Monday during his opening remarks, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson criticized high-profile attorney Lisa Bloom for the public stands she takes as a “fiery champion of the oppressed,” which is often at odds with who she has taken on as a client. The host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” called Bloom the “Al Sharpton of the feminist movement.” Partial transcript as follows: Celebrity lawyer Lisa Bloom sells herself as a fiery champion of the oppressed. Bloom once sued the Catholic Church over its sex abuse scandal. She sued the Boy Scouts because of the time they didn’t admit girls. She represented one of Bill Cosby’s accusers and three women who said Bill O’Reilly sexually harassed them. She is on television all the time — the Al Sharpton of the feminist movement. And in the case of Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom took the side of the predator over the prey, likely because the price was right. In the original New York Times piece exposing Weinstein’s behavior, Bloom appears as Weinstein’s attorney, advisor, confidante, explainer in chief. She tried to explain away his behavior as the fumblings of the confused relic from an earlier age. In her words, an old dinosaur learning new
