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Tucker Carlson Responds to New York Times Hit Piece That Smeared Him as Racist
truthpress ^ | 5/2/2022 | truthpress

Posted on 05/02/2022 11:46:05 AM PDT by bitt

The New York Times unleashed a flurry of negative press against Tucker Carlson this weekend. The Times published five articles about Carlson on Saturday, including one hit piece that suggested that his ultra-successful Fox News talk show “may be the most racist show in the history of cable news.”

In one article titled “Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight,’” the Times assigned nine staffers to watch or read transcripts of 1,150 episodes of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” between Nov. 14, 2016, when it first aired, until 2021. The analysis was carried out in an effort to “reveal how Tucker Carlson pushes extremist ideas and conspiracy theories into millions of households, five nights a week.” Four additional reporters contributed to the hit piece, including investigative reporter Nicholas Confessore.

Confessore also orchestrated a three-part series titled “American Nationalist” that investigates the “fall and rise of Tucker Carlson and the transformation of American conservatism.”

Confessore explained why he devoted so much time and effort to the Tucker Carlson hit piece:

Why devote thousands of words to a talk show host? Because Carlson, the highest-rated pundit in history, is also a unique figure on the modern American right — a latter-day Father Coughlin and a movement builder in the mold of Pat Buchanan. The story of Tucker Carlson is also the story of how American conservatism evolved from Reagan to Trump — the triumph of the nativist current on the right, and the shrinking boundary between mainline politics and the cranks and conspiracy theorists of QAnon.More successfully than almost anyone else, Carlson has taken a set of themes and conspiracy theories, formerly caged on the fringe of American politics, and brought them to a mainstream audience. His show may be the most racist program in the history of cable news.

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1 posted on 05/02/2022 11:46:05 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/02/2022 11:46:23 AM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

“Confessore explained why he devoted so much time and effort to the Tucker Carlson hit piece”

Nicholas Confessore comes from the class of natural born liars that are heavily represented in the media.


3 posted on 05/02/2022 11:50:24 AM PDT by euram
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To: bitt

For more commentary on this:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4059673/posts

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4 posted on 05/02/2022 11:51:02 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: bitt

Ministry Of Truth Announces Target Of Today’s Two Minutes Hate Is Tucker Carlson Babylon Bee

https://babylonbee.com/news/ministry-of-truth-announces-target-of-todays-two-minutes-hate-is-tucker-carlson


5 posted on 05/02/2022 11:51:31 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
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To: bitt

“...his ultra-successful Fox News talk show “may be the most racist show in the history of cable news.”

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6 posted on 05/02/2022 11:52:24 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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“...his ultra-successful Fox News talk show “may be the most racist show in the history of cable news.”

I think they confused racist with truth filled.


7 posted on 05/02/2022 11:54:15 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: bitt
Why devote thousands of words to a talk show host? Because Carlson, the highest-rated pundit in history, is also a unique figure on the modern American right — a latter-day Father Coughlin and a movement builder in the mold of Pat Buchanan. The story of Tucker Carlson is also the story of how American conservatism evolved from Reagan to Trump — the triumph of the nativist current on the right, and the shrinking boundary between mainline politics and the cranks and conspiracy theorists of QAnon.More successfully than almost anyone else, Carlson has taken a set of themes and conspiracy theories, formerly caged on the fringe of American politics, and brought them to a mainstream audience. His show may be the most racist program in the history of cable news.

I am now (more than ever) convinced there is no peaceful co-habitation with these 'people'.
8 posted on 05/02/2022 11:54:35 AM PDT by farming pharmer (fork you :(){ :|:& };:)
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To: bitt

That word has been rendered utterly meaningless through misdirected overuse.


9 posted on 05/02/2022 11:56:19 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: bitt

There is real reason that Tucker should respond to a hit piece from the New York Times. The newspaper no longer has any credibility. It is the propaganda site that absolutely refused to cover or investigate the Hunter Biden laptop story and the site that published the 1619 fiction.Yet it is likely that Tucker will waste time and give some credence to these frauds by responding in a devastating manner.


10 posted on 05/02/2022 11:57:09 AM PDT by allendale
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To: bitt

I have listened to Tucker. Not every night, but I have seen many shows.
Do these people know what racism means? I don’t think it means what they think it means.

(Apologies to Inigo Montoya)


11 posted on 05/02/2022 11:57:38 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Linda Frances

That Babylon Bee article is hardly satire.


12 posted on 05/02/2022 12:01:03 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: bitt
“He is going to double down on the white nationalism because the minute-by-minutes show that the audience eats it up.”

Do these people ever explain what a "white nationalist" is or what a "white nationalist" believes? I believe the term is deliberately used to mislead, to suggest something else: "white supremacist." It is the typical leftist abuse of language. So, if you believe in treating all races equally, in "judging people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," you are a racist.
13 posted on 05/02/2022 12:03:48 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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“Do these people know what racism means? I don’t think it means what they think it means.”

Don’t you know that the left can change the definiton of a word whenever it suits them. Case in point: vaccine. Online dictionaries will happily go along.


14 posted on 05/02/2022 12:04:28 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: bitt
Tucker Carlson Responds to New York Times Hit Piece That Smeared Him as Racist

The LIBERAL LEFT continues to run the SAME OLD PLAYBOOK of PLAYS.

They're tactic is NOT to UNITE but to DIVIDE the American people.

An immense amount of people have now began to see these tactics for what they're worth.

Those still subscribing to these OLD, OUTDATED, BROKEN-DOWN IDEAS are what are known as today's DIM-BULBS!

15 posted on 05/02/2022 12:05:30 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: bitt
Tucker Carlson Responds to New York Times Hit Piece That Smeared Him as Racist

The LIBERAL LEFT continues to run the SAME OLD PLAYBOOK of PLAYS.

Their tactic is NOT to UNITE but to DIVIDE the American people.

An immense amount of people have now began to see these tactics for what they're worth.

Those still subscribing to these OLD, OUTDATED, BROKEN-DOWN IDEAS are what are known as today's DIM-BULBS!

16 posted on 05/02/2022 12:06:51 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: bitt

The word racist used to mean something. Now, if you don’t like a person’s hair or his tone of voice or his shoes, you call him a racist. It replaces the all purpose “doody face” we used as kids when we did not like someone. The New York Times is staffed by an army of doody faces.


17 posted on 05/02/2022 12:07:08 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: euram

Uh, he was paid to?


18 posted on 05/02/2022 12:07:11 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt

I’m not a big fan of Tucker Carlson, but this is ridiculous. “Racist” is just a catch-all term the left uses to try to demonize anyone they disagree with.

The main purpose is to try to scare off anybody thinking of defending the person, since they would then be tainted as “racist” too.

They want to get any potential defenders to hold back because of fears that employers, coworkers, friends, and family may shun them (if only for fear of being called “racist” themselves).


19 posted on 05/02/2022 12:08:57 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: Betty Jane

They are very confused, that’s for sure.


20 posted on 05/02/2022 12:08:59 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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