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It's a perspective thing. The most-watched cable news host on the one hand, but 4.2 million viewers represents only 1.3 per cent of Americans. https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1273107159987957761 https://twitter.com/RyanAFournier/status/1272600365360386054 ^^^ I mean, for me it's as simple as this guy suggests. I simply don't watch. I'd prefer that Tucker Carlson not even be on the air spewing his antagonistic sophistry, but free speech and stuff. From 2018: "According to Nielsen Media Research, the top-rated markets for the show are Ft. Myers, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; Jacksonville, Florida; West Palm Beach, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Birmingham, Alabama; Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Greenville, South Carolina; and Buffalo, New York. Only half of these cities went for Trump in the 2016 election, but they are (with the exception of Birmingham and Atlanta) overwhelmingly white and middle class, with an average age of 36." That detail is from a good analytical Columbia Journalism Review article on Carlson's background. The markets are likely still the same, but his audience has grown substantially since then. https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/tucker-carlson.php "You oughta let people say what they think and you shouldn’t punish them for that, period. That’s how I feel.” --Tucker Carlson Do we have to agree with Tucker on that much, at least?
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What did I see recently about that Fucker, er, Tucker Carlson??? Oh yeah, an assertion that veracity is not a standard to be imposed on him and, hey, no big deal. https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1273771350537187328
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DeathSandwich posted:In his early career (CNN's Crossfire) He was basically a NIMBY libertarian, almost Charlie Kirk esque in 2005. Then he got so owned by Jon Stewart that his show got cancelled like two days later: Ah. Thanks. I didn't know about the Jon Stewart encounter. It's kind of like Obama making fun of Trump during the White House Correspondents' Dinner and fueling a monster. The ugly core was already there, but Stewart and Obama unwittingly provided a flame.
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Armitage posted:I wonder where he and his ilk would be if we still had something resembling a Fairness Doctrine Probably under a rock, which is where he should be no matter what!
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Jaxyon posted:How? Yes, you're right about that. But I just cannot relate. I mean, I get the concept but I certainly have no desire to advocate for it. Just the opposite, I'd like to see it fade away, and soon!
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Shocking! The consequences part, I mean, not the bigoted part. https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1281721449401724928
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gently caress this fuckin guy to hell! https://twitter.com/DeeKaye13017110/status/1349961542717091842
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Stunt_enby posted:lmao at you posting this garbage political cartoon (not that good political cartoons exist, but this one doesn't even like try to have a joke it's literally just designed to light up Correct Opinion Having neurons) I might be offended, but I saw your avatar.
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Advisory: This has been craftily edited. Reality: These words likely compute this way in Tucker's head. https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1361465787886809091
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Another stellar Tucker take (what a putz). https://twitter.com/abughazalehkat/status/1361846831374884865
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Occasionally, the bastahd just comes out and admits it. https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1487908179228774401
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twerking on the railroad posted:
In this case, some of us really want to see the truck run the dog the gently caress over!!
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Name a more nefarious duo (outside of the Third Reich): https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1488646603623829506
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LloydDobler posted:What I find interesting is on the web/youtube/podcast circuit there are lots of people who want to be contenders for the "opposite of popular right wing pundit" title, who are willing to be extremely hyperbolic and intentionally misinterpret or straight up smear the opposite side, but that kind of thing just doesn't have the same kind of "outrageous sound bite" audience on the left. So they're perpetually stuck on youtube. Cenk from TYT comes to mind. It's interesting that you mention how success varies by platform. TYT does great numbers on YouTube, but on both podcast apps that I use, people like Hannity and Ted Cruz draw triple or quadruple the number of subscribers that TYT does. On traditional radio, right wing talk is king. Fox News murders CNN in the ratings, but Rachel Maddow on MSNBC has overtaken Hannity in terms of viewership for months at a time. I find it rather fascinating.
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This duplicitous SOB. It's all been chronicled, you poo poo head. https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1498479688297050115
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Despera posted:I called his total 180 on russia It's almost as if when the Russian economy crashes and the dirty money stops flowing, those on the right magically see the light. 
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He cannot hide his loyalties: https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1502509892548153346
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mobby_6kl posted:Oh poo poo, did they find a way to transfer money inspite of the sanctions already? Quite possibly. https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1502776103143976963
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Yes, we all wonder...
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He's getting defensive about the Russia thing. Too freakin' bad. He has earned it. 
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Intoluene posted:I've said this just about anywhere possible but Tucker Carlson has the world's most punchable face. For the absolute horseshit he spouts either because he believes it or is too lacking in moral integrity to stop and the critical damage it has done to politics globally, if given the opportunity, I wouldn't stop punching that face until my own knuckles fell off. I like what you're throwin' down!!
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Mar 25, 2022 14:57
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Tucker is far from alone. He has allies of course:
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Fucker Carlson warns that removing Putin would make things worse. “So, Russia has a large and restive population of Islamic extremists. Do we think it’s possible that with no one running the country ― because of course we have no chosen successor to Putin ― is it possible, if we did that, that one of those 6,000 nuclear weapons might wind up in the hands of some anti-American terror group and be used against our civilian population here?” he asked. “A nuclear weapon! Well, it’s not just possible, it’s likely.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-carlson-goes-big-protecting-065556448.html What a POS!
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Let's not forget about comrade Tulsi. https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1509330152735584262
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PeterWeller posted:It's not that Putin's fall wouldn't lead to some lovely outcomes for Russia and possibly the rest of the world. It's that the idea of "Islamic Extremists" getting ahold of a nuke is bullshit out of spy novels. This is Tucker using Islamophobia to indirectly Stan for his man Putin. That's how I see it too. That said, I know precious little about Russian politics. I think the dream scenario would be Alexei Navalny but readily admit it's a real long shot.
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Mar 31, 2022 17:15
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Putting modern unscrupulous antics in the context of a different era...
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Did you hear that men are at risk of extinction? https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1515145297806172162
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If nothing else, at least Fucker continues to give cartoonists plenty of fodder.
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Tesseraction posted:Gently overwarming the balls... How about this instead? 
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This fuckin' knob... Tucker Carlson took another shot at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday night. Calling her “Sandy Cortez” as he always does when referring to the congresswoman, the Fox News host questioned whether she is a woman of color. “She’s a woman of color? Really? How?” Carlson asked, cackling. “She’s a woman who talks about herself incessantly. She’s a narcissist of color. That’s what she really is when she’s not shilling for her donors in the green energy business.” Ocasio-Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent on both sides. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-questions-whether-aoc-is-a-woman-of-color-really-how/
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And this is apropos: The New York Times dropped a massive three-part investigative report into Tucker Carlson that declares his Fox News program “the most racist show in the history of cable news.” The deep-dive story by reporter Nick Confessore was published Saturday morning, and details — in the headline’s words — “How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable.” In one section, Confessore — a Times reporter and MSNBC contributor — describes a meeting with Rupert Murdoch after Carlson weathered controversy over his remark that undocumented immigrants are making America “poorer and dirtier and more divided.” https://www.mediaite.com/news/ny-ti...-of-cable-news/
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New level of stupidity and propaganda... https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1521280811168714752
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May 23, 2022 11:59
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Aha! One of Fucker's influences is revealed: https://twitter.com/JohnnyHeatWave/status/1560677562002448384
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https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1606106199757307905 The only answer is DEFINITELY NOT!!!
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OWNED! https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1621625016570757120
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Jesus III posted:Does anyone think the Dominion texts and emails will harm this chucklenut's power over old men at all? I honestly don't know what it would take to overcome the chasm between left and right these days. It seems that no matter how deep the scandal, the acolytes don't budge.
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