https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehil...-new-twitter-show-tops-100-million-views/amp/ <Snip> Carlson’s tweet captioned “We’re back” amassed 100 million views in less than 24 hours, and the three-minute video included netted 21 million watches in the same time frame. During his short message, Carlson did not address his ouster from Fox, but he offered a critique of the news media more generally, saying “amazingly that as of tonight, there aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” and lauding Twitter as a place “where our national conversation has long incubated and developed. <End> I don't really feel compelled to editorialize, at the moment. I just thought it would be nice to have this current event thread (arguably about a more noteworthy event, than some of our other options) begin in a time frame that was, well, current with the actual announcement. If this goes through, it will mean that Tucker will be forfeiting $24 million dollars that FOX had committed to pay Carlson, in a Non-Competition Agreement, if he were to not begin a new broadcast, through 2024. I guess the idea of Tucker not squirting some of his own lighter fluid, on the potential Biden-- Trump rematch, was too good to be true.
there will always been some that support him I suppose, many that just wanted to see what the train wreck said after being fired too
he lost a lot of MAGA folks with these statements though "Tucker Carlson said he hates Trump 'passionately', lawsuit reveals" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64886188 "We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights," he wrote in a text sent on 4 January 2021. "I truly can't wait." "I hate him passionately," he added.
I wish Tucker well. Sticking up for yourself can get you fired from your main job but there's always the great beyond with much bigger opportunities.
Since Musk has, or wanted, to get rid of advertising, in the Twitter accounts, I am wondering if Tucker will now charge a fee to view his videos. That may be one way to make money. But if advertisers are leaving Twitter and ad revenue has been reduced by some 80% or so, I am wondering how will he make money or is this to stroke his ego sort of a thing?
I have an elderly friend who was a religious watcher of Fox News and Tucker in particular. I haven't talked to him yet since this Tucker scenario began I'm very interested to here if this has caused him to stop watching Fox. I've been accused by many on the left here of being a regular consumer of fox but I cut cable TV and 2017 and have rarely seen a fox broadcast except for being over at the aforementioned friend's house
Do you have a source, for Twitter ad income being down 80% under Musk? That seems a very steep decline. Also, I had heard that Musk recently claimed that his social media company had just begun breaking even, on their balance sheet.
I would be curious to know if your friend abandoned FOX and, if so, from where he was now getting his news-entertainment. Also, it would be interesting to know if he plans on watching Tucker, if he posts his new shows on Twitter.
My initial guess, that this is Tucker's attempt to prevent his audience from finding others to replace him, in their hearts. He wants to keep himself out there, to stay relevant.
The 80% was when Musk took over and several large advertisers decided to drop Twitter. The estimate was 80%. But I have not looked all that closely at what the numbers are since Musk does not release financials anymore. But this site shows a decline from 2022 as 28% as the advertisers are slowly returning to Twitter.
People are entitled to their opinion of Trump. Its the folks that lie about him and guillibly perpetuate obvious lies about him that Trump supporters have a problem with. Indeed, it appears Tucker is none too fond of those folks either.
I put it to the thread: is this quote, the champion post, for irony-- or is it just too over the top, to seem believable? WTF? Tucker secretly hated Trump, but pretended to like him, as recently as after the Dominion settlement, in a sit down interview. He didn't say, "I hate you passionately, President Trump, because you're a demonic force." But that's how he feels, according to his messages. Yet he sat, hanging on every one of Trump's words, and giggling whenever it seemed appropriate. <Snip> Later, in the same conversation, Carlson texted that the prior four years under Trump had been a complete sh*t show, but that he and (presumably) the rest of the gang at Fox were “all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There isn’t really an upside for Trump.”... The Tuesday night filings also showed that in mid-November 2020, in an exchange with another unnamed individual, Carlson said Trump’s then rumored decision to not attend Joe Biden’s inauguration was “so destructive” and that Trump’s postelection lies were “disgusting.”* As we learned last month, in November 2020, Carlson texted his producer, Alex Pfeiffer, to say that Trump was good at “destroying things,” adding: “He’s the undisputed world champion of that.” Two months later, on the day of the insurrection, Carlson told Pfeiffer in a text message that Trump was “a demonic force.” We assume he did not mean that as a compliment. <End Snip> https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/tucker-carlson-donald-trump-text-messages-dominion-lawsuit *And yet, Tucker "perpetrate(d) obvious lies about" Trump, by pretending that Trump was being sincere, about his "disgusting" post- election lies.
