The Strategy Liberal Activists Are Using to Attack Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Show

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  1. Fred C Dobbs

    Fred C Dobbs Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So what? They are able to respond with words as well. Do we really want to remove advertising from media? That would raise the question of how it would be reported, unless supported by government. That's proven unwise, and the that was known even 250 years ago..
     
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    Why not watch the show and then comment? I often hear this self censorship from Leftists and they seem to wear it as a badge of honor. Of course it's just a matter of not wanting their opinions disturbed.
     
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    Its a shame those on the right have to behave like leftists. Soon they'll be attacking people in restaurants and barring free speech.
     
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    I don't watch much of any cable news other than the odd headline. I don't think much of CNN or MSNBC either. I get most of my news from reputable on-line sources or legacy newspapers that I can then fact-check for accuracy.

    That being said, I would not watch anything on Fox because of it's clear and obvious bias towards supporting right-wing causes and low-balling any interviews with Trump. Not so much not wanting my opinions disturbed, that happens all the time.

    More that my working theory is that watching right-wing corporate propaganda causes brain cancer.......:alcoholic:
     
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    Yes, as said, that attitude is common among leftists and yet, despite this self censorship, they still feel qualified to offer their opinions on a variety of subjects.
     
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    Just because I dont watch right-wing propaganda does not mean I am not allowed an opinion. My original post on this thread was to only state that Israel lobby has been using tactics of attacking advertisers who sponsor policy Israel doesnt like for decades. That is what AIPAC and CAMERA are all about. The are even trying to make it against the law to criticize Israel on campus.

    So the tactics being decried in the OP as terrible liberal attack on free speech are nothing new right.

    I could care less about TC or anything he says. I responded to the op narrative that this was some kind of new heinous tactic by the left against free speech.
     
  7. Fred C Dobbs

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    Of course it doesn't. It just means your opinions will be quite predictable and usually based on bias and misinformation.
    And with all the problematic countries in the world your focus is on Israel. You think that's a coincidence?
    No, there are always great reasons being put forward why free speech should be curtailed or disallowed and that depends on who the subject of the criticism might be.
    Left or right, the objective is the same.
     
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    Much like the Tea Partiers - some liberals have discovered a way to have a voice. I'm not thrilled with the internet and it's dissemination of fake news, but it is what it is ... Trump uses it and now some liberals use it. Bites both ways. Life isn't fair.
     
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    They are not liberals. What they are, has hijacked liberalism. Liberalism respects the right of speech, for it is the speech that some might find unacceptable that must be protected, and not the speech you agree with.

    Must I post the dictionary definition of liberalism?

     
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    Remember warning conservatives that the tables could be turned when they decided to boycott and attack the Dixie Chicks over a comment they made ten years ago. They were black-balled for years.

    Roses do not grow from conservative asses on this issue either.
     
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    They were never censored. You should understand the difference.
     
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    The thing is though, genuine liberals by core principles would never do this. So, as I said, these are not actually liberals. I could pull up some names and terms, that might inform of their influences, but why bother? An astute intellect would have little trouble in determining what these people are.

    But sure, you gave us a reality check.
     
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    As much as Carlson has been. They had concerts cancelled. Radio stations that played their songs were abandoned by advertisers. Dixie Chick CD were destroyed. Death threats. They were destroyed.

    Conservatives do not have roses growing from their asses on this issue.
     
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    I fully agree - free speech should not be abridged by either side - and I certainly wouldn't claim that liberals have been as good as they once were about defending free speech.
     
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    You make a good point though the circumstances were different. The Dixie Chicks were rubbishing the US President during a European tour while Carlson is a Conservative voice that the Left has been after for quite a while.
     
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    Liberals have a “voice” by preventing conservatives from speaking?

    That defies reason
     
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    By your defination there are no liberals in America today
     
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    But they won't appear on the program to debate. Instead they'll try to shut him up in other ways.
     
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    Oh I don't know. I saw Tulsi Gabbard on Robert Murdoch's Faux News and she did quite well for herself. So did Bernie Sanders - in fact, he got the conservative crowd on his side on the healthcare question.

    Maybe reasonable people don't appear on TC because of his lack of credibility as TV personality.?
     
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    Tucker was one of the main reasons I stopped watching FOX, I never actually learned anything.
     
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    In fact, if you watched the program on a consistent basis, you''d likely know more about what's been going on in DC and the MSM for the last couple of years. I've been debating leftists on this board during this period and they've been consistently wrong. That started with the last Presidential election and they've been wrong since.. They also had no idea Mueller would come up dry.

    Your ''Faux News' comment is tired and lame.

    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/n...st-declares-fox-news-has-been-right-all-along
     
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    That's not the fault of Fox news.
     
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    its precisely because the truth matters. Seth Rich ring a bell?
     
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    true because he doesn't work for fox news.

    Seems the entertainment division is conflated with the news division for all loyal fox viewers.
     
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    They have every right to say they'll boycott any business that advertises on TC's show.
     
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