“The Mystery of @TuckerCarlson” is the best in-depth look at this confused member of the media elite. https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/tucker-carlson.php … via @lyzl
On the “independence” of @TuckerCarlson’s @DailyCaller: “...Mickey Kaus published an article criticizing Fox News, Carlson immediately removed it. Carlson had a contract with the network as a commentator and, according to Kaus, he said he couldn’t criticize Carlson’s employer.”
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@DailyCaller highlights sensationalist stories about “illegal aliens,” justifiable homicide, and a hit piece on Beto O’Rourke. What The Daily Caller became, a former employee told me, was far different than what it was intended to be.”Show this thread -
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@TuckerCarlson’s@DailyCaller: “They used all the technology that told them who was reading the site and what they wanted. So, they gave the people what they wanted.” Coincidentally,@DailyCaller followed me the other day. Hey y’all.Show this thread -
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@TuckerCarlson’s “independence,” says Richard West, professor of communications at Emerson College and author of five books on interpersonal communications, is ‘change-the-subject conservatism.’”Show this thread -
“...Carlson’s deftness in defying any one party or ideology... is more about a winning rhetorical strategy than a noble enterprise. West: “It’s quite a remarkable tactic because you don’t give people an opportunity to digest. I do believe he’s a conversational narcissist.”
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@TuckerCarlson viewers should ask themselves: Why listen to a man who embodies the person he is telling you to hate & disbelieve? He is the media elite. “...This man. Who has money. Status. 2.7 million viewers. He holds the attention of the president.”Show this thread -
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@lyzl referencing herself: “And me? I might be “the liberal elite,” but I buy groceries at Wal-Mart, live in Iowa, and after 12 years of working as a writer, I still can’t get many outlets to even respond to my pitches.”Show this thread -


“What happened to make a rich white man the vox populi? How did I, a mom in the Midwest who can’t afford health care, become the humorless, censoring, liberal elite? How are the winners still insisting they are losers? What happened to this whole mess of a world?” @lyzlShow this thread
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