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This article in the #PalmerReport asks some interesting questions about #FoxNew's unexpected #firing of his cash cow, the prominent and infamous TV host, Tucker Carlson.
Even if all the allegations were true, it still doesn't sum up for me.
Maybe the idea of obstruction of justice could be an issue, but still...
What if, on the other hand,...
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...the many appearances of snippets of his show on #Russian state television had not been on a "pro bono" basis? What if there were a money trail?
There has long been evidence of oligarchs' dark-money flows to #Russian agents in the #US, as well as to the #NRA, and through it to many #Congressmen and other #politicians. It would be highly unlikely if the #FSB or some other intelligence service, or just the #oligarchs and their agents themselves, had...
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...to subvert prominent #media figures in the #West.
Arguably, no-one has been as successful in spreading dissent and pro-Russian talking points in the #US as #Tucker #Carlson.
With #FatherCoughlin, who reached 30 millions of then 120m Americans with #Nazi sponsored propaganda on his #radio show in the 1940's, there is even #historic precedent of a prominent media personality being an agent, paid or otherwise subverted, by a foreign enemy...
https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/father-coughlin-deplatforming-radio-social-media.html
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...So, I ask the question:
what if there were a #Russian #DarkMoney trail to Tucker Carlson?!?
Without further ado, here is the summary of the Palmer Report:
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"Fox News has #fired #Tucker #Carlson, its highest rated and most profitable host, in a move so dramatic that he’s not even being allowed to do a final show. The initial presumption was that it was in response to the #Dominion settlement. But if anything, after Fox had to write a check..."
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"...that large, it would be more inclined to keep #Carlson around – because he can help #Fox bring in replacement revenue the most quickly...
...the first rule of understanding #cable news hirings and firings is that #networks to not ditch #hosts that are highly profitable...
Something new has to have happened...
So did that internal #Fox probe uncover some other things about #Carlson? Is this why Fox was so desperate to settle with #Dominion..."
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"...ahead of trial? It appears #Smartmatic wants to go to trial no matter what, so could Fox be afraid that this Carlson dirt will come out and wants to get ahead of it?...
Some #political pundits who are vaguely connected to #Carlson are suggesting on #Twitter that he was planning to use his show tonight to ‘vindicate’ himself in relation to #Jan6, and that it may be related to a guy named Ray #Epps...
If #Carlson really was planning to go..."
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"...on the air tonight with yet another phony conspiracy theory that was going to get Fox in even more legal trouble, could that have been the reason #Fox immediately #fired him?...
The LA Times is reporting that #Fox’s firing of #Carlson is at least partly related to the #discrimination suit filed by Abby #Grossberg. She’s accused #Tucker Carlson of #sexist behavior..."
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