Fuck Tucker Carlson
Aug. 27th, 2020 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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thisfinecrewTucker Carlson is flat-out defending someone going out with a rifle and murdering protestors.
The Guardian: Tucker Carlson defends actions of teen charged in killings of Kenosha protesters
Variety: ‘Fire Tucker Carlson’: Fox News Host Condemned for Comments on Deadly Shooting of Kenosha Protesters
List of advertisers on Carlson's show: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1298780620575842304
However, it looks like he has very few major advertisers left at this point and is being supported by Fox News as a whole.
MediaMatters: These are Fox News' leading advertisers
Thread explaining the role of the fees Fox News charges cable providers in providing them with a revenue cushion against the loss of advertisers:
https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/1244819800708218881
Campaign from MediaMatters which lets you hassle your cable provider about the money they're paying Fox News (and charging you), and tell them you don't want it:
https://unfoxmycablebox.com/
The Guardian: Tucker Carlson defends actions of teen charged in killings of Kenosha protesters
Variety: ‘Fire Tucker Carlson’: Fox News Host Condemned for Comments on Deadly Shooting of Kenosha Protesters
List of advertisers on Carlson's show: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1298780620575842304
However, it looks like he has very few major advertisers left at this point and is being supported by Fox News as a whole.
MediaMatters: These are Fox News' leading advertisers
Thread explaining the role of the fees Fox News charges cable providers in providing them with a revenue cushion against the loss of advertisers:
https://twitter.com/GoAngelo/status/1244819800708218881
Campaign from MediaMatters which lets you hassle your cable provider about the money they're paying Fox News (and charging you), and tell them you don't want it:
https://unfoxmycablebox.com/
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Date: 2020-08-27 04:58 pm (UTC)Anyway...I think I might have heard this guy a time or two. Absolutely appalling the lengths to which some people will go. Glad Fox News isn't on my to-watch list and will never be. At least as long as they keep up this crap. Ironically a sister of mine--who does not like the current political situation one bit--watched a few Fox News broadcasts on her phone. She did it out of curiosity though.
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Date: 2020-08-27 06:38 pm (UTC)Huh. No idea; I didn't do anything to it.
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Date: 2020-08-27 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-27 11:13 pm (UTC)(Probably less genocidal than Tom Cotton, but more beloved by a larger following.)