Posted on 04/27/2023 6:43:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tucker Carlson, who caused headlines all over the world owing to his abrupt departure from Fox News, broke his silence yesterday in a video on Twitter.
Tucker began on a philosophical note.
He reflected on how liberating and gratifying it feels when one exits the bubble and insanity of the news world and meets regular people who are kind and well-meaning.
“One of the first things you realize, when you step outside the noise for a few days, is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country. Kind and decent people, people who really care about what’s true, and a bunch of hilarious people also, a lot of those. It’s got to be the majority of the population even now, so that’s heartening.”
Tucker also revealed that a break often lends perspective and an understanding of the bigger picture and the issues that matter.
“The other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are, they’re completely irrelevant. They mean nothing. In five years, we won’t even remember that we had them. Trust me, as someone who’s participated.”
Tucker taking aim at the mainstream media and perhaps his former employer said that the issues that really matter are often ignored in favor of the latest ‘emergency’ or ‘scandal’ or frivolities.
“And yet the same time, and this is the amazing thing, the undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future, get virtually no discussion at all—war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources.”
Tucker lamented the lack of meaningful debates where participants marshal their arguments in a passionate but disciplined and meaningful manner and respond to their opponent’s perspective.
Debate is the bedrock of democracy and a fundamental component of freedom of expression.
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“AM radios are being discontinued in new cars...”
On the news yesterday they reported that only some companies are doing this, and only in new electric vehicles. It’s the media, so whether it’s true or not, I’m not sure.
Maybe they figure that people who buy EVs don’t listen to conservative talk radio, anyhow.
Maybe we’ll see a resurgence in those shops that install after-market components. Like where we took our cars to have 8-tracks installed. ;)
Not if Tucker is on 3 hours a day.
FOX is where you never go for in depth discussion or debate. I have always found cable news a waste of airspace when it could have become so much more. Instead they focused on glamorous hosts, make up and self promotion books by those hosts.
FOX will spend most of it’s time focusing on issues that have no importance, or silly stuff. Keep ‘em dumb and gigglin’. It is so obvious they skimp on issues that matter only to leave out the parts of the story they don’t want you to know about.
Cable news is their own worst enemy who is doomed because they leave people looking for more to fill the missing information left unspoken.
Quite possible that some people like it that way. They can sit in their chair and blissfully ignore reality.
I watched his speech Saturday night and had that same thought. I wonder how many others did as well?
The same way Rush Limbaugh re-made AM Radio, Tucker Carlson is going to remake / transcend traditional media. It's going to be interesting to see and fun to watch.
Can't wait to hear liberal heads exploding again.
Entire organizations purporting to be News, broadcast only thought and differing thought while devoid of real substantive News
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