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Personally, I find this development unethical....not to mention unwise and imprudent
If I owned WaPo, or NYT, PBS, NBC, or any other large organizations capable of professionally and securely reviewing this footage then I'd have lawyers filing for access in a micro-second. This is government property.....if it is given to one for-profit entity...then others too should have access.
I'd hope to hear the McCarthy justification for releasing to Fox and Carlson, most especially after what was released by the court last week.
For me, it is a WTF!-moment.
Why not release to all?
Or why not release to a selected group so that there is cross-vetting?
Why to just one network and one widely-recognized as partisan media personality?
Now, I have no idea what is portrayed in those 41,000 hours. I would expect the vast majority is just empty corridors or sidewalks. Surely there will be some hours of violent action....as we have seen across many platforms and venues since the insurrection/riot/sedition occurred.
My concern is the competency, motives, and ethical-character of Carlson and Fox. Last week's court release of Fox's communications about 'The Big Steal'...and their enabling of the players advancing it was disturbing.
Let's watch to see how the rest of the media....Fox's RightWing competitors, and Fox's MSM national competitors react tomorrow.
I will not be surprised if this is a "bumpy ride" for Kevin McCarthy