I have started taping and watching Tucker Carlson most every day.

[everyonematters]

He approaches his show with the temperament and intellect of an insolent teenager. He is the bully in the school yard, and the liberal Democrats are the weaker kids he is bullying. It is about the power.

Last night he stated that the Russians invaded Ukraine, therefore the sanctions were a failure, and he infers that the hardships we are enduring from it aren't worth it. Of course, he is ignoring the notion that the sanctions will take time to work. Does he have the same attitude about sanctions on Iran?

[Ocelot II]

1. How can you stand it?

[NewHendoLib]

2. Why? Why make yourself miserable and frustrated?

[everyonematters]

14. Trying to figure out what makes him tick.

He has been accused of deliberately being an agent for the Russians. I don't think that is the case. He just has to ridicule everything Biden does.

[Botany]

3. more power to you for watching that crap but always remember Tucker does not say his shit ....

... on his own. It is written for him in order to stir shit up.

[underpants]

4. God bless you

Newshounds watches Fox so you don’t have to.

I listen to talk radio ...too much. People who aren’t already in that world have no idea how weird it is. Tucker does not follow the news of the day, the repetition, and goes to different levels of nuts.

[greenjar_01]

5. Read a book instead

You're wasting your precious time.

[Bev54]

6. I am not sure how you could stomach it myself. The other thing he is

not being truthful about the sanctions were not instigated until after the invasion.

[Sneederbunk]

7. Have not watched FOX since 2004.

[gab13by13]

8. Nope, no way, nyet, not gonna happen,

my BP is just fine and my heart has been in rhythm for 2 1/2 years since I had my ablation.

[Kaleva]

9. You're one of the 3% of the US adult population that watches him

[Demovictory9]

10. he has no real opinion.. just spouting made up thoughts to keep Magas watching

they want to hear anti dem stuff, he obliges.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. lol why on earth

[Samrob]

12. What does he know about sanctions not being worth it? They haven't affected him or his ilk.

Just the ordinary worker and poor citizens. And tho it is hard on many of us, yes, many of us think it is worth it considering what a victory for Putin and Trump might be like. I'll stop driving if it keeps Trump out of office.

[Downtown Hound]

13. Watching him only helps him

If you give him ratings, you give him power.

[Raine]

21. He won't getting ratings if you record it and watch it a couple days

later, the key is WAITING to watch the recording.

[Emile]

23. When you record a show that is helping the ratings.

[Downtown Hound]

27. Not true

You're still watching it if it's recorded. Those stats are all recorded.

[The Revolution]

29. Recorded by who? How?

Unless your household is a Nielson participant, I don't think your viewing is recorded at all. As far as I know, Nielson still tracks ratings using monitoring devices that you would agree to install, or paper diaries that you fill out (I've done the diaries previously, though it has been a few years).

[Emile]

31. Ed Shultz use to tell viewers to record his show to boost his ratings.

[Downtown Hound]

32. Everything you record on those boxes is logged

They know exactly how many times a show has been recorded. Nielsen ratings were inaccurate even before technologies like DVR and Tivo (remember Tivo?) existed. Think of how inaccurate they would be now with the proliferation of easy recording and storage. So yeah, they've got sniffers in those boxes that monitor how often a show is recorded.

[retread]

15. Not sure why you would do that? I don't have to stick my head in a clogged toilet to know it

stinks like s**t.

[BlueJac]

16. Yikes, I could not handle him for 5 minutes!

[Mariana]

17. He tells his viewers exactly what they want to hear.

That's why his show is so popular.

[Mad_Machine76]

18. Listen to the Tuckered Podcast instead.

It's two guys listening to and debunking him every week and trying to figure him out. It's much less self-harmful.

[iemanja]

19. and you contribute to his ratings

Democrats make up a large share of his audience. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tucker-carlson-secures-most-democratic-223803687.html

Do you realize more Democrats watch Carlson than Rachel Maddow?
That means your dutiful watching of Carlson helps enable him to continue spewing garbage. The Democrats who make him rich and enable him to continue to defile the national culture are a big part of the problem.

[Raine]

22. Not if you record it and WAIT to watch what you recorded

then it's not counted in the ratings.

[iemanja]

28. Not true

DVR's collect more data about your viewing habits than if you were watching live. https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/tv-and-culture/dvr-viewings-tv-ratings.htm?msclkid=7b549a12adee11ec8b5d5d9a013b2a80

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. Tucker's a narcissist

of course its bout power ,ego ,bullying and control.

That bullshit is what narcissists live for. That and making other people suffer.

[SKKY]

24. Tucker Carlson hasn't been the same since John Stewart cancelled his show "Crossfire"...

[Archae]

25. I don't watch him, at all.

But I know what he says.

I read the comments at Media Matters, and Crooks & Liars.

They watch him so I don't have to.

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. Tucker Carlson is officially for entertainment, not facts or logical discussion

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye

There's no point in expecting consistency of argument from him; you are officially advised, by Fox, to use "an appropriate amount of skepticism" when viewing him. Since I'm sure you're not entertained by him, since you're better than that, I'd give up, if I were you.

[FSogol]

30. Hopefully people close to you are planning an intervention.

Why not volunteer to help out at the local food bank?
That would be more helpful and rewarding use of your time.