Tucker Carlson Needs Only a Single Picture to Respond to New York Times 'Bombshell' Hit Piece on Him
Tucker Carlson is getting the last laugh after The New York Times published a 20,000-word hit piece on the ratings kingpin, slamming him as a "racist nationalist."
On Sunday, Carlson tweeted a viral photo of himself gleefully snickering while flaunting the Times' "bombshell" front-page story on the Fox News sensation.
The article was part of a disdainful, four-part series on Carlson titled "American Nationalist" (as if that's a bad thing).
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the cable news juggernaut's photo spoke volumes. You can almost hear him chuckling aloud.
It's the same hearty laugh heard most evenings on Carlson's top-rated cable show when he mocks absurd, race-baiting, virtue-signaling leftist policies.
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 1, 2022
As he does with the relentless, shrill criticism from other left-wing crybullies, Carlson simply laughed off the Times' latest hatchet piece.
Like other corporate media outlets, the Times has destroyed its credibility in recent years with nonstop spouting of left-wing propaganda masquerading as objective journalism.
"Maybe 15-20 years ago, someone smeared like this by the NYT would’ve had their career & life destroyed," former Florida Congressman Trey Radel tweeted Sunday.
"Today, it’s a badge of honor because the Times’ staff has so clearly shown their job is to be PR foot soldiers and character assassins for democrats," he said. "What a pathetic rag."
Maybe 15-20 years ago, someone smeared like this by the NYT would’ve had their career & life destroyed. Today, it’s a badge of honor because the Times’ staff has so clearly shown their job is to be PR foot soldiers and character assassins for democrats. What a pathetic rag.
— Trey Radel (@treyradel) May 1, 2022
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Newsweek's deputy opinion editor, blasted the Times' hypocrisy in attacking Carlson for championing the working class and espousing views that "any Democrat would have proudly endorsed 15 years ago."
She said "if you're part of the ruling class like the NYT, you don't want anyone exposing the vast chasm separating you from the people you pretend to represent. So having uncovered that Tucker talks endlessly about the class divide, they color caring about inequality as 'racism.'"
But if you're part of the ruling class like the NYT, you don't want anyone exposing the vast chasm separating you from the people you pretend to represent. So having uncovered that Tucker talks endlessly about the class divide, they color caring about inequality as "racism."
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) May 1, 2022
Ungar-Sargon added: "Legacy media used to use its massive resources to expose government corruption; now they use them to protect the administration from embarrassment and criticism, to expose anonymous Twitter accounts, to smear the competition as racists if they dare expose the class divide."
Legacy media used to use its massive resources to expose government corruption; now they use them to protect the administration from embarrassment and criticism, to expose anonymous Twitter accounts, to smear the competition as racists if they dare expose the class divide.
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) May 1, 2022
Numerous other Twitter users lampooned the Times, saying it deserves to be scorned — not only by Carlson but by the public at large.
This is just so freakin’ spectacular. The @nytimes has so jumped the shark that all there’s left to do is laugh at it. It’s trash propaganda and everyone knows it.
Their hit pieces not only don’t work, but now just aid in their own destruction.
Mock ‘em and move on! https://t.co/25oDeAb7hV
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) May 2, 2022
Tucker is legitimately having the time of his life. https://t.co/u5BhMU4V5y
— Gina Bontempo (@FlorioGina) May 1, 2022
Perfect.
These corporate media clowns deserve scorn. https://t.co/5mGTguSaha
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) May 1, 2022
LOL!! @NYT simply **ADORES** #disinformation:
- 4 YRS Trump-Russia: FAKE
- #HunterBidensLaptop = “Russian disinfo!” FAKE
- Ofc Sicknick “murdered!” FAKE
- “Hands up don’t shoot” FAKE
- Trump “said neo-nazis good ppl” FAKE
- Covington Catholic: FAKE
- #TaraReade #MeToo: BURIED https://t.co/mh2tKyg623— Dialectic_CRISIS!!!! (@CrisisHegelian) May 2, 2022
As Carlson continues to dominate cable-news ratings, left-wing vilification has heated up.
Cable News Demo Rankings Fri Apr 29
1⃣@TuckerCarlson
2⃣@TheFive @GregGutfeld @JudgeJeanine @WillCain* @KatiePavlich* @HaroldFordJr
3⃣@SeanHannity
4⃣@GutfeldFox!
5⃣@OutnumberedFNC
6⃣8⃣@AmericaNewsroom @DanaPerino @BillHemmer
7⃣🔟@SandraSmithFox @JohnRobertsFox
9⃣@BretBaier pic.twitter.com/9nU4Pzsg4t— RoadMN 📈 (@RoadMN) May 2, 2022
But disingenuous criticism doesn't mean much, because Carlson has the most powerful platform in cable news and is more watched by Democrats than CNN or MSNBC.
Surprise! Tucker Carlson Draws the Most Democratic Viewers in Key Demo, Even Topping Rachel Maddow ! 39% Dems 25-54 watching. https://t.co/l1Ph6sFxLj
— 🇺🇸 🇺🇸IFB Dogdrunk #IFBAP 😎 (@Dogdrunkfun) May 1, 2022
Tucker Carlson is the most popular cable news host among Democrats aged 25-54. Everything the corporate liberal media writes about his show is designed to conceal this reality in order to preserve their status and relevance among a rapidly dwindling audience of insulated elites.
— Shant Mesrobian (@ShantMM) May 2, 2022
The left loves to claim that Fox News viewers are older in a bid to discredit the audience as out of touch and passé.
In reality, Carlson's show draws more Democrats in the key demographic (ages 24-54) than MSNBC star Rachel Maddow.
No wonder he's laughing.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
