Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday criticized Tucker Carlson for airing a lengthy interview with Kanye West, saying the rapper was not a credible figure.
On Newsmax, the host Eric Bolling start the segment by recording how anti-Western comments made in the interview has been edited from what is shown above Tucker Carlson Tonight. Bolling cited The Daily Beast’s report on Monday that Fox executives are “out of breath” about leaking those unwanted clips. He then turned to O’Reilly to take on the story.
“I’m not going to interview him for two minutes,” said O’Reilly, whose opinion differed from Bolling, who said he understood why Carlson chose to speak to a “news player.” big in this country”.
“I know it’s extraordinary for anyone to sit there for more than two hours doing an interview,” O’Reilly said. “I don’t know what that is all about. I don’t know why that’s necessary.”
Carlson practically devoted his entire 8 p.m. show on October 6 to his conversation with West, who tried to justify wearing “White Lives Matter” shirt. The next night, the rapper, who was now with Ye, strangely suggested that people at a clothing company gave advance notice of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, earlier this year.
O’Reilly later explained that if he had been in Carlson’s position, he would have informed his audience of West’s objectionable comments and “probably” wouldn’t have aired any calls either. any interview.
“But then again, I wouldn’t interview him anyway,” O’Reilly continued. “I don’t care if he’s a close friend of the conservative Bernie Sanders, the libertarian or the socialist. In my opinion, that man is not reliable to spend time on a news program when we have a country falling apart. Bolling, come on! “
After Bolling noted West’s status as a black billionaire that conservatives might identify, such as the way “he said the culture of the awakening was ruining the country,” O’Reilly continued. not convinced.
“This is the mistake everyone in the cable news is making: Who cares if Kanye West is saying bad things about awakened leftists?” he exclaimed. “The people who care are conservatives, not the general public – it doesn’t matter to your life.”
