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7 months agoCool, the tone of your previous comment made me think you mightve considered him a legitimate journalist.
Cool, the tone of your previous comment made me think you mightve considered him a legitimate journalist.
Do you not understand the backlash Tucker Carlson is getting for doing this interview? Are you not aware of his history pushing pro-putin talking points? Tucker Carlsons content literally gets reposted on Russian state medias youtube.
Do you not understand the backlash?
Yeah, a lot of it is outrage bait. That is basically how Trump got elected, outrage -> coverage, coverage->legitimacy.
That actually existed until Reagan repealed it. That paved the way for Rush Limbaugh and the rest snowballed.
“I don’t think transsexuals should be discriminated against, expect medical discrimination. Cus conspiracy theories.”