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

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Without a source I think we can just disregard this comment.

Or you could do a quick online search:

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-fired-worst-things-he-said-racism-immigrants-1234722751/

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

If there are other suites pending (as we understand there are) will "Tucker Carlson said it but we have fired him" be an effective defence?

 

I thought that is what editors are for.

I guess what Fox thinks is, if we sack Carlson it all goes away. But I'm not sure that it will.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, vandeventer said:

I guess what Fox thinks is, if we sack Carlson it all goes away. But I'm not sure that it will.

They're not that naive. This is about his text comments disparaging Fox management. They got sick of his 2 faced lying after he cost them the big bucks.

Edited April 25, 2023 by ozimoron

[2009]

Cancel culture is a pretty sad and pathetic recent human development, among others, of course.

 

Tucker was literally the only reporter not afraid to speak out.

 

Now we can enjoy our propaganda from sell out reporters feeding us whatever narrative is on the agenda.

 

They couldn't control him -- that's the reason he got fired.

 

The scary thing is, it makes no financial sense at all. Getting rid of him is apparently worth losing a lot of money for.

 

It's ominous of what's coming.

 

 

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

Has he announced is run for the White House yet?

 

His ego needs the prop and America’s racists and bigots need a new champion.

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, 2009 said:

Cancel culture is a pretty sad and pathetic recent human development, among others, of course.

 

Tucker was literally the only reporter not afraid to speak out.

 

Now we can enjoy our propaganda from sell out reporters feeding us whatever narrative is on the agenda.

 

They couldn't control him -- that's the reason he got fired.

 

The scary thing is, it makes no financial sense at all. Getting rid of him is apparently worth losing a lot of money for.

 

It's ominous of what's coming.

 

 

 

 

So now FOX are engaging in ‘Cancel Culture’, will you listen to yourself?!

 

Another rightwing accusation turns out to be a confession.

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Cancel culture is a pretty sad and pathetic recent human development, among others, of course.

 

Tucker was literally the only reporter not afraid to speak out.

 

Now we can enjoy our propaganda from sell out reporters feeding us whatever narrative is on the agenda.

 

They couldn't control him -- that's the reason he got fired.

 

The scary thing is, it makes no financial sense at all. Getting rid of him is apparently worth losing a lot of money for.

 

It's ominous of what's coming.

Here's why they fired him.

 

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/tucker-carlson-has-left-fox-news.html

[earlinclaifornia]

10 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Cancel culture is a pretty sad and pathetic recent human development, among others, of course.

 

Tucker was literally the only reporter not afraid to speak out.

 

Now we can enjoy our propaganda from sell out reporters feeding us whatever narrative is on the agenda.

 

They couldn't control him -- that's the reason he got fired.

 

The scary thing is, it makes no financial sense at all. Getting rid of him is apparently worth losing a lot of money for.

 

It's ominous of what's coming.

 

 

 

 

Bingo !

They couldn't control him -- that's the reason he got fired. Rupert let I'm know who is the Daddy. Rupert is getting his house in order and Tucker was part of him taking back the Republicans.

[candide]

13 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Cancel culture is a pretty sad and pathetic recent human development, among others, of course.

 

Tucker was literally the only reporter not afraid to speak out.

 

Now we can enjoy our propaganda from sell out reporters feeding us whatever narrative is on the agenda.

 

They couldn't control him -- that's the reason he got fired.

 

The scary thing is, it makes no financial sense at all. Getting rid of him is apparently worth losing a lot of money for.

 

It's ominous of what's coming.

 

 

 

 

Fired for secretly denigrating Trump! They want to control not only what reporters publicly say, but also what they think! That's scary!

 

"That's the last four years. We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it's been is too tough to digest. But come on. There isn't really an upside to Trump."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64886188

 

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, candide said:

Fired for secretly denigrating Trump! They want to control not only what reporters publicly say, but also what they think! That's scary!

 

"That's the last four years. We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it's been is too tough to digest. But come on. There isn't really an upside to Trump."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64886188

 

tldr; Fired for exposing his employers as nothing other than hypocritical liars in it just for the money.

[mikebike]

13 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

tldr; Fired for exposing his employers as nothing other than hypocritical liars in it just for the money.

Can a hypocritical liar expose hypocritical liars? Sounds like an oxymoron of morons ????????

[Pink Mist]

A baiting post and Troll response have been removed.

[LaosLover]

25 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

 

 

disregarding millions of viewers and listeners.  

Yeah, and not a minute too soon.

 

You're old, nobody cares about you (I get it, I get it). The mean ol' gay-loving world keeps drifting on.

 

You're part of Fox's cheapskate, worthless base who won't even spring for a lumpy pillow or a silver ingot with Fattie's face on it.

