Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, 1 week after Dominion settlement

[jwdub12]

6 minutes ago, pomchop said:

I am sure fox can recruit plenty of "rigged election" conspiracy theory right wing idiots to spout all their garbage....after all there seems to be no shortage of rubes for the con men to suck $$ from with their hate and lies.  Maybe they can even give donnie his own program to sit and whine every night about how everyone is always picking on him.

 You can't fix stupid.

[Hanaguma]

14 minutes ago, pomchop said:

I am sure fox can recruit plenty of "rigged election" conspiracy theory right wing idiots to spout all their garbage....after all there seems to be no shortage of rubes for the con men to suck $$ from with their hate and lies.  Maybe they can even give donnie his own program to sit and whine every night about how everyone is always picking on him.

You certainly seem rather incensed about the situation.  Perhaps a symptom of the problem in the US is that people resort to name calling at the drop of a hat and retreat to their safe zones- both right and left. 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Link required.

I never saw such and I watched a lot of Fox when I was in Chiang Mai.

It’s those goggles you were wearing.

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, Credo said:

Tucker is a horrible person.  He made racism OK and brought it along with numerous conspiracies into the homes of millions of viewers.  Many of those people weren't haters, but a steady diet of hate got them there.  

Have you got any links to back up such accusations?

[JonnyF]

Whatever you think of his politics, he is brilliant at what he does and is sure to be in huge demand.

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, Credo said:

Tucker is a horrible person.  He made racism OK and brought it along with numerous conspiracies into the homes of millions of viewers.  Many of those people weren't haters, but a steady diet of hate got them there.  

Its was a twisted ideology that he promoted:

 

It’s an ideology that panders to many Americans’ bigoted and xenophobic impulses, their resentments and their grievances. It welcomes in voices denounced by others as racist, and delights in mocking “woke” liberals. It promotes conspiracy theories. It admires foreign leaders denounced by others as authoritarians. It denounces “elites,” the traditional establishments of both parties, and the long-held commitments of US foreign policy.

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/4/24/23696053/tucker-carlson-exit-fox-news-populism

 

Good riddance to him

[Jingthing]

35 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Whatever you think of his politics, he is brilliant at what he does and is sure to be in huge demand.

So was Goebbels.

[Hanaguma]

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So was Goebbels.

...and so we have a winner in the Godwin's Law sweepstakes!

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

You certainly seem rather incensed about the situation.  Perhaps a symptom of the problem in the US is that people resort to name calling at the drop of a hat and retreat to their safe zones- both right and left. 

yes i do get a bit incensed when a major network spreads lies about a rigged election and seems to belittle and excuse attempted coups.....that is not name calling it is simply a FACT ....too bad so many people just seem to see such behavior as acceptable and normal.  It is neither.

[OneMoreFarang]

Why is anybody missing that serial liar who on air supported that other serial liar who still wants to be president?

Do people still believe any of them? Why?

Or do these people prefer to live in ignorance?

 

The earth is flat, let's look for people who confirm my opinion. Yeah, sure. 

[Berkshire]

2 hours ago, Credo said:

Tucker is a horrible person.  He made racism OK and brought it along with numerous conspiracies into the homes of millions of viewers.  Many of those people weren't haters, but a steady diet of hate got them there.  

True.  Hard to know if he believes what he was spouting, e.g., he claims to support Trump but in private hated the guy.

 

Fact is, Tucker's aim in life was to profit by making Americans hate each other.  The dude was good at his job.

[heybruce]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

At least it was more than balanced than CNN IMO. Certainly more entertaining and didn't rely on bashing Trump to get viewers.

 

Tucker getting the heave ho is going to make a lot of posters on AN happy, going by past comments, but I liked his shows, though he could have worked on more than one expression.

Did you like his shows because they were entertaining, or did you actually think they were informative.

 

If the Tuck show had been properly billed as entertainment, or very clearly presented as opinions, not facts, it would have been acceptable.  Unfortunately many people thought it was a news program.

[heybruce]

Ding dong the Tuck is gone,

Which old Tuck, the lyin' Tuck,

Ding dong Tucker Carlson's gone...

[Eric Loh]

The Abby Grossberg's lawsuit against Tucker for alleged sexism could the the proverbial straw that had Fox ousting him. Just one too many for Fox to back pedal their battered image. Now Tucker will have to foot his own legal fees to defend himself. Karma is a sweet revengeful bitch. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-abby-grossberg-lawsuit.html

[vandeventer]

I wonder if Tucker and Don Lemon might form their own Media news. Now that would be some unbiased news.

