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No. of Recommendations: 18
Might be less than meets the eye.
There is something almost theatrical about watching Tucker Carlson attempt contrition.
Not sincere. Not reflective. Not grounded in any moral awakening.
Theatrical.
Because what is unfolding is not an apology. It is a repositioning.
And it comes at a very convenient moment, just as the man who spent years amplifying and defending Donald Trump begins to eye something larger for himself, something that looks an awful lot like a presidential campaign in 2028.
Let’s dispense with the pretense.
Tucker Carlson is not apologizing because he has discovered truth.
He is apologizing because he has a new ambition.
For years, Carlson was not a bystander to Trumpism. He was one of its chief architects in the media ecosystem. He is a man who did not merely report on the MAGA movement, but helped define its grievances, sharpen its resentments, and elevate its central figure.
Night after night, he laundered Trump’s excesses into something resembling coherence. He provided intellectual cover for behavior that was, in any other era, disqualifying. He turned conspiracy into conversation, and outrage into currency.
He was not fooled.
He was complicit.
And now, suddenly, there is a shift in tone. A recalibration. A suggestion — carefully phrased, strategically delivered — that perhaps things went too far.
But listen closely.
There is no accounting.
No ownership.
No acknowledgment of consequence.
Just distance.
It is the farce.
Carlson wants the benefit of hindsight without the burden of responsibility. He wants to stand slightly apart from the wreckage that he helped create, and gesture vaguely toward regret, without ever naming what he did, why he did it, or who was harmed by it.
This is not accountability.
It is branding.
And it insults the intelligence of anyone paying attention.
Because the damage is not theoretical.
It is measurable in the erosion of trust, in the normalization of extremism, in the millions of Americans who were told, night after night, that their institutions were corrupt, their elections suspect, and their fellow citizens enemies.
Carlson didn’t just observe that.
He fed it.
Now, comes his next act.
The whisper campaign. The speculation. The quiet testing of a new role: not commentator, but candidate.
It is a familiar pattern in American politics. It is one that has accelerated in the age of personality and performance. The transition from media figure to political aspirant is no longer unusual, but what makes this moment distinct is the attempt to rewrite the past in real time.
Carlson appears to understand that a national campaign requires something his previous posture cannot provide: a veneer of seriousness, a suggestion of independence, a hint of distance from the chaos.
So the apology emerges.
Not as a reckoning, but as a recalibration.
Not as truth, but as strategy.
Here is the reality that no amount of rhetorical repositioning can obscure: character is not situational.
It is revealed over time, under pressure, in moments when the cost of telling the truth is highest.
Carlson had those moments.
He chose differently.
He chose ratings. He chose influence. He chose proximity to power over fidelity to fact. Now, faced with the possibility of a different kind of power, he would like to choose again — without consequence.
It doesn’t work that way
Stephen Schmidt
No. of Recommendations: 2
There is something almost theatrical about watching Tucker Carlson attempt contrition.
Oh good grief. Carlson is one less slavish propagandist for the regime. Take the win.
STeve
No. of Recommendations: 2
again, these deplorables turned regretables are not suddenly smarter.
but they have a verifiable path : felo-de-se
No. of Recommendations: 5
No, seriously.
Tuck fucker Carlson.
No. of Recommendations: 0
Tribalism indeed.
Here we have someone from the Right, loudly talking about our slaveryc to Israel, the ire it attracts, and the needless wars.
REGARDLESS his intentions - it should be embraced.
But it's not.
Which is why - Putin, Bibi, Xi, and company will always divide and defeat the Tribals in 'America'.
As long as the results end up in big cities from Paris to NYC, I'm done giving a shit.
Well I do, just can't say publicly how --anymore.
Enjoy it.
Don't enlist.
No. of Recommendations: 3
REGARDLESS his intentions - it should be embraced.
Exactly. Someone shows they can be persuaded by facts. Take the win!
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 4
One has to wonder how Carlson did not see the bright light of reason 10 years ago. I am flabbergasted that the words coming out of his mouth on Israel, republican party, and Trump are agreeable.
I put is down to seeing the shift in public perception and continued pandering for $. I can only hope he does NOT have political aspirations, though after Trump, it is true, anyone can be president.
No. of Recommendations: 18
REGARDLESS his intentions - it should be embraced
I think definitely not. In his apology, what did he apologise for?
I did not hear him say that he deliberately lied to improve his ratings.
I did not hear him say that he was incapable of understanding that he was leading the country astray and recognises his culpability.
His apology was a continuation of theater for the masses.
Aussi
No. of Recommendations: 3
One has to wonder how Carlson did not see the bright light of reason 10 years ago.
He was taking orders from Fox Noise, until 2023. Now, he can think for himself.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 0
EGARDLESS his intentions - it should be embraced.
Exactly. Someone shows they can be persuaded by facts. Take the win!
Steve
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I really hope you use your voice Steve.
Otherwise, how the hell can we expect --- the slaves---to walk off the AIPAC plantation if they don't have a seat when the music stops?
THIS is one of those issues - a non-tribal people should put down their arms. Take off their colors. Tell their Muftis to be quiet ---and offer garlands.
