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Tucker Carlson to launch new show on Twitter

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  1. TooFewColours
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    Hadn't seen this posted yet, discussion last month on his departure from Fox News: https://tildes.net/~news/156q/tucker_carlson_and_fox_news_part_ways Many concerns/curiosities about where he...

    Hadn't seen this posted yet, discussion last month on his departure from Fox News: https://tildes.net/~news/156q/tucker_carlson_and_fox_news_part_ways

    Many concerns/curiosities about where he would eventually land.

    Elon Musk said Twitter had not signed a deal with the host, who would be subject to the same rules as other "content creators".

    On Tuesday, Carlson said he would be bringing a "new version" of his show to Twitter soon in a message captioned "we're back".

    8 votes
  2. Eabryt
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    I'm curious how this might impact the remaining advertisers on Twitter. Many companies dropped Tucker's show on Fox. Can't imagine they'd be happy to possibly be run alongside him on Twitter.

    I'm curious how this might impact the remaining advertisers on Twitter. Many companies dropped Tucker's show on Fox. Can't imagine they'd be happy to possibly be run alongside him on Twitter.

    7 votes
  3. TheJorro
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    Canada has been floating the idea of banning FOX News over Tucker Carlson's statements on his show there. I wonder if this means we'll consider banning Twitter now. I wouldn't mind.

    Canada has been floating the idea of banning FOX News over Tucker Carlson's statements on his show there. I wonder if this means we'll consider banning Twitter now.

    I wouldn't mind.

    5 votes
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    Bullmaestro
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    He'd probably do better on a platform like Rumble, since that's where all the deplatformed right-wing nutjobs are going now.

    He'd probably do better on a platform like Rumble, since that's where all the deplatformed right-wing nutjobs are going now.

    4 votes
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      FishFingus
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      Why wouldn't they just go back to Twitter, since Muskrat unbanned and replatformed them, verified them, pushed their trash to the top of your feed and now spends his time responding to them with...

      Why wouldn't they just go back to Twitter, since Muskrat unbanned and replatformed them, verified them, pushed their trash to the top of your feed and now spends his time responding to them with comments like "Hmm", "Interesting" an "Why would the MSM lie about this?"

      8 votes
      1. Bullmaestro
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        Unless he's got exclusivity clauses in his contract that prevent him from doing so, why doesn't he upload on both platforms? The thing is that Twitter doesn't strike me as the ideal platform to...

        Unless he's got exclusivity clauses in his contract that prevent him from doing so, why doesn't he upload on both platforms?

        The thing is that Twitter doesn't strike me as the ideal platform to host a talk show. It's also very slowly becoming an even bigger dumpster fire with all the Twitter Blue stuff going on.

        At least Rumble is designed to host video content.

        1 vote
    2. stu2b50
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      I think that would be his last resort. From the emails and texts in the dominion case, it’s clear he considers himself “above” the Trump crowd. He’d want to have his cake and eat it too - be on a...

      I think that would be his last resort. From the emails and texts in the dominion case, it’s clear he considers himself “above” the Trump crowd. He’d want to have his cake and eat it too - be on a more mainstream platform and also get the crazies. After all, his fox show was the most watched cable television show for the years it was up - that was crazies, but also mainstream republicans.

      3 votes