In a Monday appearance on Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson TonightLiberal media hate object Kyle Rittenhouse did more than just announce that he would sue the media for all the lies they had spread about him. Instead, he and his legal team had set up an organization, The Media Accountability Project (TMAP), that would take up his cases and the cases of others who the media heinously targeted with lies and misinformation in an attempt to ruin their lives.
And that’s exactly what Rittenhouse promised ahead of the appearance. “Accountability is coming” he exclaimed multiple times in tweets. Such lawsuits were hinted at back in November when Rittenhouse told Carlson he felt the media were “defaming” him and hurting his future.
“Me and my team have decided to launch The Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court,” he told Carlson Monday night.
Carlson was curious as to why there wasn’t already an organization that handled this kind of thing already. Rittenhouse didn’t know but he was adamant that he didn’t want other innocent people to be victimized by the liberal media:
CARLSON: Why isn’t there a group like this that exists already, since the media so often are not observers, they’re players, they’re participants in the news, why hasn’t someone done this before?
RITTENHOUSE: That’s a good question, Tucker, and I’m not sure, to be honest. However, I do not want anyone else to have to go through what I did. They must be held accountable because they didn’t do the right thing. I wouldn’t wish for anyone else to suffer what I did.
On his short list of people, the organization is looking to sue on his behalf, Rittenhouse said they’re “looking at quite a few politicians, celebrities, athletes, Whoopi Goldberg is on the list.”
That specific callout of Goldberg was because “[s]he called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers.” That also included “Cenk [Uygur] from The Young Turks, they called me a murder before a verdict and continues to call me a murderer.”
And for those who called him a “white supremacist,” Rittenhouse warned: “They’re all going to be held accountable and we’re going to handle them in a courtroom.”
In Daily MailNicholas Sandmann, a former student at Covington Catholic High School, wrote an opinion piece before Rittenhouse’s trial ended. He advised Rittenhouse about how to sue the media and how to get ready for the challenges and triumphs.
“Again, the chances are still low and nothing is guaranteed in a defamation trial. Kyle should also be prepared for a long trial which will be present in his mind for years,” Sandmann said, noting he still had six outstanding suits after three years. “So, if Kyle is prepared to take on another burden in his early life, with the acceptance that it might result in nothing, I answer, give it a shot and hold the media accountable.”
It was widely believed that Rittenhouse would take on the liberal media machine himself. But few foresaw an organization dedicated to combating the media’s lies to spring from it.
Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:
Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight
February 21, 2022
Eastern Time: 8:41.05 PMTUCKER CARLSON: I can’t think of many people who’ve been at receiving end of this much sinister lying from so-called news organizations as you have. I don’t know how you will respond.
KYLERITTENHOUSE (Well Tucker, thank-you for having us). My team and I have launched The Media Accountability Project to raise funds, hold media responsible for their lies and bring them to justice.
CARLSON: Interesting. The idea being that you might sue news agencies that lie about other people, perhaps like Covington Catholic children, is this the plan?
RITTENHOUSE: Yes, sir. We’re going to be holding them accountable, Tucker.
CARLSON: Do you – I guess I have to ask kind of a dumb question — Why isn’t there a group like this that exists already, since the media so often are not observers, they’re players, they’re participants in the news, why hasn’t someone done this before?
RITTENHOUSE: That’s a good question, Tucker, and I’m not sure, to be honest. However, I do not want anyone else to have to go through what I did. They must be held accountable because they didn’t do the right thing. I wouldn’t wish for anyone else to suffer what I did.
CARLSON: Yeah. They tried to imprison you for the rest of your life; it wasn’t coverage it was advocacy. There are many potential victims to sue you. Will any of these news agencies be sued?
RITTENHOUSE: Well, right now we’re looking at quite a few politicians, celebrities, athletes, Whoopi Goldberg is on the list. Following my conviction by a jury composed of my peers, she called myself a murderer. That was what she kept saying, as well as other things, like Cenk of The Young Turks. Before a verdict they called me murderer and still call me that.
CARLSON: Interesting. What about those who called you a white-supremacist? It makes it very difficult to find a job for your entire life if this is you. What will you do?
RITTENHOUSE: Absolutely. We are going to hold everybody who’s lied about me accountable. So, for example: Everybody who claimed I was a white supremacist. They’re all going to be held accountable and we’re going to handle them in a courtroom.
CARLSON. A Kyle Rittenhouse. Media Accountability Project. And, of course, we’re rooting for justice like we always are. We are grateful. We are glad to have you.
RITTENHOUSE – Thank you Tucker. TMAP.org allows anyone to donate and join the fight.
TUCKER: Thanks a lot.
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