Two mass killings happened in Texas over the weekend. Unfortunately for the media, the narrative is really hard to apply. But they’re trying.
Fox News is taking it in the bum for firing Tucker according to Media Matter. But is that true.
And lets look at some leaked film of examples of why Tucker got fired.
News
Here is some news:
- A man walked into the Allen Outlet Malls in the town of Allen, Texas. That is just outside of Dallas.
- He killed eight people, injured seven with three still in critical condition.
- A police officer on a different call confronted the shooter and killed him with a headshot.
- The man is Hispanic, 30 years old, and lived with his parents.
- His parents were interviewed and did not speak English. You know what that means? This is going to be a gun control issue and not a white supremacy issue.
- No motive was released.
- Brownsville, Texas, which is right across the border from Matamoros, Mexico, and has resulted in at least seven deaths and at least six more suffering injuries. Mexican media said that the number of people injured was more than 15.
- The driver hasn’t been identified.
- No motive has been announced.
- A black man was arrested for shooting and killing two white men in Oklahoma.
- Carlton Gilford allegedly shot and killed two men to whom he did not have any connection on April 18, according to the Tulsa Police Department.
- His motive? They were white and he was black.
- He is facing hate crime charges.
- Nashville police have changed their minds when it comes to the trans shooter who killed six people, three of whom were children, in Covenant School in Nashville.
- They have decided not to release the shooter’s manifesto though several outlets have sent out Freedom of Information Act requests.
- I wonder why they decided to do that?
- This manifesto will be released eventually.
- The reparations war in California, which was never a slave state, continues.
- Activists heard our calls to ask for $20 million in reparations. They are now demanding $200 million. Yeah, this whole thing is being taken seriously.
- The committee settled on $1.2 million for reparations and approved the request.
- Yeah, none of this is going anywhere.
- Prince Charles has officially become King Charles the III in England. We kicked their asses in the Revolutionary War so who gives a damn.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-man-charged-murdering-two-white-strangers-oklahoma-because-race
https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/nashville-officials-flip-flop-covenant-shooting-manifesto-despite-claim-documents-would-come-very-soon/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/activists-demand-higher-payments-calif-reparations-committee-200-million-per-person
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-reparations-panel-approves-payments-1-2-million-every-black-resident
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/queen-elizabeths-absence-felt-king-charles-coronation-ceremony-marked-tributes-late-monarch
https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-searching-home-texas-shooter-where-he-lived-parents-report
https://www.dailywire.com/news/at-least-7-dead-at-u-s-mexico-border-multiple-injured-after-car-mows-over-pedestrians-reports
Media Matters Strikes!
Fox News is getting a lot of crap for firing Tucker Carlson. They have yet to say a word about it probably because there was no good reason to fire their highest rated show host. So they decided to leak some “damaging” video of Tucker while he was off camera. Guess what? It didn’t have the affect they thought it would and made Fox News look worse.
The group that released is the hack organization, Media Matters. This is a group that just watches Conservative content and tries to drum up controversy about them. It never works out as it didn’t in this case. Let’s take a look at all the controversial statements.
Here’s the first clip. Here, he’s talking to some guy about an interview he is going to have with someone in Romania:
Some things:
- Fox Nation does suck.
- Nothing he is saying is a demand. It’s a suggestion.
- No sure the controversy.
Here’s the next clip. He’s talking to Piers Morgan about the opportunity to be interviewed by Morgan. Tucker is happy with the decision to hire Morgan and how nice the people are at Fox News:
Some things:
- He’s actually being complimentary of Fox News, their people and the decision to hire Piers Morgan. Nothing really terrible here.
- As far as the “creepy” sex stuff, so what? He has a sense of humor.
Here’s the next clip.
He made a joke that he knew would tee off Media Matters. Guess what? He was right. Why would Media Matters even air that as the reason to fire Tucker Carlson? It deprecates Media Matters.
Also, it is a joke!
Here’s the next clip.
Here, Tucker is being self-deprecating. He is saying that he has no idea if he looks good, he saying he’s old and he says he’s not running anything. This just shows how good natured he is.
Here is the fifth clip:
This is a good Christian guy who is putting himself down for hating a guest that, apparently, was insulting him on air. He is actually admitting that he felt loathing for someone he talked to and was admonishing himself for feeling that way. This is not exactly something to condemn. How many on the Left actually do this.
Here’s the final clip posted by Media Matters:
This seems to be the most damaging to Tucker according to Media Matters. Here, Tucker is sexually harassing his makeup artist and she is laughing at his jokes. Here’s a news flash: You used to be able to do this and many women, most actually, liked it. It was fun. Only now do we have to watch everything we say and do.
As far as Tucker actually being very loose with his language and cussing, who cares. That’s called the “workplace”. Everyone cusses. Who cares?
