Rand Paul demands NSA investigation.

Originally posted by Raptor22
"Why it matters: The senator sent a letter to Gen. Paul Nakasone of the National Security Agency, casting doubt on the NSA’s public denial of spying on Carlson and defending the Fox News host as a journalist who should be protected by the First Amendment."

And yet

"Now comes the claim that you can't expect to literally believe the words that come out of Carlson's mouth. And that assertion is not coming from Carlson's critics. It's being made by a federal judge in the Southern District of New York and by Fox News's own lawyers in defending Carlson against accusations of slander. It worked, by the way."

"Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

"Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye

Nothing like the ol classic tale of Schrödinger's Carlson. When Tucker is inside your tv he can be both a journalist and not a journalist at the same time.

Originally posted by Raptor22
"Why it matters: The senator sent a letter to Gen. Paul Nakasone of the National Security Agency, casting doubt on the NSA’s public denial of spying on Carlson and defending the Fox News host as a journalist who should be protected by the First Amendment."

And yet

"Now comes the claim that you can't expect to literally believe the words that come out of Carlson's mouth. And that assertion is not coming from Carlson's critics. It's being made by a federal judge in the Southern District of New York and by Fox News's own lawyers in defending Carlson against accusations of slander. It worked, by the way."

"Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

"Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye

Nothing like the ol classic tale of Schrödinger's Carlson. When Tucker is inside your tv he can be both a journalist and not a journalist at the same time.

If the NSA are found innocent, Carlson could get sued for slander. Oooh, ethneo’s reaction would be interesting.

Tucker's defense is basically: "Tucker is just a clown and any reasonable person would not take him seriously."

Yeah, but this is Rand Paul who called for this. Is he going to be the next “RINO” because ethneo lost again? ermhappy

Oh snowflake lefties lol.

Originally posted by Blakemore
Yeah, but this is Rand Paul who called for this. Is he going to be the next “RINO” because ethneo lost again? ermhappy

In this case, Trumpers will side with Carlson/Rand and do their "something, something, deep state" or similar rants.

Originally posted by Robtard
Tucker's defense is basically: "Tucker is just a clown and any reasonable person would not take him seriously."

Pretty much.

Think of it this way: The opinion section of the newspaper is held to a different standard than the news sections. All pundit are "opinion".

Or that's the standard defense.

Which I won't say slander charges can't stick though, we shall see.

Originally posted by Robtard
The claim from Tucker Carlson is that the NSA is spying on him and Rand Paul is calling for an investigation based on Carlson's claims, yeah?

In this case, Trumpers will side with Carlson/Rand and do their "something, something, deep state" or similar rants.

Tucker>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blakey, Robbie, and pooty COMBINED. ✅

Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Tucker>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blakey, Robbie, and pooty COMBINED. ✅

The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

"Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."

laughcry

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Ps. Omg, would you stop keylogging me I'm very aware of the consequences of my actions. I have better interpersonal skills than anyone on my case

You misspelled‘president’

Alexis Toon demands that Rand Paul get ****ed.

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Originally posted by Robtard
Tucker's defense is basically: "Tucker is just a clown and any reasonable person would not take him seriously."

It was found out that Tucker did have his name released from the NSA when they were listening in to conversations.........

I don’t think that qualifies as spying. Saying a person’s name regarding what you’ve described as “conversations” is not spying. I could say Robtard said some shit about Carlson. That doesn’t mean I’m spying on robtard or robtard is spying on Carlson.

So the NSA can absolutely listen to calls made to foreign countries that are of concern BUT they are not supposed to release the name of US citizens in said call.

So yes the NSA did absolutely breach the protocols meant to protect US citizens apparently Tucker was trying to get an interview with Putin.

I’m so confused. An investigation is not spying. Ffs.

It wasn't an investigation, Tucker tried to reach putin for an interview, it flagged the NSA which then intercepted his call. That's a tried and true practice it's legal. What's not legal is releasing the name of the US citizen that made the call, calling for an interview isn't illegal, NSA capturing the call isn't illegal, NSA releasing the name of the US citizen isn't legal.