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Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".

If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.

Puja

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:37 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".

If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.

Puja

He’ll have a podcast and be earning £100k a month off patreon in no time.

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:54 pm

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:37 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".

If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.

Puja

He’ll have a podcast and be earning £100k a month off patreon in no time.

Or on OAN, no doubt. He'll work out fine. However, what he won't be doing is poisoning the minds of average Americans in a primetime show with one of the biggest megaphones available. It's a net good for the human race.

Puja

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".

If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.

Puja

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:00 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".

If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.

Puja

Do we know why he was sacked? Was it because he was publicly found to have told lies or because he insulted Trump?

Puja wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:02 pm

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:00 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".

If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.

Puja

Do we know why he was sacked? Was it because he was publicly found to have told lies or because he insulted Trump?

The official story is "mutual consent". The unofficial is that it was act of Murdoch, although no-one's saying whether it was a clause in the Dominion settlement, the new courtcase about sexual discrimination, or something entirely different. Can't think it'd be about insulting Trump - Trump probably doesn't even know it happened given it wasn't reported on Fox.

Puja

morepork wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:18 pm Two old white guys it is for the 2024 election. *sigh*

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:05 am

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.

So?

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:19 am

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:05 am

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.

So?

It was in answer to who is least shit of him and trump.

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:11 pm

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:19 am

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:05 am

So?

It was in answer to who is least shit of him and trump.

Aha. I hadn’t considered that would be Sandydragon asking a sincere question. Comparing anything or anybody to Trump is a pretty pointless exercise.

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:52 am

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:11 pm

J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:19 am

It was in answer to who is least shit of him and trump.

Aha. I hadn’t considered that would be Sandydragon asking a sincere question. Comparing anything or anybody to Trump is a pretty pointless exercise.

It was semi serious. Trump is by far the worst option. Whilst Biden has achieved more than his opponents expected him to, can he keep going for another 6 or so years t9 the end of a second term? Is there really no one else the democrats can field? The belief that only Biden can beat trump is surely flawed.

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:15 am

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:52 am

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:11 pm

Aha. I hadn’t considered that would be Sandydragon asking a sincere question. Comparing anything or anybody to Trump is a pretty pointless exercise.

It was semi serious. Trump is by far the worst option. Whilst Biden has achieved more than his opponents expected him to, can he keep going for another 6 or so years t9 the end of a second term? Is there really no one else the democrats can field? The belief that only Biden can beat trump is surely flawed.

You would hope that anyone else would also stand a decent chance, but it's easy to forget how popular trump was in America, he got votes than anyone else ever has (I think?) obvs apart from Biden. He got more votes than Obama got certainly.