Tucker Carlson airs his most dishonest and dangerous pandemic segment yet

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/26/tucker-carlson-airs-his-most-dishonest-dangerous-pandemic-segment-yet/

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https://archive.fo/1CRm0


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“I have not said this to you before because I’m pretty careful and I’m pretty careful with the data,” Berenson claimed, falsely. “The mRNA covid vaccines need to be withdrawn from the market now. No one should get them. No one should get boosted. No one should get double-boosted. They are a dangerous and ineffective product at this point against omicron,” the most prevalent variant in the United States.

I want to be careful here not to overstate the case. But Berenson’s career is now largely predicated on precisely this sort of denialism. It’s what powers his Substack subscriptions, it’s what gets him on Carlson’s show, it’s what landed him an interview with Joe Rogan. And when your profile and income are predicated on claiming that you alone are standing athwart a global conspiracy, there is a tendency to continue to amplify your assertions to keep the audience on the hook.

For the audience, the thrill is being part of the elite few who see behind the curtain. In an insightful Twitter thread, writer Julian Sanchez labeled this “cinematic epistemology,” a belief system rooted in the assumption that the world works the way action movies do. That, in other words, Berenson is the protagonist who will soon reveal that the heavy machinery of government has long ben up to no good, deceiving the public. In reality, of course, Berenson and those like him are simply leveraging this impulse for attention and money.

Like, why is the government engaged in this conspiracy? What’s the value? The incentive system for Berenson and for Carlson is obvious and immediate. The putative incentive system for the government is murky to the point of pitch-blackness. It’s entirely “Bourne Identity”-level theorizing without the benefit of any actual exposition proving that some nefarious official at the CDC is watching his plan come to fruition.

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[everyonematters]

1. My theory on him used to be that he is living out a bad childhood, but

after hearing what he has revealed regarding Ukraine, I am convinced he is being controlled by the Russians.

[Aussie105]

2. Ask not what Tucker is up to . . .

Ask instead what Rupert is up to.

TFG was sucking up to Putin because he had hopes of building a T***p tower in Moscow.

What is Rupert hoping is in it for him supporting Putin?

[hadEnuf]

3. I think it's past time for some anti-propaganda rules for broadcast media.

And let's not get into the free speech & cable media is exempt cloak. This has gone way past exemptions and has nothing to do with free speech.