 As Fox News hosts continue to criticize vaccine mandates as some sort of a liberal authoritarian plot I find it really fascinating how they're all remaining conspicuously silent on the policy instituted by their employer Fox News because believe it or not the vaccine policy at Fox News is even more strict than the one put into place by the Biden administration and the White House actually praised Fox News sarcastically of course for instituting their own version of a vaccine mandate and The company was even called out by a former Fox News host Eric Bowling quote Fox was attacked from the right by a former employee Eric Bowling now on the conservative network Newsmax Bowling said Wednesday night that network leaders are pushing the wrong policies So while Fox hosts bemoan and complain about the liberals who are forcing Americans to get vaccinated They themselves are doing the same thing and that is the textbook definition of hypocrisy He said and Eric Bowling may be wrong about virtually every other issue But when it comes to the hypocrisy of Fox News's hosts, he's absolutely correct here This is hypocritical So why won't Fox hosts condemn their company's policy or even at a minimum address it well finally one of them decided to speak up Tucker Carlson, of course and What he says here is interesting because he doesn't actually condemn Fox News's policy Rather, he chooses to deny that they have a vaccine mandate Altogether this I always get a kick out of Fox News Fox News requires vaccinations for all employees Give me a break Fox News Now to be clear we just have a show on this channel That's it. We don't run the company and we would never presume to speak for the company But as a factual matter what Joe Biden just said is completely untrue. It is a lie Period we can say that with authority since we work here Every day literally alone among big media outlets Fox News defends this country's most basic civil liberties What we used to refer to is the bill of rights To cynical authoritarians like Joe Biden and the ghouls around him like Susan Rice That just can't be genuine They assume the people you see on Fox News must be pretending pretending for money or prestige or ratings or something else But they are wrong. We are not pretending at all. It's real Oh, is that so? Well, then I'm sure you'd have no problem disclosing your vaccination status, right Tucker Yeah, didn't think so. He's not going to do that because then he looks like a gigantic fraud because we all know I know it. You know it. He knows it that he is vaccinated. I'm sure he was vaccinated as soon as he became eligible He's vaccinated But if he tells the truth about his vaccination status, then after fear margarine about the covid-19 vaccines He looks like a fraud to his audience and furthermore It's really hard to believe that Fox News doesn't have the sort of a policy When there's evidence that they have this policy and Fox News themselves They put out this video Where they've celebrated their 25 year anniversary and would you look at that every single person is wearing masks every single person So Tucker knows what he's doing, but I mean he's a propagandist So what he could do is just uh pretend like he is as principled as he is in actuality and he could just say look I'm not vaccinated. We know that that's uh, you know, that's not true But you know, he might not want to do that because perhaps he has an issue with lying I mean, I lie if I'm really cornered or something I lie Oh, okay. Well, then never mind But look, maybe it's the case that checker Carlson hasn't actually gotten vaccinated We don't know because he hasn't disclosed his status yet But in the event he hasn't gotten the vaccine and he actually is walking the walk Well, then uh, here's What his life is like working at Fox News As Justin Bargona of the daily beast explains while fox has boasted that over 90 of its staffers are vaccinated It is not requiring all of its employees to get the shot Instead the company is requiring daily testing for those who refuse to get the jab or haven't revealed their vaccination status So technically you could still work at Fox News and not be vaccinated But if that's the case then you will be subjected to daily COVID-19 tests And let me remind you that that's more strict than the policy put into place by the Biden administration So osha is going to mandate that uh companies with more than 100 employees If they don't require vaccines and they subject those employees to weekly COVID-19 testing But Fox News is saying if you're not going to get the vaccination Or you're not going to tell us what your vaccination status is You're going to get tested every single day to continue working here But yet Tucker Carlson hasn't spoken out against that And you know, you can make the case that technically this isn't a real mandate since there is a test out option But Tucker Carlson says that the Biden administration's policy is effectively a vaccine mandate and that it's bad So if that is a vaccine mandate and it's draconian then by his own standards The fox news vaccine mandate or vaccine policy, whatever he wants to call it Is worse. It's orders of magnitude worse. So based on his own standards based on his principles He should be more outraged at the vaccine policy of his employer than the one instituted by the white house But yet he won't condemn fox news and now when he finally addresses it. He just denies He's lying. We know he's lying So the question is if he's really a principled truth teller Why won't he call out his employer if you're as against vaccine mandates as you say you are wouldn't it be logical To condemn your employer It just it doesn't make sense why he won't do this. It's almost like he's