'The failed attempt to destroy Tucker Carlson now promises to expand his reach. After averaging between three and five million viewers per night in his last few months on Fox News, Carlson’s only two Twitter posts since his firing – both videos that comment on the sorry state of cable news – garnered a jaw-dropping 83.3 million and 122.9 million views, respectively.' 'Once again, like the failure of the weaponization of the justice system and trial by media, the woke left is staring at the possibility that American society has moved on from relying on broadcast and cable news and a few papers to be the gatekeepers of information. The names “Tucker” and “Elon Musk” and “Megyn Kelly” may now be tipping point pioneers in what could become a new age of democratized communication.' https://amac.us/four-tipping-points-is-the-left-and-its-power-collapsing/
LOL-- the failed attempt to destroy Tucker, by the Left? He was fired by FOX News!-- seemingly, due to all of the suits against them, by companies they have defamed, among others. These wronged, business interests, are not the forces of the "Woke Left;" in fact, they are the enemies which Tucker & FOX picked out, themselves, to attack with lies. So your implication of Progressive fingerprints on any Carlson influence, assassination attempts, fall under the appropriately FOX-familiar genre: FAKE NEWS.
Though I had to correct your attempt to somehow rope in "Wokeness," to be responsible for Rupert Murdoch's staffing decisions, I am not dismissing your main point, out of hand. But I would like to examine, some of your assumptions. The notion that Carlson's nightly ideas, only reached a few million people, I think seems patently false. Assuming that truly was the size of Tucker's audience (though I would have thought it larger), many others who may not have watched the full broadcast, still saw clips of the broadcasts, regularly, on social media, and on other websites. So, it would clearly be ridiculous to suggest that Tucker's audience has swelled, overnight, from 5 million, to a hundred million. Secondly, what were the lengths of these posted videos? Were they the length of Tucker's former shows on FOX, or more like the length of the clips from his old show, which were well seen, making their ways around the internet?
I will either talk to him or see him soon and I will report back. He certainly fits the profile of a faithful Fox viewer. Older white fellow very conservative. Of course Fox audience is much more diverse than that but I am just repeating what I hear the left saying is the majority of fox viewers
@DEFinning Update about my older conservative friend the fox viewer. I asked him today if Tucker's firing had caused him to stop watching Fox. He told me that the only reason that he watched Fox was for Tucker. I must assume that is true because I was over there for several hours and not one time did he turn the TV to Fox. Usually when I visit for such a length of time I would expect to see Fox for at least 20 minutes or so.
Thanks for the intelligence report. Any idea, though, how he feels about Twitter? Is he, for sure, even online?
Oh he's definitely online but I don't think he does Twitter. I know he does Facebook. Him and his wife just got back from a cruise to Europe about 2 months ago and they came home severely ill with covid. Like they had both lost 15 lb and their eyelids were drooping and you could see the pink in their eyes. Damn sure cured me of wanting to go overseas at any time. Today I asked them if they had ever seen Yellowstone national Park and they said no. I told them perhaps you should consider that next time instead of going to a foreign country! Lol. You could live and die several times and never see everything there is to see right here in the USA. Not me buddy..... Due to my van having almost 300,000 miles on it.... I get nervous just leaving the county limits!
Tate describes his charges to Tucker that he's head of an organization who make girls film tictoks and he steals the money made from them. And A.W. Tucks lets it slide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tate 'Conservatives Condemn Tucker Carlson’s 2.5 Hour Interview With Alleged ‘Sex Trafficking Woman Abusing Fraud’ Andrew Tate' By Charlie NashJul 12th, 2023, 6:24 am snips: “Tate is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women. Are you an Andrew Tate right winger or a Sound of Freedom right winger. You can’t really be both,” tweeted conservative commentator Erick Erickson, in reference to Sound of Freedom — a movie about sex trafficking which was heavily promoted by conservatives on social media this month.' "Other right-wing social media users protested Carlson’s decision to portray Tate as “a hero” and called Tate “a terrible influence for young men.” “Why are you interviewing a horrible man that runs a webcam/ porn business in Romania? He sells women,” complained one woman, who said she was otherwise a fan of Carlson’s show, while another tweeted, “I’m losing respect for Tucker… This man traffic’s women, pays for sex, abused women, & preaches faux masculinity. Not a good look for a supposed Christian & conservative when Tate is the antithesis of that.” cont: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/conserv...-trafficking-woman-abusing-fraud-andrew-tate/
Will Fox motion the FBI for any/all correspondence that mentions Epps? Or try and settle? 'Arizona Man Cited in Conspiracy Theories Sues Fox News for Defamation' Source: New York Times Ray Epps, the man at the center of a widespread conspiracy theory about the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Fox News and its former host Tucker Carlson of defamation for promoting a “fantastical story” that Mr. Epps was an undercover government agent who instigated the violence at the Capitol as a way to disparage then-President Trump and his supporters. The complaint was filed in Superior Court in Delaware, where Fox recently agreed to a $787.5 million settlement in a separate defamation case brought against the network by Dominion Voting Systems to combat claims that the company had helped to rig the 2020 election against Mr. Trump. “Just as Fox had focused on voting machine companies when falsely claiming a rigged election, Fox knew it needed a scapegoat for January 6th,” the complaint says. “It settled on Ray Epps and began promoting the lie that Epps was a federal agent who incited the attack on the Capitol.” Fox News did not immediately respond when asked for comment. But the network moved quickly to have the venue changed to Federal District Court in Wilmington, Del. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/...qES3IB0T53xDiSoZGmz4Q4fjnMG0fPlRRTrJm1q9W6K1U
