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Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson criticized MSNBC weekend host Joy Reid for her claim of being a victim of hacking and a “disinformation campaign.” Archived versions of her blog showed the use of homophobic slurs a decade ago. Carlson said the hacking claim was a “crock” and “a childish lie” that one would have to be a “moron” to believe. “It was a total crock, and we know it was a crock because Reid’s blog posts were archived by other websites including the Library of Congress in Washington all the way back to 2006. That means in order for her claims to be true, which they are not, the secret hacking plot must have begun at least 12 years ago before anyone knew or cared who Joy Reid was. That’s a lie. It’s a childish lie. You would have to be a moron to believe it. Yet she’s telling it.” Carlson went on to slam NBC for endorsing Reid’s explanation and reminded viewers that despite being a news organization, NBC was endorsing this “lie.” Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter @jeff_poor

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Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged that President Donald Trump had a legitimate gripe with the U.S. Senate for the manner in which the appointments for administration are facing confirmation. However, McConnell said Senate Democrats were to blame, and he put the tally for cloture on debate for these nominations at 88 times. “We’ve actually gotten a lot of nominations this year, but the president has a very legitimate complaint. I’ve had to file cloture. — that’s the device by which you stop debate — 88 times in the Trump administration. That’s more than the last six presidents, in the first two years, together. So the Democrats do have an opportunity to slow the process. We’re working very hard to truncate that. For example, we’re having the two votes tomorrow because they’ve decided not to use all the time they could have used. We decided to put the pressure on. It’s a legitimate complaint.” Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter @jeff_poor