It’s an unnerving feeling to find myself in agreement with Tucker Carlson, but it’s not unfamiliar. By my count, the last time was 2003 and the U.S. was embroiled in a Middle East quagmire. “I supported the war,” the conservative commentator, who was then chasing mainstream media success in a perch at CNN, told the New York Times of the 2002 US-led invasion of Iraq, “and I now feel foolish.” This time around, the U.S. is fully backing an unprovoked Israeli attack on Iran. And Fox News, Carlson said this week of his former employer, “is trying to lay the groundwork for American intervention.”
It’s how Donald Trump, a man who pledged no new wars on the campaign trail, has ended up on the verge of entering a new war less than six months into his presidency. According to reports, Trump’s heavy consumption of Fox News coverage is increasing his appetite for direct military engagement. Since my own obsession with Fox News might rival Trump’s, I've seen how the network’s one-sided coverage has unfolded from the beginning.
