Friday, 28 April 2023

Tucker Turn

Earlier in the week on Monday I learned that Tucker Carlson was fired from his job as journalist and presenter for the fox news network. I don't think it was Rupert Murdoch's decision to fire him, I think it was the two directors he appointed in charge of Fox news. They seemed to fire him as a reaction of him giving a heart felt speech over the weekend at a conference. He was expressing his veiws on prayer and how abortions were destructive and things like that. 
The thing that concerned me was the reaction of other media and politicians in America. In my view, celebrating the deplatforming of a journalist is a form of fascism. They were forcing a person out of work because he had a view that didn't conform to theirs. If you try to get people fired from their job because they have a point of view you don't like, that makes you a fascist. It is similar to forcing people to burn books that contradicted the natzi party manifesto in 1930s germany. A politician should remain neutral when a journalist loses their job, they should be impartial. They shouldn't be celebrating or encouraging it, that is wrong! It is true fascism. Having a veiw that is not left wing isn't fascism. People are so confused. Fascism is silencing everyone that doesn't conform to your world view with violence or sanctions; using fear and intimidation to control what people say. 

The irony is that fox news is suffering because their viewer numbers have dropped dramatically so they actually hurt themselves. He posted a video on twitter and it had more views than all the videos shown on the fox news platform all together. If he doesn't do something bad, Tucker Carlson is a made man, he can get a better job or plaform for his journalism very easily. I could become a media platform's front man like Joe Rogan is for Spotify. Or he could be like Donald Trump and launch his own platform, truth social. It will be interesting to see what Tucker Carlson will do. 



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