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alp227

(31,962 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:29 PM Jun 2020

Fox News Lawyer Suggests No Reasonable Viewer Would Think Tucker Carlson Is News

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Mosby (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Law & Crime

An attorney representing Fox News reportedly made an interrogative statement in federal court that directly called into question the news value of the number one host in all of cable news.

“Would a reasonable viewer be coming here and thinking this is where I’m going to be hearing the news of the day?” Fox News attorney Erin Murphy asked U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil during a hearing conducted via telephone on Wednesday, according to Law360 reporter Frank G. Runyeon’s account of what was said.

The underlying case is a defamation lawsuit filed by former Playboy model Karen McDougal, one of two women who claimed to have had past affairs with President Donald Trump but who were paid off to keep their stories private during the 2016 presidential election.

“Two women approached Donald Trump and threatened to ruin his career and humiliate his family if he doesn’t give them money,” Tucker Carlson said during an episode of his Fox News show in December 2018. “Now that sounds like a classic case of extortion. Yet for whatever reason, Trump caves to it, and he directs Michael Cohen to pay the ransom. Now, more than two years later, Trump is a felon for doing this. It doesn’t seem to make any sense.”

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/fox-news-lawyer-suggests-no-reasonable-viewer-would-think-tucker-carlson-is-news/



Mary Kay Vyskocil is a Trump nominee.
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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Attorney is right. FOX's viewers are unreasonable, ignorant white wingers.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:35 PM
Jun 2020

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
12. And as such, they take Carlson's spewings as gospel.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:18 AM
Jun 2020

Those of you who haven't encountered a for-real 24/7 Fox "News" fanatic have something else to thank God for.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
2. But their viewer base is precisely *un*reasonable people....
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:35 PM
Jun 2020

captain queeg

(10,036 posts)
3. They shouldn't be allowed to use the word "news" at all
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:37 PM
Jun 2020

Like the lawyer said no reasonable person would come there for news. But many crackpots do.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
7. Many presidents do too
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:13 AM
Jun 2020

Beautiful, simple minded presidents.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
4. They had to put News in the name of their network
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:40 PM
Jun 2020

to make their unreasonable viewers believe it is news

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
8. Fox Entertainment is the parent
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:16 AM
Jun 2020

Kind of like WWE.

MontanaMama

(23,242 posts)
5. Unreasonable people
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:55 PM
Jun 2020

are the crux of their business model.

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
6. Limbaugh, Beck and Alex Jones have all used the defense that they are mere entertainers
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 12:17 AM
Jun 2020

absolving them of all responsibility. Limbaugh claims to be a comedian, Beck a rodeo clown, Alex Jones a fictitious personality.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
9. Can't wait for Limbaugh to really entertain us and DIE...........
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:19 AM
Jun 2020

Hurry Rush, your special corner in HELL awaits you..............

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
10. Tucker's show is NOT a news show. Its opinion. There's a difference.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:23 AM
Jun 2020

Tucker carlson would certainly admit to being a "conservative republican" if asked. A journalist would not admit to any political leanings. At least they shouldn't

 

Steelrolled

(2,022 posts)
11. No cable news (at least in the evening) would be considered news
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:11 AM
Jun 2020

I don't watch any of it anymore (mainly out of principle but also due to much better alternatives). Before that, I found cable news programming during the day was watchable, even if biased.

Mosby

(16,168 posts)
13. After a review by forum hosts - LOCKING
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 10:30 AM
Jun 2020

This OP is opinion/analysis.

Please consider reposting in GD.


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