A left-wing media watchdog group has uncovered audio tapes of Tucker Carlson making misogynist, racist, and other colorfully stupid remarks during a radio show hosted by a shock jock named Bubba the Love Sponge about ten years ago. Far from apologizing, and in true Trumpian form, Carlson chose to lash out at the “outrage machine” and said he would never bow to “the mob.” Fox News, it seems, has his back.
My reactions?
- No one who goes on a show with a shock jock intends to engage in a serious conversation. I don’t doubt for a minute that Carlson was just being provocative in an effort to entertain the guy’s listeners. You might as well hold a stand-up comedian to the letter of his routine.
- That said, it is difficult to take Carlson’s otherwise valid complaints about the “outrage machine” seriously, because that is the entire purpose of Fox News. It is the heart of their business plan. Triggering and owning libs with outrageously stupid views is the way they win and keep viewers. Carlson does it himself. Is it only an “outrage machine” when it works against him?
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.