Tucker Carlson Obsession Thread (merged)

[BreatheUT]

The issue is that his audience never wants to look too deep. Or think too long about what he's saying.

I'm sure you can point to programming that does all this.

We're waiting.

 

[clarksvol00]

You're right if it wasn't for fitness centers, restaurants, nursing homes amd bars then MSNBC and CNN ratings would be much worse.

I'm not sure why a thread about cable news bother people and get them offended. I get offended that they are offended.

Are you saying I'm offended? Cause I'm not. I like to discuss things and take contrary positions from a center left perspective on VN. Does that make me offended?

 

[BreatheUT]

Are you saying I'm offended? Cause I'm not. I like to discuss things and take contrary positions from a center left perspective on VN. Does that make me offended?

Wasn't talking about you.

 

[clarksvol00]

Meanwhile, every Fox News program from 7 AM ET through the conclusion of "Gutfeld!" at midnight ET averaged more than 1 million viewers. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" led the way, averaging 3.2 million viewers to outdraw all of CNN’s primetime programming combined.

I'm usually at work from around 7 til after 6, so I can't help there. Typically when I get home I enjoy spending time with my family much more than Tucker or Hannity or Maddow or Cuomo. I guess if there are people who want to devote their time to cable news and opinion, that's cool.

 

[Carl Pickens]

CNN will start secretly funding a pro Trump movement in hopes of restoring their viewership

 

[BreatheUT]

CNN will start secretly funding a pro Trump movement in hopes of restoring their viewership

Lemon is just awful. Years ago he was decent. He had some good perspectives. Then he just went nuts and is all in on SJW. His audience has tanked as a result. They're going to have to do something about the putrid ratings. They need to start attacking MSNBC.

 

[AshG]

I want a new outlet to take all of them on. Grounded in Joe Friday "Just the facts, ma'am" reporting and clearly delineated analysis/opinion that won't be mistakable for news. No political affiliation or leaning, and balanced perspectives. No "outrage journalism" or talking head yelling at the screen about who to hate or what to be afraid of.

Basically BBC World Service, American Edition.

 

[clarksvol00]

I want a new outlet to take all of them on. Grounded in Joe Friday "Just the facts, ma'am" reporting and clearly delineated analysis/opinion that won't be mistakable for news. No political affiliation or leaning, and balanced perspectives. No "outrage journalism" or talking head yelling at the screen about who to hate or what to be afraid of.

Basically BBC World Service, American Edition.

That would never succeed here. We don't want "just the facts," we want opinions that agree with ours.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

I want a new outlet to take all of them on. Grounded in Joe Friday "Just the facts, ma'am" reporting and clearly delineated analysis/opinion that won't be mistakable for news. No political affiliation or leaning, and balanced perspectives. No "outrage journalism" or talking head yelling at the screen about who to hate or what to be afraid of.

Basically BBC World Service, American Edition.

CNN and the MSM created FOX NEWS.

 

[AshG]

CNN and the MSM created FOX NEWS.

And now Fox News is part of the MSM.

The Nixon White House and Roger Ailes gave birth to Fox News.
How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory

 

[BreatheUT]

And now Fox News is part of the MSM.

The Nixon White House and Roger Ailes gave birth to Fox News.
How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory

You sound like you're questioning the character of FoxNews hosts like Harris Faulkner, Shannon Bream, Martha McCallum, etc.....

 

[AshG]

You sound like you're questioning the character of FoxNews hosts like Harris Faulkner, Shannon Bream, Martha McCallum, etc.....

I'm not, either overtly or covertly. I am simply saying that

1. As Fox has far and away the highest ratings, it is technically the most mainstream of the mainstream media.
2. Fox was not created by CNN's failings, but by a carefully constructed plan that used basic psychological and human behavioral principles to lock in its initial viewership as it grew its base. Ailes was a genius. I simply do not agree with how he used it.

