TUCKER: HOW TRUTH BRINGS STRENGTH | Crossroads Tonight

vaccinated the nation, transformed the economy, earned historic legislative victories and midterm results, but the job isn't finished. I mean, it is finished for Tucker Carlson. What do you want about it like that? Like you think that's not reasonable? Give me a break. You think that's not reasonable? Well, the glee of journalists losing their voice is being applauded by other journalists. The president also appears to be celebrating this. Now, of course, keep in mind, this is not necessarily partisan either. Trump similarly criticized the press and also celebrated the failures of news outlets that were critical of him. I mean, I've also been guilty of this in some cases. But the firing of Tucker seems to be different for some reason. We still don't know the full story of why he parted ways with Fox News. Let's be clear on that. Public statements really have kept it pretty vague. But what we do know is that shortly after leaving, Tucker posted a video on Twitter that currently has over 23 million views. He really struck a chord with the nation. And what he spoke about are the problems in the media, political establishment, and interestingly, the very issue of truth. Watch this. The first thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. They're completely irrelevant. They mean nothing. In five years, we won't even remember that we had them. Trust me, as someone who's participated. And yet at the same time, and this is the amazing thing, the undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future, get virtually no discussion at all. War, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources. When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? It's been a long time. Debates like that are not permitted in American media. Both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them, and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it. Suddenly, the United States looks very much like a one-party state. That's a depressing realization, but it's not permanent. Our current orthodoxies won't last. They're brain dead. Nobody actually believes them. Hardly anyone's life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue, and so it won't. The people in charge know this. That's why they're hysterical and aggressive. They're afraid. They've given up persuasion. They're resorting to force. But it won't work. When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time, the liars who've been trying to silence them shrink, and they become weaker. That's the iron law of the universe. True things prevail. What we're really debating as a society is what truth is. Who should determine what is true? And also, whether truth that contradicts set narratives should be permitted by the state. That's really what we're talking about. It comes down to the idea of whether truth is powerful enough to expose disinformation, as they call it, or whether actual truth is more important than convenient lies. The truth is powerful. The legacy of human philosophy tells us this, and the annals of history also show it. Tucker also noted this in the Heritage Foundation speech shortly before he left Fox. But there is in one case someone who I made fun of on television, and certainly in my private life in vulgar ways, who was really the embodiment of everything I found repulsive, who in the middle of COVID decided, no, I'm not going along with this. And once you say one true thing and stick with it, all kinds of other true things occur to you. The truth is contagious. Lying is, but the truth is as well. And the second you decide to tell the truth about something, you are filled with this, I don't want to get supernatural on you, but you are filled with this power from somewhere else. Try it. Tell the truth about something. You feel it every day. And the more you tell the truth, the stronger you become. Now, in a way, Tucker is being seen as the modern Icarus. He flew too close to the sun, and his fall from mainstream TV is being portrayed both as a cautionary tale, but also a type of martyrdom for those who've dared venture beyond the boundaries of all the established narratives. Most of the world, let's face it, has been facing this exact challenge over the past few years. Everyone had to themselves weigh the risks or benefits of getting vaccinated. Everyone had to weigh the truths or falsehoods of political scandals that we saw under Trump and now under Biden. Discernment and choice are the driving forces of elected government. The ability of the public to choose what they believe and what not to believe are what informs their votes. And that's also what decides the direction of our country. And like him or not, believe him or not, what Tucker did was question the narratives on both sides of the political establishment. He questioned Ukraine. He questioned Big Pharma. He received and then published videos that challenged the narratives on January 6th. All the sacred cows. And that often went against his self-interest. That led in one way to fewer advertisers wanting to sponsor his show. That led to big tech platforms openly saying that they will censor content like that. But by doing so, he also became an anomaly among the mainstream voices. And that raises an important question for us as a country. Should we be allowed to see information that we may not believe in? Is a threat of disinformation so serious that certain opinions and perspectives should be forbidden? What do we risk without information that challenges what we're told is absolute? Without journalists who break from the pack? What you're left with are just journalists who toe the line. The risk is that it ends with a glorified state media whose expected role is to maintain political accountability and transparency instead replaced with keeping the public subdued. Journalists are always accountable to someone. And if it's not to the public, then the question is to whom do they serve? And also without a dedication to truth. Can we trust that what they say is true?