Mother Tucker was a guy on his way out for a long long time. He never knew where the lines were drawn, even in the grey world of Fox News. Carlson should have either decided he really loved Trump, back when Rupert Murdoch made that decision, or he should have had the balls to become a Never Trumper and he might be sitting pretty now, insofar as public opinion is concerned. Carlson is fine financially. He was born that way. Plus he made plenty of money on Fox News. But Carlson’s name has been mud since he lost his perch at Fox News and even Vladimir Putin humiliated him by making him wait two and a half hours for an interview in Moscow. It’s pretty bad when even Putin shows his unequivocal contempt for you. Even Putin has more self respect than to want to appear to be in alignment with Mother Tucker. Mediaite.
As Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox News advanced on Monday, with a judge refusing a request for a pause, tens of thousands of pages of exhibits were released. Smartmatic, a voting technology company, is suing Fox Corp for $2.7 billion dollars for defamation over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election.
The tranche of documents includes text messages and emails between Fox talent and executives, including major figures in the company like Sean Hannity, Rupert Murdoch, Maria Bartiromo, and Tucker Carlson. Carlson was fired from the network in April 2023, months after it settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
Fox News released a statement as the documents were released on Sunday, saying, “The evidence shows that Smartmatic’s business and reputation were badly suffering long before any claims by President Trump’s lawyers on FOX News and that Smartmatic grossly inflated its damage claims to generate headlines and chill free speech. Now, in the aftermath of Smartmatic being criminally charged with bribery in the Philippines and the Government’s motion to include evidence of Smartmatic’s business dealings in Venezuela and Los Angeles County, we are eager and ready to continue defending our press freedoms.”
Among the many bombshell revelations in the newly released materials was Tucker Carlson calling then-President Donald Trump a “total piece of shit.’ The Guardian’s Jeremy Barr dug through the materials and highlighted some of the more eye-popping moments, including:
An unidentified individual told Tucker Carlson on 9 November 2020 that Trump should concede the election. Carlson replied: “Oh I’m fully aware,” and referred to Trump as a “total piece of shit.” But, he added, “We can’t control him obviously. Got to do the responsible thing regardless of how he behaves.”
Text messages revealed by Dominion’s lawsuit against Fox News also showed Carlson insulting Trump, calling him a “demonic force.”
Tucker is quite the one for demons. He claimed that demons attacked him in his sleep recently, drawing blood with their claws. Or was it their fangs? In any event, Tucker doesn’t fare any better in the nether world than he does in this one, evidently. Perhaps the demons just don’t appreciate Tucker enough. We understand. We feel the same way.
