NEW: Carlson’s Text That Alarmed Fox Leaders: ‘It’s Not How White Men Fight’ @nytmike Jeremy Peters and me https://t.co/Jt2lnBqlcG
— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) May 3, 2023
The NYTimes, in full white gloves & silver platter mode, serving as media butler for Rupert Murdoch:
… The text message came to the attention of Fox’s board of directors and even some senior executives only last month, on the Sunday before the trial was set to begin, according to two people with knowledge of Fox’s internal deliberations. At the time, Fox’s negotiators were entering discussions about an out-of-court settlement ahead of the swearing in of what was shaping up to be a diverse jury.
The next day, the board told Fox’s leadership about its plan to have the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz investigate Mr. Carlson. That disclosure set up the possibility that there could be a continuing investigation into what was behind Mr. Carlson’s messages at the same time as a trial, and as he was serving as its top host in prime time.
Fox has not commented about Mr. Carlson’s ouster last week beyond an initial statement announcing that they “agreed to part ways” and thanking “him for his service.” It did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday on the contents of Mr. Carlson’s redacted message…
This text is emblematic of Carlson’s rhetorical strategy on his every show: overtly pushes hate, racism, encouraging brutality, but then he rhetorically stands back from it, as if to say, but of course, I am a good person and am not advocating this very thing I relentlessly push. pic.twitter.com/ylzgd8DlCq
— ?????????????????????? ???????????? (@maxapotter) May 3, 2023
like, yeah, maybe the odd occasional redneck says something like this, but that’s a real specific way to put it that i have usually heard from organized full-tilt white supremacists, and i grew up with a lot of racists
— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) May 3, 2023
are we sleeping on the date on the Tucker text
— post malone ergo propter malone (@PropterMalone) May 3, 2023
(For those who can’t read the embed: January 7, 2021)
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