I agree with this, but this incident may be a catalyst for a change in the political landscape; there has been a strange and unholy alliance between Evangelicals (White conservative Christians) and conservative Jews. Carlson’s step in overtly embracing such clear and well known anti Semitic rhetoric may accelerate the weakening of that alliance, and if that happens it may significantly alter the economics of Fox News’s hate based programming.
On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 9:36 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 5:08 PM 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'll believe he's getting fired when it actually happens like O'Reilly. >> > > Carlson's not going anywhere. The thing about being a target of outrage is > that the outrage comes in a wave. If the wave is not big enough to sweep > away the target, the target can talk to management and become entrenched > enough to withstand similar waves as they come. In order to succeed the > outrage has to come in a much bigger wave. At this point Carlson is a known > quantity and any company who pays to advertise on his show knows what the > show is about. The advertisers aren't going to be blindsided over whatever > he says and they're not sensitive to boycott threats. > > The ADL did exactly the right thing in their language and demands. They > have to publicly hold him to account for his bigotry. But their calling for > him to be fired isn't enough to get him fired and they know that. > > In the longer term politics is continually undergoing changes and > political media goes through its own changes. The circumstances might > change to make it unacceptable to have a host openly spout bigotry on the > air. We're not there yet and as much as it is important to keep pointing > out instances of his bigotry it just won't get him booted from the air. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHYi-ua%2BdHoDkKs4X%3DCXD08apJSjCU5FWbStCN3dWz10g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHYi-ua%2BdHoDkKs4X%3DCXD08apJSjCU5FWbStCN3dWz10g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL%2BmSOy1j%2BhCbr%2B-pYpixU6S4ZMp1zzsyoNROWk5Z5rug%40mail.gmail.com.
