HE Controversial host Tucker Carlson announced on Tuesday that he will be restarting his show. twitter after last month Fired from Fox News for a series of racist comments. The media reference of the far right in the USA thus signed off on the social network controlled by Elon Musk, which it praises as the “last great platform in the world” that defends freedom of expression.
The ultra-conservative Carlson in the video he posted on his account accusing the media of lying and fraud “intentionally” to the population. This position coincides with the position that Musk has used in recent months, who selects and censors journalists who reveal offensive information about Twitter’s administration. open doors of misinformation and allowed the return of users who were previously suspended for hate speech, including former President Donald Trump.
Carlson was abruptly fired from Fox News on April 24, days after the company agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle the lawsuit over the spread of lies on the network. wrong selection trick for profit Joe Biden in the US presidential election in 2020. According to ‘The Wall Street Journal’ the company would only inform him 10 minutes in advance.
A few days later, ‘The New York Times’ announced that the board had decided to expel him for making the star host. offensive, misogynistic and racist comments in a series of private text messages. In one, he referred to the fatal beating of a young anti-fascist by a group of Trump supporters: “It is absolutely dishonorable to jump on such a person. White men don’t fight like that. But I suddenly found myself rallying the crowd against him. The young man told them to hit harder, kill him.” “He was waiting. He really wanted the boy to get hurt. He could taste it.”
radical and effective
Untouchable for years, Carlson has used his position as a Fox News star to fuel conspiracy theories of all kinds and start a racist rhetoric acclaimed by the nation’s white supremacists. The influential commentator garnered more than three million viewers a day for his late-night show before he was surprisingly fired. This has made him not only a key figure in conservative boss Rupert Murdoch’s media business, but also the most powerful voice within the Republican Party outside of Trump. “They are making our country poorer, dirtier and more divided.said for immigrants.
Carlson’s firing hurts Fox News’ business. The gap it left behind has lowered viewership levels for the conservative channel, which has recorded one of the lowest ratings since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in recent weeks.
According to The Wall Street Journal, it’s unclear how the switch to Twitter will affect the remainder of Carlson’s contract with Fox, which runs through 2025 and is valued at approximately $20 million a year. Normally, television networks include: non-compete clause in such dismissal agreements. If so, then restarting your program on the social network may put that money at risk. Despite this, the server’s lawyers have accused Fox of fraud and breach of contract and have assured that this clause is no longer valid, according to ‘Axios’.
“No deal”
His arrival on Twitter could have the opposite effect and help Musk increase traffic and attention on the platform. Still, the billionaire pointed out that Didn’t sign “any deal” with Carlson and “you are subject to the same rules and rewards as all creators.” This statement could not be verified. Twitter responds to emails from the press with an automatic poop emoji message.
The bluebird social network is going through a particularly difficult time. The changes driven by Musk are making room for increasingly radical voices, but they’re also scaring off the company’s major advertisers, an advertising outlet that’s undermining its core business model. The second richest man in the world has put more emphasis on his subscription plan Twitter Blue to generate new income. However, users pay for your account verification and amplifying their messages creates confusion and larger misinformation problems.