1. Tucker Carlson's self-presentation is of a kind of right-wing FDR. Born to wealth & privilege but radicalized by events and a traitor to his class willing to challenge the status quo. The reality is far different.
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@benyt's excellent profile of Carlson in yesterday's Times clarifies just how much of a double game Carlson is playing: the faux populist on camera, the insider sharing gossip with reporters in order to secure favorable coverage in real life.pic.twitter.com/9CndlM9u3J
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3. The bargain Carlson has with his mainstream media enablers is fundamentally corrupt -- evidence of the insider impunity he decries. He's a made man in the media world. Some further thoughts:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-is-a-made-man?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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What I don't get - as someone who does some writing but isn't a journalist - is what the access really gets the mainstream media folks. Is Tucker giving them scoops on serious news items? Or is "access" a synonym for "chummy inside-baseball stuff"?
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Like, I would find myself more sympathetic if he was helping break important news stories - I think journalists can face real dilemmas there. But I can't believe he is.
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I wouldn't say important news but juicy court gossip about Trump's circle.
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