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koolkal posted:Lol, I was just thinking that too! You will be happy to know that I found this via a quote tweet that referenced that line.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:This is not my area of expertise. Does anyone who may know more about it know what the significant differences are with 6G that aren't simply "5G, but faster"? Or what the significance of Wi-Fi 7 is? Or what type of "much more individual identifying information" the Chinese version is working with/is that different from 5G? I don't know the details about the varying proposals yet (and as noted they're not complete), but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the same claims about how 5g was a transformational upgrade over 4g that haven't exactly been born out.
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ok, I'm gonna put my chips on "incoming arrest warrant with Tucker's name on it." That would explain the very sudden nature of this firing better than almost anything else I can think of. Everything else we're talking about you'd think they'd put him on hiatus first or something.
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Apr 24, 2023 23:02
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:ok, I'm gonna put my chips on "incoming arrest warrant with Tucker's name on it." It's apparently sex poo poo.
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Apr 24, 2023 23:03
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:ok, I'm gonna put my chips on "incoming arrest warrant with Tucker's name on it." I'd love to see it, but it's certainly just "turns out you're expensive and don't want to dial it back", right?
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shimmy shimmy posted:I don't know the details about the varying proposals yet (and as noted they're not complete), but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the same claims about how 5g was a transformational upgrade over 4g that haven't exactly been born out. I mean, behind the scenes, on a core technical level, it probably was. But to users like us it just translated to faster and more reliable service. 6G will probably be the same way
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nine-gear crow posted:It's apparently sex poo poo. I doubt it's just one thing, and I'm sure that's part of it, but everything that's been mentioned so far is "put the show on hiatus and announce he's taking a leave of absence and see if it blows over" type stuff, not "yeet into sun with no warning" type thing like just happened. I realize I'm wishcasting a bit here but incoming criminal charges would explain the sudden and decisive nature of this better than what's been revealed so far.
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nine-gear crow posted:It's apparently sex poo poo. Many a news anchor felled by this Rich men are apparently simply unable to stop treating female subordinates as literal property
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Indictment #2 watch:. https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-probe-da-urges-law-enforcement-to-prep-for-indictments-this-summer/56OGCLMNOVGPXMJ6YXDPXQOSWY/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/georgia-prosecutor-reveal-charging-decisions-trump-probe-summer-rcna81242 GA law enforcement told to beef up for possible Trump indictment. She will announce one way or another between July 11 and Sept 1 it appears.
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zoux posted:I also think that we're noticing it because we're in the 99th percentile of media literacy in this country. For most people, especially Fox News people, it will be like when Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died on the same day: no one noticed the latter. Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Death that was caused by a nexus of too much money and drug addiction that had semi-recently had his reputation tanked by a pedophile scandal vs dying after a prolonged public battle with cancer. The first was a shock and spectacle, and the latter less so.
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Not an anchor, and not MSNBC, but close enough to call it a trifecta imo: NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell stepped down this weekend because of an "inappropriate conduct." Word is that CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble had filed a complaint against Shell to the company accusing him of sexual harassment & sex discrimination; they'd been in a LTR until a couple years ago. quote:Jeff Shell Ousted As NBCUniversal Chief With Cause Due To “Sexual Harassment” Of Employee, Comcast Says, Signaling Intent To Avoid Severance Payout https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeff-shell-ousted-nbcuniversal-chief-202315723.html
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shimmy shimmy posted:I don't know the details about the varying proposals yet (and as noted they're not complete), but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the same claims about how 5g was a transformational upgrade over 4g that haven't exactly been born out. 5g is fairly transformational. The standards define ways that you can cram a shitload of people into a small space and still have good service (eg stadiums), switch between towers effectively at high speed (mass transit situations), do some other stuff thats more related to industry (iirc its lots of devices/IoT type support), and still increase throughput and decrease latency significantly. all of that stuff is on the way - it's just that it's all complicated to implement so its not ready yet, which is why 6g is at this stage just commercial and political posturing. e: reading that back, to the end user it just translates to "you can do the stuff you wanted to do, but it works in more situations" so I can see how that isnt exactly life changing. But the behind the scenes stuff to allow that to happen is pretty impressive. awesmoe fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I doubt it's just one thing, and I'm sure that's part of it, but everything that's been mentioned so far is "put the show on hiatus and announce he's taking a leave of absence and see if it blows over" type stuff, not "yeet into sun with no warning" type thing like just happened. It's all the things that Tucker has done, it's just that the fire-able offenses finally amassed to the point that they overwhelmed the counter that he's their most popular guy. Like when you flush the toilet and the water just keeps rising, seeming like every new drop isn't changing anything except increase your regret, but at the last second the water pressure finally reaches the point where the turd gets flushed instead of the toilet overflowing.
