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Fox News host Tucker Carlson triggered liberals after a segment on his show exposing NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny for allegedly targeting supporters of President Donald Trump.
NBC News and colleagues of Zadrozny quickly came to her defense after Carlson focused on her work during “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Wednesday, explaining that her job “is personally seeking out and identifying information about anonymous Trump supporters online.” Conservative firebrand Michelle Malkin backed the accusations against Zadrozny in her own social media comments following the program.
Carlson spoke with Darren Beattie from Revolver News, who said Zadrozny was “doing everything she can to unearth anonymous Trump supporters basically so she can ruin their lives.”
“Why would NBC News be doing something like this?” the Fox News host, who had quoted Zadrozny on her methods, asked.
(Source: Fox News)
Zadrozny and journalists like her are attempting to “crush the rebellion of the American people against their corrupt ruling class associated with the victory of Donald Trump,” Beattie told Carlson as they noted how phone records, property records and “even Amazon wish lists” have been accessed to identify anonymous Trump supporters.
“There’s one aspect of this story that may be even more disturbing than what you described,” Beattie continued, explaining that the NBC News reporters “used this term ‘disinformation’ as a pretext to go after Trump supporters and destroy their lives.”
“Disinformation is this new buzzword, the new pretext used to silence Trump supporters What is especially dangerous about this is that it brings this force to bear in a national security context, disinformation is a national security term. It invites the force of our own national security apparatus to silence Trump supporters domestically,” he added.
“For a news organization to work in concert with the federal agencies to repress dissent domestically, I never imagined that would happen, but that is happening,” Carlson remarked.
NBC News PR and many others took to Twitter to defend Zadrozny and attack Carlson for the segment.
Brandy is an incredible and meticulous reporter. We’re proud to call her our colleague. https://t.co/nECCUMPbkt
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) October 22, 2020
Carlson was slammed over the “disgraceful” segment by Zadrozny’s NBC colleague Ben Collins who accused Beattie of “tweeting retributively” after she reached out to him for a story she was doing.
Tucker Carlson is devoting an entire segment to attacking my colleague, Brandy Zadrozny, for doing actual reporting, like using public records to confirm identities of people who create harassment campaigns.
It’s disgraceful.
She’s the best reporter I know. I’m with her 1000%.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 22, 2020
Collins slammed the “hideously unethical segment” and claimed Zadrozny was “using basic reporting tools.”
In conclusion, the guy who Tucker had on his show to rail against Brandy for being a reporter had this incredibly normal image of her made for his site today.
I think it’s pretty badass, personally. Making it is not normal, but I think she should frame it. pic.twitter.com/Z8zPcerO0Q
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 22, 2020
Dozens of others also came to the reporter’s defense, happy to pile on Carlson and Beattie for the segment.
“One of the finest reporters we have, bar none, and this is bullying garbage,” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes tweeted.
“She handles a tough beat with tenacity & grace, and we’re all better for having her out there telling the truth,” the official Twitter account for MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Brian Williams” declared.
Others also chimed in to defend Zadrozny.
It’s a privilege to be able to work with @BrandyZadrozny, who has taught everyone at NBC News how to be a better journalist in difficult times. There’s no one better at digging through malice and deception to find the truth.
— David Firestone (@fstonenyc) October 22, 2020
Remember, friends, that despite their rhetoric, people who pull stunts like this aren’t doing it because they want our country to become a better, more understanding, freer place. They’re doing it for personal gain and personal gain alone.
— Nina Jankowicz (@wiczipedia) October 22, 2020
This is not a controversy where both sides have a point; @BrandyZadrozny is a great journalist and a woman of enormous personal integrity and Tucker Carlson looks like he became aggressively constipated after compulsively eating the minutes of John Birch Society meetings
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) October 22, 2020
But conservative author and commentator Michelle Malkin threw cold water on the left’s fire against Carlson and Beattie who reported on the “crucial unmasking” of the “left-wing political hitwoman.”
Malkin linked to her own story on the reporter whom she called out as someone who “masquerades” as an NBC journalist while she “targets patriots, medical freedom advocates & dissident right through doxxing, defaming & deplatforming.”
MUST SHARE: @DarrenJBeattie posts crucial unmasking of left-wing political hitwoman @BrandyZadrozny, who masquerades as @NBC journalist. She targets patriots, medical freedom advocates & dissident right through doxxing, defaming & deplatforming. #ExposeBrandyZadrozny https://t.co/heGBdrr2ti
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 21, 2020
Malkin called attention to how Twitter came to Zadrozny’s aid after Beattie exposed her “sleazeball tactics.”
“Silicon Valley & corporate media election meddling & information rigging on steroids!” she tweeted.
/3 Watch how @twitter comes to the aid of @nbcnews hitwoman @brandyzadrozny — whose sleazeball tactics @darrenjbeattie is exposing for all. Silicon Valley & corporate media election meddling & information rigging on steroids! https://t.co/cqQKvd4KXM
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 21, 2020
After promoting the Carlson segment, Malkin also told her 2.2 million Twitter followers that she would be keeping a “running list” of Zadrozny’s victims.
5/Victims coming forward to #ExposeBrandyZadrozny.
I’ll keep running list:
a) @ColumbiaBugle
b) Family of Najee Jackson Jr. https://t.co/WllrovXH1i
c) Black Trump supporter and online friend of @Cernovich – https://t.co/4cepfzmkfv
d) @justiceforevee
e) @laurel_austin— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 22, 2020
We have filed petition in the court against NBC News (including Brandy Zadrozny) for invasion of privacy and public defamation for SUCCESSFULLY treating my sons vaccine injury with alternative treatment!
💙 https://t.co/BPez62q0mE— Laurel 💫 Austin (@Laurel_Austin) October 22, 2020
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