 

[clarksvol00]

You sound like you're questioning the character of FoxNews hosts like Harris Faulkner, Shannon Bream, Martha McCallum, etc.....

I don't know who any of those people are, but if they're fox daytime people, I'd like to know why they're any more credible than any other daytime cable news hosts.

 

[BreatheUT]

I don't know who any of those people are, but if they're fox daytime people, I'd like to know why they're any more credible than any other daytime cable news hosts.

Good question. It's worth watching one of them for 15 minutes. They generally report, and allow both perspectives. It is hard to see their bias, and you really don't know for sure who they'd vote for.

 

[NEO]

Maybe Tucker and Fox have a built in advantage because their base doesn't have anything better to do than sit in the recliner and be told how to think every night.

You really believe that or just throwing a dart at the board to see if you get a bite?

 

[clarksvol00]

You really believe that or just throwing a dart at the board to see if you get a bite?

I'm being somewhat serious. I don’t understand why anybody would sit around watching opinion/outrage shows.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I'm being somewhat serious. I don’t understand why anybody would sit around watching opinion/outrage shows.

If you don't watch FoxNews & you don't know the hosts that are there as you say .... then how do you know their shows are only on for their opinion/outrage shows. I don't know any that are outrage shows but are only on cnn/msnbc channel. America is tired of these numbskull robots spewing nothing but hate for others on their daily line-up.
Also, on ABC like "The View" that constantly spews hate & outrage for anybody on the "right" or to have a different opinion from their left-wing burn it all down cult.

 

[InVOLuntary]

The issue is that his audience never wants to look too deep. Or think too long about what he's saying.

Or make things up like MSNBC, CNN and the other communist propaganda networks.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I'm not, either overtly or covertly. I am simply saying that

1. As Fox has far and away the highest ratings, it is technically the most mainstream of the mainstream media.
2. Fox was not created by CNN's failings, but by a carefully constructed plan that used basic psychological and human behavioral principles to lock in its initial viewership as it grew its base. Ailes was a genius. I simply do not agree with how he used it.

Is the same psychology in play with the folks that watch CNN and MSNBC?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Or make things up like MSNBC, CNN and the other communist propaganda networks.

Those channels were pushing for Avannati, the creepy porn lawyer, to run for president against Trump.
That's so hilarious. Just to think about it has me rolling on the floor laughing bigly at their picks for POTUS..

 

[clarksvol00]

If you don't watch FoxNews & you don't know the hosts that are there as you say .... then how do you know their shows are only on for their opinion/outrage shows. I don't know any that are outrage shows but are only on cnn/msnbc channel. America is tired of these numbskull robots spewing nothing but hate for others on their daily line-up.
Also, on ABC like "The View" that constantly shows hate & outrage for anybody on the "right" or have a different opinion from their left-wing burn it all down cult.

I dont have to watch Hannity, Carlson, etc to know their format.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I dont have to watch Hannity, Carlson, etc to know their format.

That's true. But, then you're being closed minded to hearing the truth of what's clearly going on in America.

 

[BreatheUT]

If you don't watch FoxNews & you don't know the hosts that are there as you say .... then how do you know their shows are only on for their opinion/outrage shows. I don't know any that are outrage shows but are only on cnn/msnbc channel. America is tired of these numbskull robots spewing nothing but hate for others on their daily line-up.
Also, on ABC like "The View" that constantly spews hate & outrage for anybody on the "right" or to have a different opinion from their left-wing burn it all down cult.

Nailed it!

 

[clarksvol00]

Then you are closed minded to hearing the truth of what's clearly going on in America.

If close-minded is what it takes to not sit around listening to charlatans like Hannity, Carlson, Maddow, Lemmon, and their ilk, by all means, I am proudly close-minded.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

If close-minded is what it takes to not sit around listening to charlatans like Hannity, Carlson, Maddow, Lemmon, and their ilk, by all means, I am proudly close-minded.

Then you should have no personal opinion on this topic since you like being closed minded to it..