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https://youtu.be/awM0nrlOZxk?t=372 https://youtu.be/awM0nrlOZxk?t=372 At 6:12 Transcribed by me: "I would maybe make up some pretext for public consumption, l

by nawgz 4y ago

https://youtu.be/awM0nrlOZxk?t=372 https://youtu.be/awM0nrlOZxk?t=372 At 6:12 Transcribed by me: "I would maybe make up some pretext for public consumption, like 'oh they're dangerous', 'the technology's not there yet'"

econonut 4y ago
Let's not take things out of context guys. His response there is what he would say to the public if he were in charge of making decisions on self-driving trucks. Start at 4:45 for the entire segment. He starts his response by saying, "If I were president, would I say to the DOT..."
- pharrington 4y ago
  Yeah, he sure does gleefully admit that he'd abuse presidential power to lie in under to get what he wants! Good thing there's no other context where Carlson's in control of disseminating information in order to get what he wants!
- nawgz 4y ago
  Yes, let's not take things out of context. In a world where Tucker Carlson has gained more political power and is legislating some policy which should be very politically popular, he still believes the right way to do things is in an "ends justify the means" fashion, and would therefore be willing to mislead the public - and anyone else that required misleading - in order to enact this policy. Again, this is something that he argues would protect the jobs of millions of Americans. How can you possibly think that we are taking it "out of context"? This is ironclad evidence for people who argue something like "Tucker Carlson is a lying maniac who puts himself and what he thinks is important before justice and integrity". Even when in idealistic hypotheticals constructed for PR, he still would do what he does best: make up pretext for public consumption.
skipants 4y ago
It's really telling how simply he glosses over saying that like it's a perfectly normal thing for a "journalist" to do. That's pretty depressing.
ndespres 4y ago
To be fair, that clip is Carlson imagining a hypothetical scenario in which he’s the Secretary of Transportation or someone similar, and needs to justify keeping self-driving trucks off the road to avoid putting millions of truck drivers out of work. It is not an example of a lack of journalistic integrity or demonstration of his own televised spin.
- nawgz 4y ago
  I disagree. The whole thing is a PR spin - cmon, the guy who intentionally undermines society in order to retain his obscene pay at Fox News is selling a book about stable societies - and even in a PR spin hypothetical scenario where he's the president, he STILL prefers to mislead the public instead of making an honest argument to them. It's a perfect demonstration of a complete lack of integrity. The ends justify the means whenever he believes in it.

by nawgz 4y ago

econonut 4y ago

Let's not take things out of context guys. His response there is what he would say to the public if he were in charge of making decisions on self-driving trucks. Start at 4:45 for the entire segment. He starts his response by saying, "If I were president, would I say to the DOT..."

pharrington 4y ago
Yeah, he sure does gleefully admit that he'd abuse presidential power to lie in under to get what he wants! Good thing there's no other context where Carlson's in control of disseminating information in order to get what he wants!
nawgz 4y ago
Yes, let's not take things out of context. In a world where Tucker Carlson has gained more political power and is legislating some policy which should be very politically popular, he still believes the right way to do things is in an "ends justify the means" fashion, and would therefore be willing to mislead the public - and anyone else that required misleading - in order to enact this policy. Again, this is something that he argues would protect the jobs of millions of Americans. How can you possibly think that we are taking it "out of context"? This is ironclad evidence for people who argue something like "Tucker Carlson is a lying maniac who puts himself and what he thinks is important before justice and integrity". Even when in idealistic hypotheticals constructed for PR, he still would do what he does best: make up pretext for public consumption.

skipants 4y ago

It's really telling how simply he glosses over saying that like it's a perfectly normal thing for a "journalist" to do. That's pretty depressing.

ndespres 4y ago

To be fair, that clip is Carlson imagining a hypothetical scenario in which he’s the Secretary of Transportation or someone similar, and needs to justify keeping self-driving trucks off the road to avoid putting millions of truck drivers out of work. It is not an example of a lack of journalistic integrity or demonstration of his own televised spin.

nawgz 4y ago
I disagree. The whole thing is a PR spin - cmon, the guy who intentionally undermines society in order to retain his obscene pay at Fox News is selling a book about stable societies - and even in a PR spin hypothetical scenario where he's the president, he STILL prefers to mislead the public instead of making an honest argument to them. It's a perfect demonstration of a complete lack of integrity. The ends justify the means whenever he believes in it.