Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Tucker Carlson

[Rhiannon12866]

Tucker Carlson is admired by white nationalists, elected officials, and maybe some of your relatives or coworkers. Given that he has the ear of so many Americans, John Oliver explains where Tucker came from, what his rhetorical tactics are, and what he represents.

[ancianita]

1. Thanks. A good JO mashing of a mediocre tv racist who feeds his white audience any twistings

of fact that prop their hidden hate for non-whites. What makes JO good is that he reminds Americans how racism hides itself in tuckers and their audience.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I agree, JO always does such a thorough job

That I wish that everyone would watch. And he does it with humor which makes even such an unpleasant subject as Tucker Carlson palatable for the rest of us.

[ancianita]

3. Yep. It's hard to be humorous about TC, but JO's framing his banality as tv dinner

makes me

Thanks for your faithful late night posts!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I know, but he always seems to find a way!

And you're more than welcome. I know that a lot of DUers don't stay up as late as I do and they may not have cable - or even TV - so they always know they can find the late night political shows right here on DU!

[ancianita]

5. Yep.

I see all your late night posts as a thoughtful help to them.

All the late night posters and MIRT do great work here.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Awww, thanks!

For me, it's a chance to give back for the invaluable education - and the camaraderie - that I've found here.

[More_Cowbell]

6. John Oliver's married to a veteran

So he must've been really pissed off.

I wish more people would talk about how Tucker successfully defended himself by arguing in court that his audience doesn't expect the truth from him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I think you're right - he really let Tucker have it

And that's an interesting point. Has Tucker Carlson ever taken anything he says seriously? I'm sure that most DUers remember the drubbing he took from Jon Stewart on "Crossfire" back in the day, but who here remembers that he used to have a show on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow as his sometime "sidekick," straightening him out on a regular basis?! I just watched this and they were so friendly!

[Jonah Ide]

7. Tucker Carlson is a Wimp

In the school I attended growing up, guys like him could count on getting the shit knocked out of him at least twice a week. There were others at St Mark's who were bullied, and most of them didn't deserve it. Snotty little bastards like TC, however, were an exception!

[Escurumbele]

10. That is turcker's strategy, to create controversy because he gets people to talk about him

He should be completely ignored, he now knows he can say anything because, as his lawyers put it in his defense, he is not a serious news person, he is an "entertainer", a bad one at that, but nonetheless a clown.

[Vinnie From Indy]

11. Oliver is a really talented observer of the world.

Cheers to you John!

[The Wizard]

12. He's made himself

a very ugly archetype professional victim.

[Paladin]

13. Suck on THAT, Tucker Carlson.

Many, many thanks, John Oliver.

[Initech]

14. Now this is why I love John Oliver!

[burrowowl]

15. Kick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. I am not the only one who dislikes tucker

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Thanks for these, looks like a lot of people agreed with John Oliver!

[pfitz59]

18. When Tucker talks of "hometown values" remember where he's from

Elite private schools and La Jolla. Almost exclusively white, and extremely wealthy. 'Person's of color' and immigrants were 'the help', never peers. More folks need to stomp him into dust.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. And it's long past time that they changed the name from "Fox News Channel"

To Fox RW Opinion Channel, since that's all it is. It's crazy to imagine anyone thinks they can get "news" from them.

[TomCADem]

20. Are You Suggesting Graduates of St. George's Boarding School Can't Relate to The Working Class?

That is the amazing power of racism. It can convince members of the working class that entitled folks like Trump and Carlson who grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth can relate to and cares about their needs and that working class and middle class Democratic Presidents like President Obama and President Biden are elitists.

https://www.stgeorges.edu/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwrsGCBhD1ARIsALILBYoas7ev_27chKTlJsfsX7UcwMShFgK624BBN8Sr5XEk3KRWwDRTZwsaAgTvEALw_wcB

[niyad]

21. KNR

[Uncle Joe]

22. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Thanks, Uncle Joe!

Another new show tonight!