After the Tucker firing, Sen. Hillbilly warns the The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda against declaring war on MAGA. "I hope they stay loyal". J.D. Vance Warns Fox News Not to ‘Go to War’ With MAGA Base: ‘I Hope They Stay Loyal’ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/j-d-van...to-war-with-maga-base-i-hope-they-stay-loyal/
This week has made it abundantly clear that the rumors that Fox News had an "opposition research" file on Tucker Carlson that they could use to keep him in line post firing are apparently true. Since his ouster, embarrassing reports on Carlson pile up https://apnews.com/article/tucker-c...-racist-text-0ca0ef08799f3d99d88ea953e9dd7dac A week after Fox News fired star host Tucker Carlson — for reasons that remain unexplained — he has been the subject of a handful of embarrassing stories about some of his private messages and statements while at the network. The latest was in The New York Times on Wednesday, reporting on a text message that had been redacted as part of a recent defamation case targeting the network. In it, Carlson declared that a group of Trump supporters beating a protester was “not how white men fight.” The sentiment was not out of character for Carlson, who has promoted the view that whites are being “replaced” by people of color. But the Times suggested the timing was crucial, as members of Fox’s board found out about the message as part of documents uncovered in the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, shortly before a trial was to begin last month. The newspaper said the discovery “contributed to a chain of events” that led to Carlson being fired April 24, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion nearly $800 million to settle the case. Three times in the past week, the anti-Fox watchdog Media Matters for America has released “hot mic” moments of Carlson speaking while on Fox sets, material that was never included on broadcasts. In one, Carlson is seen speaking to someone offscreen disparaging Fox’s streaming service, Fox Nation. In another, he shares offscreen sexual banter with Piers Morgan before an interview, commenting to someone offscreen that a person’s girlfriend “was kind of yummy.” He is also heard saying how he waits for his “post-menopausal fans” to make comments about his appearance. Angelo Carusone, Media Matters chairman and president, would not comment Wednesday on how Media Matters acquired the material. “Part of me can’t escape the idea that this is to demonstrate that Tucker was a liability,” he said. Fox declined comment Wednesday on how the material on Carlson had surfaced. Messages sent to Carlson and his attorney seeking comment were not immediately returned. While some of Carlson’s texts have been publicly released as part of the lawsuit, the one quoted by the Times remains redacted by the court, as do numerous other exhibits. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, continue to try to lift the redactions. The Times reported that Carlson sent the text to a producer hours after Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He describes a video he had seen a couple weeks earlier of Trump supporters beating someone he described as “an antifa kid.” Carlson wrote about his conflicting emotions in watching the fight, which he described as “three against one, at least.” “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously,” he wrote, according to the Times. “It’s not how white men fight.” “I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed,” Carlson wrote, after admitting part of him was rooting for the attackers. “If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?” Before his ouster last month, Carlson was Fox’s top-rated host. He drew controversy for supporting theories such as the idea that immigrants are being admitted to the U.S to “replace” people born here. Critics have called that white supremacy, an accusation he has denied. A lawyer for The Times, The AP and National Public Radio wrote this week to Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis, who presided over the Dominion case, reiterating that the news organizations want to see redacted documents from the case opened to the public. There’s still a compelling interest, and the settlement does not make the request moot, the news organizations said. In a separate matter, however, Davis indicated a lack of interest in examining one aspect of the case now that it’s over. Davis had appointed a special master to investigate accusations that Fox lawyers had not turned over required evidence to the court. But after the settlement, Davis ended that investigation.
