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Tucker Carlson thinks marijuana legalization is a massive conspiracy to pacify the youth and make them more compliant. I dont particularly give a damn about the

Tucker Carlson thinks marijuana legalization is a massive conspiracy to pacify the youth and make them more compliant. I dont particularly give a damn about the mainstream media, but I'm not going to pretend Carlson is a paragon of intelligent political analysis either.

jhardy54 6y ago
Fox News literally argued in court that Tucker Carlson is exempt from slander accusations because the show is purely entertainment and no reasonable person would believe that the claims he makes are factual.
- _iyig 6y ago
  Similar arguments were made in defense of the Daily Show and Colbert Report (e.g. "just comedy shows"), yet those shows also often touched on big issues neglected by mainstream news.
  - augustt 6y ago
    If there was any confusion: Fox "News", Comedy Central
hintymad 6y ago
Thanks for sharing. I didn't know about that. I watched a few episodes of Carlson on rioting and critical race theory with blatant racism against white people in Seattle city government. Those were shocking news, and Carlson's attack was forceful yet followed common sense.
dropit_sphere 6y ago
It's not that Tucker's an oracle. It's that sometime in the last 30 years the tenets of the journalistic priesthood have changed. In the past the (aspirational) goal was to provide the public with the facts; now it's to provide the (interpreted) Truth. Biased media is nothing new. It just used to be biased in different, opposing directions. What's new is that journalists finally found something they could all agree on: pro-journalism!
- Craighead 6y ago
  Thank you Ronald Reagan
tathougies 6y ago
Most people don't agree fully with any person they respect politically. That doesn't mean you toss the baby out with the bathwater. Tucker Carlson's views on Marijuana may seem odd on Hacker News, but (1) they're fairly typical and mainstream and (2) they really don't matter when Tucker is reporting on things like the Joe Biden allegations.
yaypolitics 6y ago
Oh noooes not my heckin weederinos. The kiddos should be allowed to get 420 blazed up my dudes! Marijuana makes children smarter, it’s important we get them started early to expand their minds maaan. Did you know Carl Sagan also toked up? We are all star dust my friend, light one up for my homie Sagan. Alright, Reddit out. The bacon narwhals at midnight.
pelliphant 6y ago
Isn't he mainstream media?

jhardy54 6y ago

Fox News literally argued in court that Tucker Carlson is exempt from slander accusations because the show is purely entertainment and no reasonable person would believe that the claims he makes are factual.

_iyig 6y ago
Similar arguments were made in defense of the Daily Show and Colbert Report (e.g. "just comedy shows"), yet those shows also often touched on big issues neglected by mainstream news.
- augustt 6y ago
  If there was any confusion: Fox "News", Comedy Central

hintymad 6y ago

Thanks for sharing. I didn't know about that. I watched a few episodes of Carlson on rioting and critical race theory with blatant racism against white people in Seattle city government. Those were shocking news, and Carlson's attack was forceful yet followed common sense.

dropit_sphere 6y ago

It's not that Tucker's an oracle. It's that sometime in the last 30 years the tenets of the journalistic priesthood have changed. In the past the (aspirational) goal was to provide the public with the facts; now it's to provide the (interpreted) Truth. Biased media is nothing new. It just used to be biased in different, opposing directions. What's new is that journalists finally found something they could all agree on: pro-journalism!

Craighead 6y ago
Thank you Ronald Reagan

tathougies 6y ago

Most people don't agree fully with any person they respect politically. That doesn't mean you toss the baby out with the bathwater. Tucker Carlson's views on Marijuana may seem odd on Hacker News, but (1) they're fairly typical and mainstream and (2) they really don't matter when Tucker is reporting on things like the Joe Biden allegations.

yaypolitics 6y ago

Oh noooes not my heckin weederinos. The kiddos should be allowed to get 420 blazed up my dudes! Marijuana makes children smarter, it’s important we get them started early to expand their minds maaan. Did you know Carl Sagan also toked up? We are all star dust my friend, light one up for my homie Sagan. Alright, Reddit out. The bacon narwhals at midnight.

pelliphant 6y ago

Isn't he mainstream media?