I've openly done it for AOC and members of the "The Squad"---I can disagree on some things. but applaud them on AIPAC.
And ai accompany such with tiny contributions + emails to their office about how a Republican will have her back should she go for higher office and that there's more of me out there
No. of Recommendations: 4
Tucker Carlson is a Nazi/anti-Semite like a few of this board's membership, and his disavowal of Trump is a HUGE win for Trump.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Replying to Steve203
REGARDLESS his intentions - it should be embraced.
Exactly. Someone shows they can be persuaded by facts. Take the win!
Steve
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It figures that one of this board's biggest and most blatant anti-Semitic a-holes would view Carlson's disavowal of Trump as a "win" for his side, rather than for Trump.
Nazis gonna Nazi.
Since you're a leftist, you can take a big step back, and punch your ownself in the Nazi face, then have a diet Pepsi, just like Les Grossman.
No. of Recommendations: 5
I really hope you use your voice Steve.People with vastly more influence than I, are saying the same thing.
Where do I find out about the things that Tucker, Megyn Kelly, Joe Rogan, and other voices on the right are saying? On TYT, a lefty/progressive news program.
Here is Cenk, from TYT, talking about Omar praising Margarine Taylor Greene.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_5OgEr5AqEYSteve
No. of Recommendations: 8
Where do I find out about the things that Tucker, Megyn Kelly, Joe Rogan, and other voices on the right are saying?Speaking of whom...
Megyn Kelly Breaks Down the TRUTH About Trump and Iran and How We Got Herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc0jW_wffrYI'm pretty sure it isn't just the flattery that moves Trump. Bet the hundreds of Millions thrown at him by the interests move him too.
Would Kelly dare say the same thing, if she was still on the Fox Noise payroll?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 12
Robert Reich looks at Tuckums "mistakes were made" statement.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bigot-says-...
The Bigot says He's Sorry
For what?
Tucker Carlson told the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee that Trump is “a wonderful person. I know him well. By the way, the funniest person I’ve ever met in my life, actually. You can’t be funny without perspective or without empathy, which is true.”
But on Tuesday, Carlson admitted that he’ll be “tormented” for a long time by his support for Trump in the 2024 presidential election and that “I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people.”
Well, thank you, Tucker. I — and I’m sure many others — appreciate your apology.
And we hope your torment continues.
No. of Recommendations: 0
I put is down to seeing the shift in public perception and continued pandering for $. I can only hope he does NOT have political aspirations, though after Trump, it is true, anyone can be president.
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I respectfully ask you to just contemplate:
Isn't Tuckers ratings and income WAY DOWN now - versus when he was doing the FOX thing?
And in general: IF you wanted to maintain high standing in American Political Media - seriously - would you advise yourself "Let's piss in Israel's eye......that will really catapult your career to great places"
I'm not holding up Tucker as a paragon of virtue. I'm saying -- -when we see a unicorn - let's not appoint a committee on Unicorn Motivations. I say, embrace it, feed it, clothe it, and house it. Doesn't mean we have to agree with Tucker on this or that, just means---I' love Tucker to maybe open some otherwise closed ears and eyes and also, maaaaaybe show that there is life in the media or politics if you dont bend the knee for AIPAC.
Otherwise, Israel and AIPAC know full well that they can rely on our tribal differences - and divide and defeat us meaning we continue to kill our soldier, kill civilians, for conflicts that seem to be eternal-----often involving one entity - since the beginning of time, in all corners of the world in all eras of time.
If you are a politician or a media figure and you start asking questions about "why" and AIPAC----I am a Democrat. I'm a Republican. I'm MAGA, I'm The Squad. I'm a pinko. I'm a flag waver. I'm a Whole Foods Shopper. I'm a WalMart customer. Doesn't matter.
No. of Recommendations: 0
I think definitely not. In his apology, what did he apologise for?
I did not hear him say that he deliberately lied to improve his ratings.
I did not hear him say that he was incapable of understanding that he was leading the country astray and recognises his culpability.
His apology was a continuation of theater for the masses.
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A VAST MAJORITY of Tucker's Masses - are Trumpers and FOX people.
Can you show where Tucker got higher ratings on a major network now? Where he got more money by doing this?
Here's what's not theater: Getting airplanes rammed into the WTC on 9-11 in return for bases in Saudi Arabia.
Here's what won't be theater: An orphaned Iranian child growing up, taking a flying lesson, and singing that ol' country song "I'm going to america to not land a plane"
Here's what isn't theater - dead soldiers, and handicapped soldiers - for AIPAC causes .
But hey, each time it happens - more money will be spent on war. More "civil liberties" will be infringed.
I guess there's upside too.
No. of Recommendations: 0
He was taking orders from Fox Noise, until 2023. Now, he can think for himself.
Steve
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This is what I mean by tribalism.
Isn't the whole point ---trying to change minds?
If someone is willing to look in the mirror and in these tribalistic times say.....hey maybe I was wrong. I admire it --whether I agree with the change or not.
Sadly. 90% of the Sheeple ----only know their own ideological purity.
Talibanis.
