Tucker Carlson Cuts Off Immigration Analyst’s Mic

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Tucker Carlson is the textbook definition of a punchable face.

Exactly, R2, what the fuck is wrong with him? His face looks like that every night.

"what the fuck is wrong with him?"

That could be the topic of it's own thread. It would reach 600 posts in no time.

Tucker Carlson is what happens when the douchey, rich John Hughes character grows up, gets fat, and goes to work on TV.

He cuts people off all the time. Nothing unusual about this.

Fucker Carlson is a white supremacist's wet dream.

I watched Tucker on MSNBC and CNN a couple of times and he was a crazy lunatic even then. Now he’s found a home on Faux News, a safe haven for crazy conspiracy theorists.

I certainly won’t miss him when God needs another angel.

I happened upon one of his interviews. It was someone on the left and he never gave the man a chance to speak. He then spoke with a female on the right and he just let her talk and talk and talk. Then I wondered why anyone in their right mind would agree to be on that show.

I'll be glad when Trump goes down and he takes Fox with him

He is actually LESS punchable now since he stopped wearing that fucking bow tie.

Carlson's face looks like a thumb, r1, Hannity's looks like a big toe so......

I can't take Tucker Carlson seriously since this moment.

That was such a great job by Jon Stewart. Did Crossfire even come back the next week? I know it was gone very shortly after Stewart dismembered them.

[quote]I certainly won’t miss him when God needs another angel.

Don't pawn that asshole off on me.

R12 Stewart comes off as a complete asshole to Carlson and Bigala in that clip. I have no idea why people think he owned them. Why did he even go on the show in the first place? And no one gives a fuck about what Stewart thinks, especially now that he's in semi retirement.

uh-huh....

Thanks, Tucker/r15.

Hey Tuck/R15, tell us that story about you gay bashing that guy again!

What has Stewart been up to lately? Is he part of the resistance? No, he's politically neutered these days. The most recent thing I've seen of him was when he was guest hosting Monday Night Raw, owned by Vince Mcmahon.

You are just confirming the point of that clip. It is not the responsibility of Jon Stewart to be the political voice of reason. He is a comedian. It is up to the news to be the news and to stop being cheap theater.

God Carlson is so cringe worthy in that clip. When Stewart calls him a straight up dick (paraphrasing) Carlson goes into this shocked, embarrassed "showbiz" laugh and tries to recover by saying through a frozen grimace, 'now you're getting into it - I like that'. I could watch that skin crawl reaction over and over.

R20 He should tell that to Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel who emphasize politics into their shows every single night. For the record, I have no problem with them doing that just as I don't have a problem with people tuning off. I just thought it was odd he would target Crossfire, which was fairly tame even back then. Now we've seen the political divide grow even wider which makes it so strange that Stewart hasn't come back to comment or double down on his remarks. His tactics have been used to often by people who don't want to commit to any point of view or have an honest debate. If that's your intention, then just be quiet.

Yeah, R22 obviously didn't watch the Crossfire clip or if she did then she completely failed to understand it. Oh well.

R22, really didn't get the point at all.

Crossfire was actually the last time CNN let a conservative who wasn't a complete idiot speak on their channel. If they brought it back, I'd actually watch it every once in awhile.

R23 More like Stewart didn't understand his own argument. He lobbied one insult after another but reverted to the comedian excuse whenever the hosts challenged him. Today, more young people get their news from people like Maher, Colbert, Oliver, and others who are comedians, but are meant to be taken seriously. Even Tucker Carlson has comedic bits in his show like the liberal sherpa. Just because someone says something in a comedic way doesn't invalidate their point of view.

I don't remember the details but the clip reminds me of an interview I heard many years ago about appearing on The Daily Show. Most guests are advised to let Stewart handle the comedy.

It's a funny clip and I think Carlson looks more like an asshole than Begala. Stewart got his start doing stand-up in NYC. What ever made Carlson think he could get under Stewart's skin?

[quote] More like Stewart didn't understand his own argument. He lobbied one insult after another but reverted to the comedian excuse whenever the hosts challenged him.

No he didn't lobby insults. He pointed out that what they were doing was not news but theater. Then, when they turned his accusation against him he pointed out that that criticism doesn't work because he IS doing theater.

And pointing out that people are more likely to get their news from people like him makes HIS point that THEY are failing to do THEIR job.

R28 Even if true, that's a huge thing to lay on the feet of Crossfire when sensationalistic news has dominated, especially before the 24 hour news cycle. If Stewart really cared about objective news, he should be commenting about how it's gotten worse in the years since and use his voice to help raise important issues. Bottom line is he hasn't, and never really cared to begin with. Nothing he said was wrong per se, but it came off as incredibly disingenuous, even more so years later, and just an excuse to virtue signal.

Again, R29, you didn't understand what Stewart said.

He LOBBIED insults?

Yeah, R31, evidently in the minds of Trumptards, lobbyied insults are a thing,

[quote] "what the fuck is wrong with him?"

He hasn't been punched enough, obviously.

Carlson did not cut off the guest. He told the guest when the time for the segment had ended and the guest kept talking anyway. Also, this is the guest who said that no one should have to present ID to get a job and he couldn't respond when Carlson asked him why American are prosecuted for identity fraud but illegal aliens should not be.

Is R34 seriously blowing Tucker Carlson right here on the Datalounge?

Are you fucking high? Stop doing anything nice for that nasty perv.

For the life of me I can't understand why anyone who isn't either an idiot or a deplorable would watch Fucker Carlson or Fox News for that matter. My experience with Fucker Carlson is limited to clicking around the channels and I stop because of that, I am an idiot look he always has on his face. But I sure don't linger long. I swear he looks like like his guest is speaking a foreign language or something most of the time.

I happened to have CNN on when Jon Stewart went on Crossfire. It's not like he was speaking truth to power-- like Colbert to Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Also the Crossfire banter, while inane, was not typically mean-spirited. The Daily Show was innovative in its time but Jon Stewart himself was and remains highly overrated.

[quote]just as I don't have a problem with people tuning off.

You're a martyr r22, a Christian martyr.

R37 yeah, and I suspect he saw that in himself when he retreated from The Daily Show. Carlson is a mess and awful, but Stewart couldn’t really go on without morphing into a smirking jerk. Colbert’s success must eat at Stewart. I don’t watch him (Colbert) closely, but he seems like a nicer person, less easily threatened than Stewart.

R39 - Why on earth would you think Colbert's success would eat at Stewart? Not only did he give Colbert's career a huge boost by having him on The Daily Show as a correspondent he also was one of the creators and executive producers of Colbert's show.

Not to mention that they are great friends.

R35 Nope, he's just giving him his due. The guest who supposedly bested him made an idiotic comment, several actually, and Tucker punched back.

r38 - Oh, Mother.....

Embarrassing