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxleaks-tucker-carlson-slammed-fox-nation-behind-scenes-video
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxleaks-tucker-carlsons-creepy-behind-scenes-comments
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxleaks-tucker-carlson-getting-triggered-dominions-deposition-lawyer-slimy-little
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxleaks-tucker-carlson-asks-makeup-artist-if-pillow-fights-ever-break-out-womens-bathroom
They Are Celebrating
Though their “leaked” audio of Tucker wasn’t really damaging to Tucker, Media Matter is still celebrating.
According to Media Matters:
It’s been less than a week since Fox News suddenly pulled Tucker Carlson off the air, and the early results for the network have been devastating. Fox’s ratings are in a tailspin, and its right-wing media competitors are successfully stealing its market share by painting the network as a traitor to the conservative movement. It’s time for Fox’s executives and stars to panic – and whatever they do to reverse course is likely to be irresponsible and destructive.
Viewership for Carlson’s former timeslot is in freefall. His show drew just over 3 million viewers last Wednesday, including 357,000 in the crucial 24-54 demographic. A week later, Fox host Brian Kilmeade’s third night in the timeslot brought in only 1.33 million viewers and 124,000 in that demographic. Fox’s audience for its 8 p.m. ET hour plummeted 56% among all viewers and 65% in the demo in just a week – and still may not have hit bottom. Meanwhile, MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes scores its first ratings wins in the show’s history.
This is a bit of an exaggeration.
Fox News rating are down by a little less than a third during Tucker’s time slot. But it is still kicking the crap out of MSNBC and CNN. MSNBC has snuck into the top ten shows (two shows) but every other Fox Show, even Tucker’s old slot is killing them. The Five on Fox has taken the top spot.
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-ratings-collapse-disaster-its-response-will-be-too
Oops, Change of Plans
Fox News is really struggling with this whole mess.
According to The Hill:
Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters for America over its publication of leaked videos showing Tucker Carlson, a former host at the network, making crude and offensive comments off the air.
“We write on behalf of Fox Corporation to clarify any misunderstandings Media Matters
may have had regarding previously unaired footage that Media Matters has published in a series of articles headlined “FOXLEAKS,” attorneys for the network wrote in a letter dated Friday.
“That unaired footage is Fox’s confidential intellectual property; Fox did not consent to its distribution or publication; and Fox does not consent to its further distribution or publication.”
The network’s lawyers said the videos were given to the liberal media watchdog group “without Fox’s authorization” and demanded it “cease and desist from distribution, publication, and misuse of Fox’s misappropriated proprietary footage, which you are now on notice was unlawfully obtained.
Bullshit. Fox News has been a disaster with this whole thing. They leaked this, trying to drum up some sympathy. It just didn’t work.
Angelo Carusone of Media Matter said:
Media Matters said “reporting on newsworthy leaked material is a cornerstone of journalism. For Fox to argue otherwise is absurd and further dispels any pretense that they’re a news operation.”
He added:
“Perhaps if I tell them that the footage came from a combination of WikiLeaks and Hunter Biden’s laptop, it will alleviate their concerns.”
I hate Media Matters, but good for them. They got the tapes and that’s that. The tapes didn’t do what they wanted the tapes to do but I like Tucker more seeing them.
https://thehill.com/homenews/3990099-fox-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-media-matters-over-leaked-tucker-carlson-footage/amp/
There’s Something on the Horizon
Tucker is not going to be sitting around. He wants to do something. And he wants to do something big.
According to the Post Millennial:
Tucker Carlson is preparing a fight against Fox News to get out of his current contract and his allies, with large platforms, are ready to go on the offensive for the former Fox host. Axios reports that “Carlson and Elon Musk had a conversation about working together, but didn’t discuss specifics.”
According to a report from Axios, Carlson is planning to build his own media empire. Before he could do that, Fox needs to let him out of his current contract which is set to end in January 2025. Fox is currently paying the former host $20 million a year to not work.
“The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous,” said Bryan Freedman, the lawyer representing Carlson in the dispute.
One of Carlson’s friends said that his allies are “coming to him saying ‘do you want me to hit Fox?'” Carlson reportedly responded that he wants “to get this done quietly and clean.”
The friend added, “Now, we’re going from peacetime to Defcon 1, his team is preparing for war. He wants his freedom.”
Another source close to Carlson said, concerning Fox, Carlson “knows where a lot of bodies are buried, and is ready to start drawing a map.”
How serious is this whole thing? Well, according to reports, Tucker is really working to get investors.
According to the Daily Wire:
Tucker Carlson has reportedly had a conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk about working together after Fox News took him off the air late last month.
The news was contained in an Axios report about Carlson getting closer to allowing his top allies to start going after Fox News for keeping him locked in his contract, which would pay him $20 million a year to keep him on the sidelines until January 2025.
This would turn the country upside down in a great way!
https://thepostmillennial.com/tucker-carlson-may-go-public-with-insider-information-on-fox-news-report?utm_campaign=64466
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-and-elon-musk-discuss-working-together-as-carlson-plots-new-path-forward-in-media-report