OPINION | The Gen X culture warrior Tucker Carlson said a lot of terrible things he didn’t believe because he thinks his audience is stupid—and he thirsts for money and clout.
was still adding to an impressive portfolio of clever bits of longform reporting in mainstream news outlets.
So, he was born rich. He never had to struggle to break into journalism. He hosted several television shows on several different networks. Decades into his career, he was still getting work doing legitimate reporting that never required him to mask his conservative politics or give up his gig as a Fox News contributor.But as Trump took over the conservative movement, and Bill O’Reilly was dispatched in disgrace from Fox News’ 8 p.m. time slot—Tucker made his move.
He would ditch his free market libertarianism and ape the orange man’s incoherent attempts at economic populism. He would no longerThe New York Times ’ and their normie commitment to at least attempt accuracy—he’d help brain poison millions of people, whose terrified eyeballs he needed to keep tuned into Fox News if he wanted to go from really rich to obscenely rich, and if he wanted to maintain his perch as not only a right-wing media star, but the one on-air personality who might be too big to fire.
Tucker Carlson thirsted for money and clout, and he sold every ounce of his integrity to get it. He’s Generation X’s foremost sellout.
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