full of shit And usually I don't go out of my way to share msnbc clips because I have my issues with that network as well But there's a clip from uh, chris haze, which is really worth sharing because he kind of Calls Tucker Carlson's bluff. He says listen If you truly believe that the vaccines are bad and vaccine mandates are bad, then of course You have no choice. You have to call out your employer. Otherwise you look like a fraud. Take a look I think Tucker Carlson is going to quit fox news Now hear me out, okay Fox news as I've told you is running one of the most destructive disinformation campaigns. I've ever seen It's exacerbating one of the deadliest periods in american history Media matters found the channel pushed claims undermining vaccines 99 of the days in the past six months and the hosts over there are strenuously opposed to vaccine mandates or requirements, right? They let you know every chance they get Joe you canceled all medical freedom today with your broad edict and your mandates when you start diving into private business That's where the rubber hits the road. This is tyranny And it's getting more and more aggressive. This is autocracy It is the beginning of the communist style social credit system These demands are so obviously irrational That forcing you to accept them without complaint is the whole point of the exercise It is a form of sadomasochism. It is dominance and submission It's about power if they can make you take medicine. You don't want or need they've won You are theirs. You belong to them Sadomasochism spicy Tucker would willingly suffer in such submission It's why fox news has been celebrating the very brave resistors in other organizations who have resigned from their jobs Were gotten fired or placed on some kind of leave rather than get the vaccine or be owned They brought on nurses and teachers even an army lieutenant colonel But their newest champion is someone at another cable channel espn a host their name sage steel Who is now suspended from being on air partly for appearing on a podcast and going after her employer for mandating vaccines I think to mandate. I respect everyone's decision. I really do but to mandate it is Sick and it's scary to me in many ways But I have a job a job that I love and frankly a job that I need but again, I love it I just um, I'm not surprised it got to this point, especially with disney. I mean a global Okay, so as you just saw there espn's sage steel had the courage of her convictions She got vaccinated because they required her but then she went and she called out her employer's vaccine mandate even though It got her suspended which naturally made her a hero at fox news I think sage is brave for being willing to say exactly what she thinks. I agree with everything sage said I don't think it makes sense for uh for espn to be mandating the vaccine for employees I think they should be allowing employees to make their choices The irony here again is that none of these people clay travis brine killmeade to tucker carlson have shown that same bravery to call out their own network and their own employer The fox news vaccine requirement is stricter than the one proposed by president joe biden and described as tyranny and creeping communism fox is requiring unvaccinated employees to be tested every day And inside the buildings. I mean just look at this video of the opening of their newsy tc bureau Everyone is wearing masks and are most likely also vaccinated or getting tested every day because that is what their company is mandating Now tucker carlson has been the most vocal anti vaccination voice in american media And unless he just does not actually believe any of the stuff he's saying And it's all just a craven cynical act for ratings while he himself is vexed and people die needlessly by the thousands He might just be highlighting all those other people who showed actual courage As he works up his own courage, you know kind of through osmosis to walk out Because if you truly believe you are suffering under the Sado masochistic heel of a tyrannical employer Even if they are paying you lots and lots of money Even if you don't want people to think you're a total fraud Then you have got to have the guts To call out fox news or resign in protest. There's no other option. It's the only way forward You can do it. Tucker I believe in you Yeah, but he's not going to do that if he really felt as strongly about vaccine mandates as he says he does He would quit he would resign in protest But he's not doing that because tucker carlson is a disingenuous Bad faith actor and he knows his role. He's a propagandist the words that come out of his mouth I don't know how much of it he believes But either way this should prove to everyone that he's a bullshitter But fox's audience doesn't know about the vaccine policy at fox news fox's audience Doesn't know or even probably think about the prospect of tucker carlson himself being vaccinated So while tucker carlson tells them how bad vaccine mandates aren't how bad the vaccine is They're gonna listen meanwhile. He's protected At his place of employment everyone's wearing masks everyone's vaccinated or testing daily He's vaccinated most likely and so, you know, he he'll say one thing But his actions don't line up with his words And that is by definition fraudulent So, uh, it's this is really interesting I don't think this was a good idea for him to address this because it just It makes him look like a bigger fraud than he already did But still I mean, um, I think that this will appease his audience So in the end it's not gonna hurt him or his ratings, but either way if you still Think that tucker carlson is some sort of a brave truth teller you have been duped