Carlson Shuts Down Guest For Criticizing Chauvin’s Excessive Use Of Force | Talking Points Memo

Fox News host Tucker Carlson let out what appeared to be an uncontrollable cackle, and abruptly ended an interview with a guest who criticized the former police officer for an excessive use of force after he was found guilty for murdering George Floyd on Tuesday.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1370728

Ok, so nothing to report on Rump, Greene is covered in another story. It’s time to talk about Carlson’s stupidity again.

When will Americas media stop talking about America’s media? It’s boring but great click bait.

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Cackle? That’s just Tucker laying yet another egg.

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That entire segment could have been a very reasonable, informative interview on what went wrong and how law enforcement should proceed so this doesn’t happen again. Of course it had to be shut down.

I mean, it’s FOX.

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Cucker Tarlson’s slip is showing and his show is slipping.

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I listened to this yesterday and would much rather this get coverage than the loathsome fox host

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I forced myself to watch the first 2 minutes of the Bowtie Twerp’s BullocksArama, but had to bail when he started insulting my intelligence with BS about jury intimidation. Looks like I didn’t miss anything.

I know why Fux puts him on, but does he have to portrayed as a journalist if he’s just “entertainment”?

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That was kind of scary, that little burst at the end was quite something. I think that is the moment that “practiced” facade cracked and we got to see the real insanity underneath. This is who people listen to for “news.”

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The comparison to Carlsons furrowed brow “gravitas” look as not unlike a “chihuahua puzzled by the smell of its own farts” will never leave my mind.

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That guest likely got on by telling Carlson what he wanted to hear.

And then got on and told the truth.

It’s so nice (that one time every year) when Fox viewers accidentally see the truth.

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TPM,

This is why I refuse to give you a dime.
Save for the NFL, I don’t watch Fox at all, let alone FoxNews or Tucker Carlson.

Contrary to your claim, TPM is not independent or free of big-corporate-media. Articles like this demonstrate that.

Click bait is not journalism.

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I read the story twice and didn’t see one word about Matt Gaetz, what gives?

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Uh oh, sounds like someone punctured Fucker’s safe space bubble with a modicum of real talk.

Sounded like the shrieks the small rodents would make when my old cat used to catch ‘em.

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Could you elaborate on how this article is “click-bait” ?

I’m not seeing it.

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There’s nothing newsworthy about what an entertainer does or says on his show.

Carlson gets ink here because he’s an easy target to scorn.

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“Everyone understood perfectly well the consequences of an acquittal in this case. After nearly a year of burning and looting and murder by BLM, that was never in doubt,” he said.

But…but…I thought that people were supposed to use Second Amendment solutions to events that they don’t like. Isn’t that why people open carry at the grocery store–so I’ll be intimidated? I’m fairly sure that Carlson supports political violence that is committed in defense of his sad little beliefs.

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Like going to WDC on 1/6 to celebrate freedom and be run over by Trump’s friends.

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I would argue that Carlson is a propagandist, disguised as an entertainer.

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I don’t get it. I understood Fox’s business model of catering to White grievance: allowing elderly White guys to safely watch their prejudices being legitimized while enjoying their nightly ‘branch water and bourbon’. However, I don’t understand the decision to adopt a full-out racist, White nationalist stance. What gives Fox News the confidence that this is a winning long-term strategy?

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Cancel Culture for me, but not for thee.

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