Goodbye, good riddance! Media buyers drop Tucker Carlson into the abyss over racist commentary

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Thursday June 11, 2020 · 7:31 AM PDT

2020/06/11 · 07:31

Tucker Carlson hasn’t just doubled down on his racism, but as Daily Kos writer Walter Einenkel points out, he has doubled, tripled, and still continues to mount a disturbing view of the world. The media world was watching, and have begun voicing their displeasure removing advertisements from the program.

The mouse house of Walt Disney and mobile carrier T-Mobile decided enough was enough and they dropped Tucker exactly for what he is. Tucker’s commentary has been vile, offensive and over the top, but the moment you can see the pain is the moment that the advertisers start pulling the plug.

Deadline covered the response from Disney and T-Mobile.

Both Disney and T-Mobile have cut ties with the primetime Tucker Carlson Tonight over the host’s polarizing point of view on the Black Lives Matter movement and the desire for justice and equality in America many of its members advocate. Along with Papa Johns and SmileDirectClub, the media giant and the telecommunications brand faced a backlash in recent days for their association with Carlson and his belief that the well attended protests were “Black Lives Matter riots”

The position of Carlson certainly doesn’t match the position of Disney. In a memo sent out to employees, Disney advised members of staff that as a company they wanted a position that reflected diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. The Fox News host seems to only understand belonging as an exclusive club that he controls.

The new CEO for T-Mobile put it very bluntly:

It definitely is not. Bye-bye Tucker Carlson! #BlackLivesMatter
Ã¢ÂÂ Mike Sievert (@MikeSievert) June 10, 2020

Carlson, meanwhile, may be prepping whatever parachute he has, selling off his stake in the conservative website The Daily Caller, one he helped found in 2010. I guess the rainy day fund for Tucker needs to be refilled.

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