 

Full disclosure: I have held said ingot in my hand -though they kept in the plastic to keep it nice. They feel the same way about you as they feel about me.

 

When they finally run out of catheter buyers, will you follow them to the end with their funeral urn ads? Because I saw covid and ham sandwiches cull about 20% of your ilk in my Bible Belt former home. 

 

Radio is like The Elephant's Grave Yard of has-beens. Claiming radio is the future makes you sound like Bing Crosby, time traveler. 

 

Who views going from prime time show to radio as a step up? Would (possible) vampire Meghan Kelly be fronting her own money if she absolutely didn't have to?

 

Think of poor Glen Beck having to pretend he likes the Duck Dynasty guy -wouldn't he rather be back on a real network rendering people unconscious with his chalk board?

 

Relatedly, It was Tucker's Dad who married the Swanson heiress, not Tucker.

 

My bad. That Google throw down had results.

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, mikebike said:

"Recent" ???????????????? As old as human civilization. 

The only thing recent is a new buzzword invented by the far right to generate new outrage and make it seem like something's changing to the detriment of the "silent majority".

[Hanaguma]

16 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

Yeah, and not a minute too soon.

 

You're old, nobody cares about you (I get it, I get it). The mean ol' gay-loving world keeps drifting on.

 

You're part of Fox's cheapskate, worthless base who won't even spring for a lumpy pillow or a silver ingot with Fattie's face on it.

 

Full disclosure: I have held said ingot in my hand -though they kept in the plastic to keep it nice. They feel the same way about you as they feel about me.

 

When they finally run out of catheter buyers, will you follow them to the end with their funeral urn ads? Because I saw covid and ham sandwiches cull about 20% of your ilk in my Bible Belt former home. 

 

Radio is like The Elephant's Grave Yard of has-beens. Claiming radio is the future makes you sound like Bing Crosby, time traveler. 

 

Who views going from prime time show to radio as a step up? Would (possible) vampire Meghan Kelly be fronting her own money if she absolutely didn't have to?

 

Think of poor Glen Beck having to pretend he likes the Duck Dynasty guy -wouldn't he rather be back on a real network rendering people unconscious with his chalk board?

 

Relatedly, It was Tucker's Dad who married the Swanson heiress, not Tucker.

 

My bad. That Google throw down had results.

Actually, radio beats tv in the 18-49 year old demographic.  

https://www.insideradio.com/free/in-historic-first-radio-beats-television-among-18-49-year-olds/article_9773e41c-c247-11ed-b31d-0310809c740c.html#:~:text=But the latest Nielsen report,where radio is gaining ground.

 

Tucker and Beck both hit about 3 million viewers at their best. As I said before, Beck's radio audience is 10 million.  Joe Rogan gets more for his podcast. 

 

You really don't understand the reach of portable media, do you?

[LaosLover]

Radio beats TV.

 

In related news, pony express beat stagecoach.

[Stocky]

18 hours ago, Scott said:

TV host Tucker Carlson and Fox News have "agreed to part ways," Fox said in a statement Monday.

 

Mad F%^*&r Carlson was costing Old Scrotum Face way too much money.

 

 

[mikebike]

20 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Actually, radio beats tv in the 18-49 year old demographic.  

In this whole radio thang you keep pushing... and you are comparing to "TV". TV is dead in the 18-40 demo. You keep ignoring new media (which IS NOT TV). Podcasts (NOT RADIO), blogs, Twitter, TicToc, YouTube, streaming, are where 18-40 get their news. Not radio OR TV! Give up. 

Edited April 25, 2023 by mikebike

[Paradise Pete]

18 hours ago, Pink Mist said:

Does this mean that FOX News is going to return to being " Fair and Balanced" in order to ressurect itself? One can only hope....

One can't return to a place they've never been. ????

Edited April 25, 2023 by Paradise Pete

[Pink Mist]

Bickering post removed. continue posting the same rhetoric and you will be suspended from posting.

[mushroomdave]

Good riddance you racist pig!  

[ozimoron]

Carlson, who promoted conspiracy theories and lies, racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQ, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist views, and falsehoods about the January 6 insurrection, was the networks’s top star.

Brian Stelter, the former CNN media reporter, tweeted that Carlson has “retained the famously aggressive entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman.” (He also notes now-former CNN anchor Don Lemon has also retained the same lawyer.)

https://www.rawstory.com/suddenly-silent-tucker-carlson-lawyers-up-report/

Edited April 25, 2023 by ozimoron

[ozimoron]

Tucker Carlson might be boxed into entering 2024 presidential race by Fox contract

 

He'd instantly have an online fundraising juggernaut second only to Trump, and perhaps surpassing him. He's polarizing, terrible, and utterly amoral ... in short, better than Ron DeSantis for the base. Celebrity, money, mental acuity, cynicism, pro-Putin isolationism, and an overt love of authoritarianism are a pretty strong secret sauce for the MAGA base. Celebrity got Trump the [White House].