[Credo]

1 minute ago, vandeventer said:

I wonder if Tucker and Don Lemon might form their own Media news. Now that would be some unbiased news.

I don't have a big problem with bias.  Bias is easy to spot and easy to deal with.  Lying and giving false information is a whole different creature.  

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Whatever you think of his politics, he is brilliant at what he does and is sure to be in huge demand.

Well he’s a very good liar, I’ll give you that.

[Chomper Higgot]

45 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Did you like his shows because they were entertaining, or did you actually think they were informative.

 

If the Tuck show had been properly billed as entertainment, or very clearly presented as opinions, not facts, it would have been acceptable.  Unfortunately many people thought it was a news program.

Recall the rightwing cry of ‘Fake News’.

 

It was another of their accusation confession things.

[Emster23]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

yes i do get a bit incensed when a major network spreads lies about a rigged election and seems to belittle and excuse attempted coups.....that is not name calling it is simply a FACT ....too bad so many people just seem to see such behavior as acceptable and normal.  It is neither.

Amen. And those ill informed who say "CNN is just the same, but for liberals"..... did CNN have to fork out 3/4's of a billion dollars for spreading lies? Fox doesn't have to pay that for spreading the truth

[Berkshire]

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Russia Today?

[Tucker Carlson received an offer from Russian state media after Fox News announced it would part ways with the longtime host on Monday.]

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tucker-carlson-gets-an-offer-from-russia-state-media/ar-AA1ahHcI?ocid=wispr&cvid=4a6520fca89e45fdaadb1d8444f22687&ei=63

 

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

[Tucker Carlson received an offer from Russian state media after Fox News announced it would part ways with the longtime host on Monday.]

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tucker-carlson-gets-an-offer-from-russia-state-media/ar-AA1ahHcI?ocid=wispr&cvid=4a6520fca89e45fdaadb1d8444f22687&ei=63

 

Of course they did.

It would beat OAN for Master Race Tucker.

Not sure what he will do.

He could just start a youtube channel and be one of the biggest overnight.

In today's America fascism and Putin Poodlery has legs!

[Berkshire]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Whatever you think of his politics, he is brilliant at what he does and is sure to be in huge demand.

It doesn't take brilliance to spout lies and crazy sht.  I'll say one thing about Tucker.....he knows his audience. 

[Thailand]

Oh dear how sad.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

1 hour ago, Berkshire said:

True.  Hard to know if he believes what he was spouting, e.g., he claims to support Trump but in private hated the guy.

 

Before working for Fox, he had stints at CNN, MSNBC and PBS, so whatever his true political leanings are, they either changed radically or he left them at the door when he went in to work in the morning.

[Eric Loh]

 

16 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

It doesn't take brilliance to spout lies and crazy sht.  I'll say one thing about Tucker.....he knows his audience. 

Lies, crazy sht and a gullible captive audience ripe for exploitation for power and grifts. Tucker learned that well from Trump. . 

[Hanaguma]

37 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Of course they did.

It would beat OAN for Master Race Tucker.

Not sure what he will do.

He could just start a youtube channel and be one of the biggest overnight.

In today's America fascism and Putin Poodlery has legs!

You already toik the Godwin Award， no need to repeat.

[LosLobo]

1 hour ago, Berkshire said:

[Tucker Carlson received an offer from Russian state media after Fox News announced it would part ways with the longtime host on Monday.]

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tucker-carlson-gets-an-offer-from-russia-state-media/ar-AA1ahHcI?ocid=wispr&cvid=4a6520fca89e45fdaadb1d8444f22687&ei=63

 

IMHO, Putin asset Tucker may as well now work overtly for RT along with Trump.

 

May as well get paid more for supporting Russian propaganda and destroying US democracy.

 

Something that they both have been doing for years. 

 

[ozimoron]

7 hours ago, bendejo said:

Tucker is heir to the Swanson TV dinner fortune.  He's not going to be hurting financially.

In which case I'll increase my bet on him making presidential run.

[Chomper Higgot]

13 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

In which case I'll increase my bet on him making presidential run.

I think we need to know why FOX actually fired their star attraction.

 

It wasn’t on a whim.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I think we need to know why FOX actually fired their star attraction.

 

It wasn’t on a whim.

I think it was a combination of his comments about management and events and comments made at his speech to the Federalist Society.