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Reminder that one of Tucker's largest demographics was millennial Democrats, at least as of a year and a half ago.quote:Surprise! Tucker Carlson Draws the Most Democratic Viewers in Key Demo, Even Topping Rachel Maddow https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tucker-carlson-secures-most-democratic-223803687.html If MSNBC were smart they'd hire him to improve their ratings.
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Willa Rogers posted:Reminder that one of Tucker's largest demographics was millennial Democrats, at least as of a year and a half ago. 
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Lassitude posted:It's a weekly injection, and anecdotally a lot of patients seem to be fairly adherent to it. It produces good results and side-effects aren't a major issue for most folks. That said I can only imagine how much it will cost in the States. I take Ozempic for diabetes in the States. I am thankfully insured. Without insurance, my latest 84-day supply would have cost me $3,369. That's at 1mg/week, which is the standard dosage for those taking it for DMII. I believe that the suggested dosage for those taking it for weight loss is twice that: the maximum dose of 2mg/week. For whatever it's worth, while I've not myself lost weight on this drug, it has worked miracles for my blood glucose levels, which are now down to pre-diabetes levels. It's been astonishingly effective. Really not thrilled about the supply problems its newfound popularity has caused.
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Willa Rogers posted:Reminder that one of Tucker's largest demographics was millennial Democrats, at least as of a year and a half ago. I think you're misinterpreting this since millennials of any persuasion aren't a large part of Fox News demographics. Their median viewer age is in the 60s (also true for MSNBC and CNN). Of the millennial Democrats that watch cable news he's the biggest, but that demo is very small.
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Just spite is also believable to me. Like Carlson using his work email to talk poo poo about Murdock and other executives behind their back and bragging about being vital/untouchable. Money is just bonus score/bragging rights to those people, and losing some score is maybe worth it to not have the embarrassment of letting Carlson get away with it after its public knowledge in their social circle
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Willa Rogers posted:I had to cut this off at the half-million mark because there were twice the number of corporate donor names as Could you timg em? I think that's a reasonable compromise and takes, like, eight keystrokes. and seeing a billion lines in a small picture still gets across the idea
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Google Jeb Bush posted:Could you timg em? I think that's a reasonable compromise and takes, like, eight keystrokes. and seeing a billion lines in a small picture still gets across the idea Done! Always happy to please my fans. 
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koolkal posted:I think you're misinterpreting this since millennials of any persuasion aren't a large part of Fox News demographics. Their median viewer age is in the 60s (also true for MSNBC and CNN). Of the millennial Democrats that watch cable news he's the biggest, but that demo is very small. There's still a considerable no. of older millies & xers who watch cable news: quote:In 2020, 34% of people aged 55–64 and 35% aged 65 and over said they regularly watched cable news. For comparison, 27% of people in the 45–54 age group, 24% in the 30–44 bracket, and just 15% of those aged 18–29 watch cable news broadcasts every day. Although some networks skew slightly younger, the average age of cable news viewers is in the 55–65 range. Unsurprisingly, 42% of Gen-Zers and young millennials (18–29) never watch cable news. https://letter.ly/cable-news-viewership-statistics/ sourcing, but not linking, Statista. From the same: quote:Tucker Carlson Tonight is the most watched cable news show ever.
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There's also tons of people who absorb that stuff via yt clips and things posted to Twitter. There's clearly lots of people who don't watch cable who are nonetheless either an intentional or unintentional audience for Tucker.
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Professor Beetus posted:There's also tons of people who absorb that stuff via yt clips and things posted to Twitter. There's clearly lots of people who don't watch cable who are nonetheless either an intentional or unintentional audience for Tucker. Yeah, I always had to remind myself of that when I read about how he was the most watched cable news program with 3 million nightly viewers. Because, like, in a vacuum, 3 million really isn’t that much in a country of ~330 million people. But that doesn’t account for social media shares and YouTube clips that get hundreds of thousands, if not millions of views.
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Willa Rogers posted:If MSNBC were smart they'd hire him to improve their ratings. I wouldn’t be surprised if Lemon goes to FOX as the token <everything>.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:ok, I'm gonna put my chips on "incoming arrest warrant with Tucker's name on it." I mean he did something that fox has become aware of that they are launching him out of existence as fast as they possibly can over. Not even "maybe this will blow over." territory, just 'you gone sir."
