nations that are upon the earth.” – Deuteronomy 14:2

PJ MEDIA reports: I used to enjoy the occasional Tucker Carlson monologue on Fox News. His content was usually pointed and amusing and delivered with a breezy charm. I rarely bothered with a Tucker Carlson interview. As an interviewer, too often, I found him strangely incurious and glib instead of breezy.

But his recent interview with “Reverend” Munther Isaac was so much worse than merely glib or incurious.

Carlson chose to interview Isaac to find out how the Jewish State of Israel treats Christians. Isaac is a “priest” who neither lives nor works in Israel and who uses the loaded phrase “Occupied Palestine” as his location on his Twitter/X profile. He is a Palestinian Christian from Palestinian-controlled Bethlehem, where Christian ministers serve at the mercy of the Palestinian Authority.

These things would have been nice to know before, during, or even after the interview. Barring providing context, Carlson could have conducted a second interview with a Christian priest who actually does live and work in Israel. Or could have spoken to them both at the same time in a discussion/debate format. Or Carlson could have at least asked Isaac more pointed and revealing questions.

But he did none of these things. Why not?

Joel Pollack wrote that Carlson “says he is concerned about Christians; I’ll accept that. But there’s no excuse for this.”

For what it’s worth, Palestinian Authority propagandist Husam Zomlot endorsed the biased interview, calling it “an important interview and a powerful voice.”

But there’s more…

Did Carlson not know before he chose to interview Isaac that Bethlehem was 80% Christian before the Palestinian Authority took it over, and now it is 80% Muslim? Was he unaware before the interview that the Arab world has been on a decades-long ethnic cleansing of Christians from their ancient communities in the Middle East and North Africa?

If he did know these things, why didn’t he bring them up with his guest, or at least during his opening or closing remarks, to give his audience the necessary context?

If Carlson did not know these things, why did he choose to conduct a potentially important interview glibly unprepared? I’m reminded of Carlson’s February show trip to Russia, from which he returned somehow still unfamiliar with the phrase “Potemkin Village.”

Richard Hanania, founder of the Center for Study of Partisanship and Ideology, correctly pointed out, “Israel is the only country in the Middle East region where a Christian pastor can complain about his government and keep his head. This would be good context to provide.”… (Continue reading)