Tucker Carlson is still a dick.
Written by Captain Spork on 3:59 PMI thought naming my first blog with something semi-vulgar, inflammatory and polarizing was the best way to go. The fact that the statement is indeed true was just gravy. Seriously, did he really think that he would win over any new demographic by losing the bowtie? To make matters worse he went with the unbuttoned collared shirt look, in what I can only imagine was a pathetic attempt to make him more appealling to the "average blue collar" viewer. This totally makes sense because when I think of an "everyman" I envision someone who is raised by the CEO of the PBS and the heiress of the Swanson frozen-food fortune.
Tucker: That bowtie didn't happen to contain your zenophobic, elitist worldview and sense of entitlement did it? The guy is a private school drop-out that has essentially been getting paid to "editorialize" his entire life based largely in part to his Dad's reputation as an actual journalist.
For all you need to know about Tucker just read the following summary from wiki about his confrontation in 2004 with Jon Stewart on Crossfire:
On Crossfire, prior to the 2004 Presidential Election, Carlson exchanged heated words with Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show. Stewart criticized the format of shows like Crossfire, calling Carlson and co-host Paul Begala "partisan hacks". Stewart asked the duo to "stop hurting America" and implied that shows like Crossfire were "dishonest" and failing miserably in their responsibility to the public discourse.
And yet Tuckers explanation for his behavior on Crossfire and subsequent termination from the show goes as follows:
(To Patricia Duff) "I resigned from Crossfire in April, many months before Jon Stewart came on our show, because I didn't like the partisanship, and I thought in some ways it was kind of a pointless conversation... each side coming out, you know, [raises fists] 'Here's my argument', and no one listening to anyone else. It was a frustrating place to work."
Let's see if we can follow Tucker's reasoning. He was going to leave Crossfire due to it's pointless partisan nature months before Jon Stewart called him and his show out for being partisan and pointless. Yet when given a chance to voice his frustration along with Stewart he chose to instead to tell Stewart that he wasn't being funny and then proceeds to chide Stewart for "sniffing [John Kerry's] throne" and not being a tough fake-news show. Makes perfect sense to me!
I just can't understand why Tucker's brand of white, priviledged, egomaniacal straight-talk hasn't vaulted MSNBC into a ratings powerhouse.
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