This was my initial take as well. In some ways Fox News is similar to ESPN in that both get nervous when the talent starts thinking it is more important than the brand.
But…there does seem to be a growing concerted effort by a significant fraction of the hyper Right to punish Fox and move the loyal deeper into the darkness. This has been successful in the short term: FN ratings for the TC slot were 56% lower last night compared to week before. If I had to bet, I would go with those numbers getting close to even with TC numbers within 3-6 months, but I actually have no real way to predict the behavior of those people. https://apnews.com/article/0bc7a7690ccc7d18df2fc6e959004c06 On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 at 7:46 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing that comes through from reading about FNC and Carlson is how > disposable he was. The Murdochs gave him a ton of money and their best time > slot and all he did with it was regurgitate right wing talking points to > the faithful. He didn’t recruit new people to the cause or make the talking > points more palatable to a general audience. Without him FNC will find > another host to take the 8 PM slot and Carlson will go and do whatever Bill > O’Reilly does. > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 9:38 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On the tweetybox, he marvelled at "how many genuinely nice people there >> are in this country" and that most of the debates on TV are "incredibly >> stupid." >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-breaks-silence-fox-news-fired-1235403422/ >> (link) >> https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1651376097349578753 (tweet) >> B >> >> Kevin M, April 25th: >> >> Are there enough lies and conspiracy theories in the day? >> >> -- >> 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/e78eec7c-ab59-4713-9662-d81518f271a8n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e78eec7c-ab59-4713-9662-d81518f271a8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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-FiFjwh31MyD%3DDxy1V-b-qv514ompEtYU-RtDBZ4Sjmf16A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFjwh31MyD%3DDxy1V-b-qv514ompEtYU-RtDBZ4Sjmf16A%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/CAKGtkYKXs5HZA_SsS_ooCx8bypCMM5K1ccqAh6_Ctc-D-hgK%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