"Good riddance": GOP lawmakers' private glee at Tucker Carlson firing https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/tucker-carlson-ukraine-fox-news-republicans
Well at least Fox News can finally earn decent revenue from his time slot now rather than just playing the MyPillow commercials over and over again. 40 Advertisers Return to Tucker Carlson’s Old Hour After Fox News Gives Him the Boot: Report https://www.mediaite.com/news/40-ad...our-after-fox-news-gives-him-the-boot-report/
Twitter? He might as well host it on Rumble. Well on Musk's Twitter, there will obviously be no limits on the hate and lies Tucker can spew. Tucker Carlson bringing show to Twitter https://ktla.com/news/tucker-carlson-bringing-show-to-twitter/ Tucker Carlson has announced his return to broadcasting, though it won’t be on television. Instead, Carlson is bringing his show to Twitter. In an announcement posted to the social media platform Tuesday afternoon, Carlson excoriated the news industry as peddling in “at the most basic level … a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind.” Carlson added that the news business has limits, “and if you bump up against those limits often enough, you will be fired for it.” “That’s not a guess; it’s guaranteed,” he added. Carlson was likely referring to his April 24 dismissal from Fox News, which reached a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems after the company claimed Carlson and others aired falsehoods, including that Dominion rigged the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump. Carlson, who was fired from Fox News on April 24, said he turned to Twitter because it’s the only place left that “allows free speech.” “Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the past six and a half years to Twitter … We’re just grateful to be here. Free speech is the main right that you have. Without it, you have no others. See you soon.” Since his firing, some of Carlson’s private messages have been revealed, including that he called a female Fox executive the c-word. He also said that a group of Trump supporters beating up a protester were wrong in that their methods were “not how white men fight.”
Tucker Carson goes from the most popular Nazi on FOX to the least popular Nazi on Twitter. How's Twitter Working Out for Tucker Carlson? https://www.newsweek.com/hows-twitter-working-out-tucker-carlson-1811733 Tucker Carlson's new Twitter show has seen its viewing figures fall dramatically, since it was first launched on June 6, according to data made publicly available by the social media giant. The conservative firebrand had hosted a Fox News show until April when it was suddenly announced he and the broadcaster had "agreed to part ways," sparking intense speculation about his future. In May Carlson announced he would host a new show on Twitter, which had been taken over by self-described "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk back in October 2022. This sparked fevered interest about whether Carlson could maintain his level of political influence in the absence of Fox News, and if a major politics show released on Twitter would be successful with viewers. Initially Carlson's content attracted massive attention with his announcement video, posted on May 9, racking up 134.1 million views. When the show, named Tucker on Twitter, itself launched on June 6 it received 120 million views for the first episode, followed by 60.7 million views for the second episode on June 8 and 104.2 million for the third, published on June 13. This was followed by a significant slump, with the fourth episode on June 15 getting 32.5 million views, then 17.4 million for the June 20 episode and 32.1 million for the sixth on June 22. More recently viewing figures have slumped still further to 15.6 million for the seventh episode, released on June 28, and just 8.8 million for the eighth and most recent edition, published on June 30. When Carlson's Fox News show was axed in April it was pulling in around 3.3 million views per episode, according to Nielsen figures. However this isn't a direct comparison to Twitter, with the social media giant stating "anyone who is logged into Twitter who views a Tweet counts as a view, regardless of where they see the Tweet (e.g. Home, Search, Profiles, etc.) or whether or not they follow the author." Thus some of Carlson's views recorded by the platform are likely to be from people who quickly scrolled past it on their Twitter feed, without making any active effort to watch the show. Newsweek has contacted Tucker Carlson for comment via Twitter and Facebook direct message. Carlson discussed his motivation for launching a Twitter show during an appearance on former comedian Russell Brand's 'Stay Free' podcast, which was released on Friday. He said: "I'm not working for Elon Musk, he hasn't offered to hire me and if he did I wouldn't accept, what he's done is offered me what he's offered every other user of Twitter which is a chance to broadcast your views without a gatekeeper." During the interview Carlson said Musk had "paid me zero money" though he did admit he'd "like to make money" in the future. Carlson also used the discussion to claim he'd recorded an interview with former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who admitted there were federal agents in the crowd on January 6 2021 when Congress was stormed by Trump supporters, though he didn't provide any independent proof. On Wednesday night Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, debuted its Threads social media app, widely seen as a direct challenge to Twitter. As of Friday more than 70 million people had signed up, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.