Thinktime With Tucker
A Cable Vacation with Fox News
“I tell him, I’m going to work as a tourist bus driver, ’cause I am bored with his sitting around all day in the Barcalounger watching Fox News. Hell, all they do is repeat the same news all day long!”
-frustrated tourist bus driver at a midwestern casino resort, heard December 26, 2022
January 3
Taking a cue from my bus driving acquaintance, tonight I tarried from MSNBC, occupied with chortling over Representative -elect Hakeem Jeffries getting 212 votes for House Speaker, and turned to Fox News.
Well, she…was…right.
The cost of admission of a look-see with Tucker Carlson Tonight was turning off my brain.
Even the Barcalounger felt sweaty.
What passed for news Tuesday evening in the Carlson bubble were 1. Snarky looking white guys with the latest scoop on Hunter Biden’s laptop; 2. A smirking Carlson referring to the McCarthy meltdown whispering ‘Don’t you love Democracy at work’; 3. A racially infused brouhaha at an Atlanta Waffle House caught on iPhone and replayed again and again and again; 4. an expose illustrated with a cheesy photoshopped image of a Coca Cola can
Memo to self: the next time someone complains about standing in line to vote, explain to them that an FCC board vote margin of 1 Commissioner enabled Rupert Murdoch to hatch news-entertainment, Tucker, Hannity, Lou, and Laura.
And a spike in Barcalounger sales.
January 4
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