Is this the real reason why Tucker Carlson was deplatformed?

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 10:27pm

I suppose having RFK Jr. on your show is a real no-no. I suppose I suggested it in this diary, but there it is in spades: Joe plans to win by having the mass media deplatform his challengers. So I guess they're still planning to move forward with the RESTRICT Act, and so any voice they don't like, they'll threaten it with 20-year jail terms.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "Deplatforming works." Imagine her surprise when she discovers she's next on the list of those to be deplatformed. "First they came for the socialists..."

And then you have Amy Goodman on Democracy Now: "CBS News reports RFK Jr. was convinced to run by Trump’s former campaign manager Steve Bannon, who believes he will be a useful chaos agent in the 2024 race." As someone said on Reddit: "Would there be any other situation where liberal media would air the opinion of a MAGA crook? "

Meanwhile, The Atlantic, sponsoring MSNBC hack David Frum, deludes itself about "The Coming Biden Blowout." "Biden’s reelection-announcement video, released yesterday, defines the principal issue at stake in 2024 as 'freedom.'" Uh-huh.

EXTRA CREDIT: Jimmy Dore speculates the same thing I do!

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Submitted by The Liberal Moonbat on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 12:14am

So I actually skimmed the Frum-foam

He's right that the principal issue at stake is (very broadly-put) freedom.

You're right that he's completely flupping delusional.

To channel Robin Williams, now even Don Quixote's goin' 'you see an optometrist lately?!?'

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Submitted by MrWebster on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 11:11am

Makes sense to me.

According to reports he was let go over J6 reporting which really exposed the prosecutorial corruption of criminal charges?. So Fox of all media outlets is going to do the democrats a solid by getting rid of Tucker who was making the democrats look bad over J6? Yah sure.

Now I would expect the dem outlets like CNN, MSNBC, Wapo, Nytimes, etc to actively do hit pieces on RFK. I would expect Fox to keep PR on RFK to disrupt the democrats, unless there was a bigger issue. And that issue being pharma buying off the networks and other issues that threatened literally hundreds of billion dollars looks like one of them. What if the country turned anti-war over Ukraine--what would be the loss to the MIC?.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 11:44am

Might have been the last straw

Greenwald did a show showing how many times Carlson pushed the envelope that probably ticked off the PTB. Carlson talked about things that no other media would touch including Assange, the Iranian general that Trump killed, the fact that no one would show the facts of election rigging and more. And he also called out Biden for going after the black socialists and charging them with working for Russia. Oh yeah he also called out Biden for the Ukraine war…and more. Kinda makes me wish I had watched him more.

He also addresses AOC calling for Carlson's firing.

https://rumble.com/v2k86j4-system-update-show-77.html

The biggest thing canceling him does is take away RFK's platform and lots of people on the left who couldn’t pay their way onto MSDNC and Rachel Rachel. I rarely watch videos, but watched the whole episode.

Submitted by Shahryar on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 11:53am

do not forget that Carlson is a 1 percenter

He is nobody's friend. He is a grifter. He is no different than Rachel Maddow. He tells the truth only when it serves his purpose. He ignores other truth when it gets in the way of his purpose.

Meanwhile, his firing is a Rorschach test. Don't like these vaccines? That's why he was let go! Don't like NATO? That's why he was let go. Don't like white supremacy? That's why he was let go. Think Fox is using this as a way to mitigate lawsuits? That's why he was let go.

Submitted by Bring Back Civics on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 12:27pm

@Shahryar Couldn't disagree more. I

@Shahryar Couldn't disagree more. I will take a "1 percenter" telling the truth about Establishment lies and propoganda on important issues over a "99 percenter" supporting Establishment lies and propoganda any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Wasn't JFK a "1 percenter?" And, man -- what a brilliant grift: lose your platform and your multi-million dollar gig.

Submitted by QMS on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 2:55pm

surely money is involved

@Bring Back Civics

but that is not the issue
he couldn't be corralled into speaking the state lies
consistently. Career destroying move. You fight the man,
you lose your job. Plain as vanilla.

Flip side, does regiment media care if this is another
blow to their credibility? Who wants to watch their shit
anymore? Just because they broadcast, doesn't mean it
is being watched. Fox, find foot and shoot.

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Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 3:06pm

For sure.

@Shahryar He sure put on the "vote for the (R)' schtick when he was with FOX "News" to be sure.

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Submitted by usefewersyllables on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 8:14am

The platforms

are deplatforming themselves.

Pity.

Meanwhile, for the rest of us, there’ll always be Samizdat. I love the smell of mimeograph fluid, anyway.

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