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Is the firing of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon on the same day a sign that news media will ditch the propaganda angle and focus on being more informative, or just a coincidence and no one is changing their ways?
Comment by [deleted] at 25/04/2023 at 02:15 UTC
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If Tucker Carlson wasn't fired today, we never would have heard of Don Lemon's existence. It's pure coincidence.
Comment by DemWitty at 25/04/2023 at 00:21 UTC
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This is one hell of a false equivalence. Tucker Carlson is a white nationalist who pushed the Great Replacement conspiracy theory on his show among the plethora of other far-right nonsense.
Don Lemon was a mostly useless creep who ultimately got fired for being too hard calling out the lies of a GOP fringe candidate.
Fox News is still going to be pushing white nationalism, CNN is still going to continue their drift further and further to the right and further down the ratings. Nothing is going to ultimately change.
Comment by throwaway09234023322 at 24/04/2023 at 22:34 UTC
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I hope it is a sign, but likely cutting liabilities. Both of those guys are idiots imho. Good riddance.
Comment by Kevin-W at 24/04/2023 at 22:24 UTC
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It's a coincidence. They're getting rid of those who they consider a liability since it affects their bottom line.