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AtomikKrab posted:I mean he did something that fox has become aware of that they are launching him out of existence as fast as they possibly can over. Not even "maybe this will blow over." territory, just 'you gone sir." Yeah. The more likely option is just some truly explicitly racist text message logs, stuff bad enough that it'd make Murdoch look bad for tolerating it, hard-r etc. But I like to think a criminal charge is incoming because that's funnier.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Yeah. The more likely option is just some truly explicitly racist text message logs, stuff bad enough that it'd make Murdoch look bad for tolerating it, hard-r etc. Whether criminal, civil, or simply public perception, I'm betting the core issue is that Fox dug up something that deem as making him too much of a liability to tolerate. By canning him now, they mitigate accusations of "But you found out he was doing XYZ, why didn't you respond immediately?!" If I had to guess - I'd say it's a civil issue. Something came out that could be damning for Fox in court, and they just had a high profile settlement.
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Isn't it already reported that it's related to Abby Grossberg's lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, and being coached to lie on the stand? I believe I read that in this very thread. Photoshopping Nancy pelosi onto a bikini model and voting on the hotness of women and other odious rear end poo poo. I suppose it's unconfirmed at this point - the NYT hasn't verified a cause yet.
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Regarding the drug needing to be taken for life to maintain the weight loss, that is what we would expect. The weight gain is caused by our overall environment (food access, stress/mental health, sleep quality, type of work, etc). If the situation is the same before taking the drug and after quitting, we should expect the same results. So I wouldn't hold it as a mark against the drug.
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pork never goes bad posted:Isn't it already reported that it's related to Abby Grossberg's lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, and being coached to lie on the stand? I believe I read that in this very thread. Photoshopping Nancy pelosi onto a bikini model and voting on the hotness of women and other odious rear end poo poo. I suppose it's unconfirmed at this point - the NYT hasn't verified a cause yet. He's a collapsed singularity of absolutely abhorrent traits who did openly fascist rhetoric as his public persona, so he could leave us guessing for a while from the infinite sea of things it COULD be. I'd rather that NYT or someone else get a pretty solid confirmation on actual cause.
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Honestly, it may be easier to list the reasons he WASN'T fired for. Like being a reprehensible piece of poo poo overall. That seems to be a defining trait of all of Fox New's contributors, for instance.
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Ugh, I really hope not https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1650841383505129473 (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) Charlz Guybon fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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On the one hand, I would be very interested in seeing what happened if both Trump and Tucker ran for the Republican nomination for president. Would their supporters vote for their God-King Trump, or their "Truth" Speaker Tucker? How quickly would they run to straight-up Nazism in an attempt to outdo each other? Would there even be an attempt at having a mask on? On the other hand, I imagine Tucker would also be riling up the base even further than Trump did, and considering his rhetoric, I can see him calling for outright violence at polling places. So I hope to God that he doesn't run.
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Trump would crush Carlson and it wouldn't be close. You don't have a cult of personality without the person; Trump and only is that person, and if Trump knows anything it's how to impart upon his crowd that only he is true MAGA Trump-MAGA will only die when Trump dies.
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There is black on white of Carson making GBS threads his pants over Trump. He would be eaten alive.
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I'd be more concerned about a Trump-Carlson ticket, personally.
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Shooting Blanks posted:I'd be more concerned about a Trump-Carlson ticket, personally. Trump's narcissism would never in a billion years allow it. Anything at all short of fawning servility with eternal flattery and Trump is not interested in someone being near him.
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If Trump is required to make a choice between ol' buddy Murdoch and a guy Murdoch personally fired, he'll go for the guy who can give him free time on television.
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I think Tucker will do a Bill O’Reilly and retire. He’s not a power hungry narcissist who wants to rule the world. He’s a vain grifter. The dominion texts indicated that he hated his job and his audience, seeming to only be in it for the paycheck and loyalty to Murdoch, and now he has neither. This isn’t even a “the left has canceled me!” Murdoch ended his career. Any replacement job on a conservative network would be a downgrade, and he would in some way be aiding the man who backstabbed him. He’s done. He’ll gently caress off with his money somewhere, and host a podcast. Edit: or go be on Russia TV. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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Some citizen journalism: my mom told me today that my Tuckerphile brother-in-law is absolutely melting down over the firing. He's just going to "cancel Fox News" because he doesn't understand how cable packages work I guess.
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