Chris Cuomo claims Tucker Carlson's show should come with a disclaimer from Fox News' lawyers

Chris Cuomo railed against Fox News on Cuomo Prime Time Wednesday, for not warning viewers about arguments network lawyers made in court concerning primetime opinion host Tucker Carlson. Last year, Fox won a defamation lawsuit by arguing in court that no reasonable viewer would take Carlson seriously, and the judge agreed. The judge came to the conclusion that the general tenor of Carlson’s show should inform viewers that he’s not stating actual facts. Cuomo brought this up following Carlson’s claim a night earlier that FBI operatives, not Trump supporters, were responsible for the Capitol insurrection on January 6.

“He is getting something wrong and he probably knows it is. Here's what should bother you. His employer said in open court that he is not to be taken seriously. Do they put that on that screen when he is putting out that BS? No,” Cuomo said, later adding. “Why aren't they telling you, ‘Don't take this man as truthful? Because we said in open court, he is not to be believed by reasonable people.’ They said it.”

And Cuomo chided the network for not informing their audience of the argument their own lawyers made in court.

“That guy should have on his screen that he is not to be taken as serious,” Cuomo said. “That's what they argued in open court. They should own it. They are a disgrace for not doing it.”

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CHRIS CUOMO: Here's what should bother you-- his employer said in open court that he is not to be taken seriously. Do they put that on that screen when he's putting out that BS? No.

CHRIS CUOMO: On "Cuomo Primetime" Wednesday, Chris Cuomo responded to "Fox News" host Tucker Carlson's assertion that the FBI was responsible for the January 6 insurrection, not Trump supporters. Cuomo called out "Fox News" for not warning viewers that no reasonable person would take Carlson seriously, as network lawyers argued in court last year to win a defamation lawsuit.

CHRIS CUOMO: Why aren't they telling you, don't take this man as truthful because we said in open court he is not to be believed by reasonable people? They said it.

KYLIE MAR: Without providing evidence, Carlson argued, "that anyone listed anonymously as an unindicted co-conspirator must have been an FBI agent." Former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe briefly joined Cuomo, and cleared up for Carlson why some people are labeled as unindicted co-conspirators.

ANDREW MCCABE: At the time the indictment is written and signed off by the judge, there are people who need to be referred to in the indictment just to make it a coherent story so it makes sense. But who the government is not prepared to charge at that time following Fox News' argument in court, the judge concluded that the general tenor of the show should inform viewers that Carlson is not stating actual facts. And Cuomo chided the network for not informing their audience of their own argument.

CHRIS CUOMO: That guy should have on his screen that he is not to be taken as serious. That's what they argued in open in court. They should own it. They are a disgrace for not doing it.