Just how mobilizing is the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal for the GOP media? Take one look at the TV coverage to see.
Fox's Tucker Carlson secured exclusive access to Rittenhouse and members of his defense team. According to this new promo video, Carlson's crew was filming with Rittenhouse during the trial, showing him in a wholly sympathetic light. The crew was also with him right after the not-guilty verdict was handed down on Friday. A staffer could be heard off-camera asking "How you feel, man?" -- and that's when Rittenhouse, riding in an SUV, says "The jury reached the correct verdict. Self-defense is not illegal. And I believe they came to the correct verdict."
Fox announced that Carlson "will conduct an exclusive interview" with Rittenhouse, with a portion airing on Monday night, "followed by a Tucker Carlson Originals documentary on Fox Nation in December." So this entire ordeal is being used to drive subscriptions for Fox’s streaming service
CNN's Chris Cuomo already had Rittenhouse attorney Mark Richards booked on Friday night, so when the Carlson promo came out, Cuomo decided to ask him why Fox was allowed to embed. "I did not approve of that. I threw them out of the room several times," Richards responded. The attorney said he wasn't opposed to Fox, per se, he was opposed to any TV crew. But, he said, the defense was crowdfunded: "The people who were raising the money to pay for the experts and pay for the attorneys were trying to raise money, and that was part of it."
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