by Gregory Hood, The Unz Review:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Mass) is glowing.
She should be. Just a few days after she demanded Tucker Carlson be taken off the air, she got her wish. Senator Charles Schumer made the same demand just last month. The hosts and audience of The View celebrated Mr. Carlson’s downfall. Celebrities, who are mouthpieces for power, did the same. Crowds in New York City followed suit. Fox News staffers celebrated. The Anti-Defamation League, which has repeatedly tried to get Mr. Carlson fired, said it was about time.
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It’s about time. For far too long, Tucker Carlson has used his primetime show to spew antisemitic, racist, xenophobic and anti-LGBTQ hate to millions. @ADL has long called for his firing for this and many other offenses, including spreading the Great Replacement Theory. https://t.co/06LjNYYnpY
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) April 24, 2023
It’s not clear what pushed Mr. Carlson off the air when repeated boycotts have failed. However, there’s some reason to believe the Civil Rights regime has won again. A woman, Abby Grossberg, said Mr. Carlson and his staff fostered a hostile work environment. They promoted a “sexist” worldview with no regard for “mental health,” which allegedly kept her from doing her job.
Miss Grossberg may be sincere, though that speaks worse of her than if she just made it all up. She worked with Mr. Carlson only since last September. One might argue Fox just shouldn’t have hired her. Of course, that could have violated other “Civil Rights” mandates.
@TuckerCarlson and apparently Justin Wells’s departure from @FoxNews is a step towards accountability for the election lies and baseless conspiracy theories spread by the network, something I witnessed firsthand there…
— Abby Grossberg (@abby_grossberg) April 24, 2023
It would be awfully convenient for someone to blame a hostile environment for arguably dropping the ball on election fraud claims. Or maybe she turned the tables on a network that wanted to use her as a scapegoat after the company lost about $800 million over election fraud claims.
Coverage of the claims may contributed to Mr. Carlson’s firing, but other hosts survived. The Grossberg suit may have been the final excuse for Fox bosses, who may have wanted Mr. Carlson gone for some time.
Both Miss Grossberg and Fox executives may have had selfish reasons. It can be profitable to betray colleagues and get a more prestigious job in the “mainstream.” David French moved from National Review to the New York Times. Alyssa Farah Griffin left Mike Pence’s staff and is now a star on The View. Joe Walsh went from threatening violence to ensure Donald Trump’s power to a frequent talk show guest bemoaning his past racism. Turncoats can get a career boost and respect from prestigious institutions.
Fox News executives may also be breathing a sigh of relief. In a “marketplace of ideas,” one might think that the person with the top-rated political commentary show would be rewarded, but NGOs and ethnic lobby groups that represent everyone except non-Jewish whites pressure advertisers to drop hosts. They dropped Tucker Carlson after he dared to criticize Black Lives Matter. For some time, Mr. Carlson has drawn no prominent advertisers except for My Pillow. The rest were marginal companies few have heard of. Now that he’s gone, Fox will probably make more money. Ratings do not matter as much as the goodwill of powerful racial groups and corporations.
