Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been hosting informal conversations and off-the-record dinners with conservative journalists, commentators and at least one Republican lawmaker to discuss free speech and possible partnerships, Politico found. With the right criticizing Facebook for having “bias” against conservative news outlets, Zuckerberg allegedly held these talks to bridge…
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Radio Silence from Advertisers and Fox After Tucker Carlson Calls White Supremacy ‘Hoax’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show Tuesday that white supremacy is a “hoax” and not a major concern in the U.S. He’s faced intense backlash, but seemingly not from his network or advertisers, who have remained largely silent on the incident. His comments came just 72 hours…
Major Advertisers Flee FOX-Carlson-Pirro Bigotry
Advertisers are fleeing Fox News Channel shows featuring Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro, after both hosts made racist and bigoted statements about a range of people, races and religions. SHEEX, a bedding company, is one of several advertisers who are completely boycotting Carlson’s primetime show, according to The Washington Post. SHEEX…
Tucker Carlson’s Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia Revealed in Audio Clips
Any president who would kill all of the Muslims, they could would be “king” and white men should be credited with creating civilization, Carlson said. That’s just the beginning. The racist, homophobic and xenophobic rants from Tucker Carlson continue with another round of audio released on Monday by Media Matters…
Tucker Carlson: Women Are ‘Primitive’ and ‘Just Need to Be Quiet and Kind of Do What You’re Told’
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson is under fire for his degrading comments about women. An audio recording has surfaced of Tucker calling women “primitive,” “basic” and “not hard to understand.” He also defended child rapists and underage marriage. The remarks were recorded between 2006 and 2011 on the “Bubba the…
Tucker Carlson's Sponsors Fleeing His Racist Stench
This time, problematic, right-wing Fox News darling but bane of everyone else’s existence, Tucker Carlson, messed up big. The host of “The Tucker Carlson Show” struck a nerve with advertisers after he alluded to that immigration making the U.S. “poorer, and dirtier, and more divided.” A series of companies immediately…
Fox News' Tucker Carlson: Latino Immigrants Made Town 'Volatile' for White People
Fox News host Tucker Carlson ran a segment on his show this week discussing a recent piece in National Geographic on how white people feel left behind because of demographic shifts in Hazleton, Pa., a former coal-mining town. Carlson, who is becoming the network’s faithful defender of President Donald Trump’s…
White Nationalism Is a Defense for BuzzFeed's Shaming of White People, Says Tucker Carlson
New year, same Tucker Carlson. The Fox News host kicked off 2018 by asking the tough questions: with websites like BuzzFeed and The Root constantly attacking white people, shouldn’t we expect a rise in white nationalism “Well, there’s a basic moral principle that was, for a long time, conventional wisdom…
Reporter Kelly Wright Named as a Plaintiff in Fox News Discrimination Lawsuit
UPDATE: April 26, 2017, 7:30 a.m. EST Fox News ChannelreporterKelly Wright is one of the 11 plaintiffs, all people of color who are either current or former Fox News employees, suing the company for racial discrimination. Wright, a former co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” has been with the companysince…
Fox Replaces O'Reilly With a Misogynist Racist
After numerous women came forward alleging sexual harassment at the hands of Bill O’Reilly, Fox News’ parent company, 21st Century Fox, on Wednesday announced the former host would not be returning to the network. The latest public claim came from a Black woman, now identified as Perquita Burgess, who said…