Part 5/11:
The Media's Role and the Failure of Conservative Gatekeeping
An essential part of this critique concerns perceptions of media figures like Tucker Carlson. Hansen criticizes Carlson for a perceived lack of rigor in challenging controversial guests like Nick Fuentes, a known white nationalist and Holocaust denier. Hansen points out that figures like William F. Buckley historically used rigorous cross-examinations to discredit fringe elements—model behavior absent in recent interviews.