SNewsmax has been flooding the zone over a controversy in which the head of the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, refused to sufficiently denounce white supremacist and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes following praise of him by Tucker Carlson. Here’s what Newsmax did in the first couple weeks of the scandal::
- Outrage as Heritage’s Roberts Backs Tucker, Fuentes in Anti-Israel Attacks
- Dershowitz to Newsmax: ‘Shame on’ Carlson, Fuentes Backers
- Rep. Crenshaw: ‘Moral Clarity’ a Must Against Carlson, Fuentes
- Mark Levin Slams Tucker Carlson: ‘If You’re a Jew Hater, You’re a Christian Hater’
- ZOA Calls on Heritage President to Retract Support for Tucker or Resign
- Amid Antisemitism Controversy, a Top Official at Heritage Resigns
- CUNY Professor to Newsmax: Heritage’s Response to Carlson Controversy ‘Vile’
- Savage to Newsmax: Antisemitism Is a ‘Toxic Movement’ in the GOP
- Jewish Advocates to Newsmax: GOP Must Reject Fringe Wing
- Rep. Fine to Newsmax: GOP Must Stand Against Antisemitism
- NY Post: Top Board Member Wants Heritage’s Roberts to Resign
- WSJ Slams Heritage for Defending Fuentes, Carlson
- Santorum to Newsmax: Heritage Chief ‘Missed It’ on Carlson Defense
- Jewish Leader Hoenlein Shocked Heritage Backs Tucker Claims
- Dershowitz to Newsmax: GOP Must Distance Itself From Carlson
- Leading Rabbi Resigns From Heritage’s Task Force Over Roberts Remarks
- 3 Resign From Heritage Antisemitism Panel Amid Flap
- ZOA’s Mort Klein Warns Heritage Foundation of Breakup
- Heritage Staff Revolts, Demands Roberts Resign at Forum
- More Jewish Leaders Resign From Heritage Foundation
- ZOA’s Morton Klein Calls on Heritage’s Roberts to Resign, Group Losing Millions Over Tucker Carlson
- Heritage Rocked as Antisemitism Task Force Quits Think Tank
- Goldfeder: Heritage’s Roberts Betrayed Conservative Values
- Rabbi Menken: Heritage’s Moral Collapse ‘Threat to American Civilization’
- Moon to Newsmax: Heritage ‘Has a Real Opportunity to Lead’ (though “a task force dedicated to fighting antisemitism co-founded by Moon will keep its distance”)
- Michele Bachmann Resigns From Heritage Foundation Task Force
- Mark Levin: Tucker Carlson ‘Modern-Day David Duke’
- WSJ Editorial Again Hits Kevin Roberts for Carlson Silence
- WSJ Editor Baker: Battle Over Heritage Foundation ‘Good Against Evil’
- Jewish Scholar Bernstein to Newsmax: Why I Quit Heritage
Duvi Honig also wrote in his Nov. 4 column:
If we truly want to honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy, we must separate his message of engagement and empowerment from those who weaponize grief to advance darker agendas.
We must reclaim our moral voice — to say that antisemitism, no matter who speaks it, is a red line that decent people never cross.
By contrast, the Media Research Center has virtually censored the Heritage scandal. The only reference to the scandal in its first cou0ple of weeks was a Nov. 8 column by Jeffrey Lord that only obliquely mentioned it:
I’ll leave it to others to analyze the Tucker, Fuentes interview and the substance of their talk. Although I have to say that giving a self-professed Nazi any attention at all, knowing all the utter evil that Naziism has been responsible for in history, is wildly not a good idea. Particularly when it comes from someone of Tucker’s stature. But this is a media column, and it is very safe to say that, while not much is focused on the fact, one very interesting and unremarked fact here is how this story made so much serious news to begin with. Its reverberations reaching all the way back to roil the massive, conservative quarters of The Heritage Foundation in Washington.
The obvious here? Podcasts have changed the media world. Anyone, anywhere – Tucker Carlson in this case – can sit out in the figurative or even literal woods, talk into a home microphone or microphone and camera combination and let loose with their take on the latest events in the world. A computer button is pressed and – wham! His or her views on whatever have just gone viral, thanks to the wizardry of the 21st century podcast.
[…]The podcast, edited or unedited by the podcaster as he or she chooses, is here. It has taken over – and it’s here to stay.
Whether anyone else likes it – or not.
That’s right — Lord turned a legitimate criticism of Carlson platforming Fuentes into a statement on the power of podcasts. Interesting.