 

https://www.rawstory.com/tucker-carlson-2024/

 

 

[spidermike007]

10 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

I think this is as good an explanation as we're gonna get as to how people with a (more or less) functioning brain can listen to these lies and not go; "Now wait a minute....!"

 

Jordan Klepper Recalls His Favorite MAGA Comment And It's A Doozy

 

"Klepper remembered talking to a woman during Trump’s first impeachment for trying to extort Ukraine and the then-president was blocking witnesses, including former national security adviser John Bolton, from testifying.

Klepper asked if blocking testimony would be an admission of guilt and the woman agreed it would and then Klepper told her Trump was blocking testimony.

“And she takes this very long beat, she thinks about it, and she says, ‘I don’t care,’” he said."

 

Keppler goes on to say that when politics and identities get mixed up they don't care about the truth anymore.

No supporter of Trump could even remotely say that truth and honor are among the things they cherish most. Not one. Supporting him is about surrendering values, in exchange for a political agenda. A selling of the soul? 

[spidermike007]

10 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Uh, no but it tells a lot about his character, right?

You mean a total lack of character? You mean a man so devoid of ethics, honesty, integrity, and goodwill, that he could become a subject for a special on psychopathic behavior? 

[spidermike007]

4 hours ago, ozimoron said:

The only thing recent is a new buzzword invented by the far right to generate new outrage and make it seem like something's changing to the detriment of the "silent majority".

The far right is re-defining victim culture in a very ugly fashion. Victims are the new heroes, in a bankrupt culture. 

[bendejo]

20 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

RT are keen to get there hands on him and have ‘Tweeted’ their interest.

He’d fit right in over there.

He'll need a better handle.  He's going to be up there with Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally.

The supposed real reason being reported in the US, delivered with a healthy dose of skepticism, is they sacked him for anti-semitic statements.  There was another bs justification, can't recall, but the message Murdoch World is pushing is "the reason was not the Dominion lawsuit."  Oh, okay.

There is going to be a lot of lawsuits aimed in the direction of Fox, DT and his stooges, and whoever else can be thought to be liable for the false election narratives and individuals who had their lives disrupted by all those cockamamie claims.  This stuff will be going on into the next decade.

 

 

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Tucker Carlson might be boxed into entering 2024 presidential race by Fox contract

 

He'd instantly have an online fundraising juggernaut second only to Trump, and perhaps surpassing him. He's polarizing, terrible, and utterly amoral ... in short, better than Ron DeSantis for the base. Celebrity, money, mental acuity, cynicism, pro-Putin isolationism, and an overt love of authoritarianism are a pretty strong secret sauce for the MAGA base. Celebrity got Trump the [White House].

 

https://www.rawstory.com/tucker-carlson-2024/

 

 

It's hard to imagine him winning in the general.  Yes it was hard to imagine trump winning in 2016 but their fascist ideologies are so similar that I can't see the majority going for that again after the experience of insurrectionist trump. 

[Jingthing]

Another outside the box idea for him.

Going full Kremlin might be too much for his brand to absorb, but perhaps he could move to Hungary and start a European fascist network. He would certainly be welcome there.  That leaves him a path to return to the US later which I think going full on Kremlin would preclude. 

 

Yes, I'm serious.

 

Tucker Carlson Has Seen the Future, and It Is Fascist (nymag.com)

 

 

Quote

Tucker Carlson Has Seen the Future, and It Is Fascist

 

Orban’s Hungary is the road map for American authoritarianism.

 

 

In 1919, the progressive journalist Lincoln Steffens visited the nascent Soviet Union and declared, “I have seen the future and it works.” Tucker Carlson’s weeklong visit to Budapest, where he is using his Fox News show as an infomercial for Viktor Orban’s illiberal regime, is being conducted in much the same spirit. “If you care about Western civilization and democracy and families, and the ferocious assault on all three of those things by the leaders of our global institutions, you should know what is happening here right now,” Carlson gushed to his viewers.

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by Jingthing

[Hanaguma]

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Another outside the box idea for him.

Going full Kremlin might be too much for his brand to absorb, but perhaps he could move to Hungary and start a European fascist network. He would certainly be welcome there.  That leaves him a path to return to the US later which I think going full on Kremlin would preclude. 

 

Yes, I'm serious.

 

Tucker Carlson Has Seen the Future, and It Is Fascist (nymag.com)

 

 

 

If you are truly serious then you have my sympathy.

 

A nearly 2 year old article from VOX media is your basis?  Come on, man!

 

Tucker will land somewhere and make bank.