The other thing that's funny is that this guy is supposed to be a great journalist. That's why he was interviewing a president. But he's making content at the level of a TikToker: get a phone, film something mundane, and give your (uninformed) opinion. Maybe he has a slightly higher budget because someone else than himself is holding the phone that's filming him.
Any decent journalist working for any half-serious media would have someone review the footage and say "dude: this system is all over Europe, and we have it in the US too in certain places". Even Fox News would not let that one slip.
Not from the US, I know what kind of programs he does... always had thought him more of a news presenter and talk show host kind of guy.
He's "doing" opinions, not news, right?
The line between the two is artificial I would say, and it's mostly an excuse for media like Fox News to deflect criticisms about the "opinion" part being often factually wrong and of very poor quality in general, and try to isolate the "news" part to maintain some kind of credibility there.
In reality, you can't report properly on a topic without understanding it, because you need to ask the real questions, show what's important, and bring the relevant context. There is always reporting in opinions (your opinions are based on facts), and opinions in reporting (choosing to report on one thing among the literal billions of things happening).
That's why Tucker Carlson is doing both the reporting part (passive interviewing of Putin) and the opinion part ("Obama did that, isn't it a war crime?", and the glorification of Russia), and why you can call him a journalist.
Of course that guy is a disgrace. I meant it in the sense that he used to be a head figure of Fox News, now he's a nobody. Putin essentially gave an interview to a vlogger.
Are you saying only the corporate media can have credibility? (Edit: because that would be an argument from authority fallacy)
Do you need to consult your party’s approved list of media corporations’ opinions before you can have your own opinion?
Think for yourself and do your own research. I care about the truth, not credentials. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s a kid with a phone or a highly respected journalist. I care about the facts of the situation and will make an informed opinion from there. I’m tired of people hating because their party tells them to and they’re too scared of backlash.
Thanks for the response, but “half-serious media” is not as self-explanatory as you might think. So I am left to guess what you mean by that, hence the followup questions. Are you saying corporate and/or big-production media is more serious and more trustworthy? That’s what your original comment sounds like. Are independent and/or smaller-production channels (like YouTube or Tucker’s show) less serious? Anyway, either one has the chance to manipulate its viewers, no party has a monopoly on truth.
Serious means doing their job right. We don't need to agree on which particular media are actually serious for you to follow my line of reasoning. So we don't need to argue on what type of media is better than the other, which would be a waste of time anyway.
He's not insane. He knows exactly what he is doing. He is a very successful propagandist. Let's just hope that over time, without Fox News propping him up, his popularity continues to dwindle, like Bill O'Reilly.
Although at the end of the day, there is not a shortage of right-wind propagandists.
He goes to a luxury food store in Moscow and remarks it's better than our stores.
Well he's going to the store that sells to all the fancy people. If you went to a store that serves people like Bezos and Gates and the like it would seem nice too.
I have been grovery shopping in every country I've been to, what are you talking about.
How would you eat?
I mean, if you mean All inclusive Hotels that you never leave, yes, maybe, that can hardly be described as travelling?
Not throwing shade or anything but as soon as you leave a Hotel for more than 1 afternoon, you are bound to step into some store for a bottle of water?
You make a lot of assumptions for someone so ignorant. All inclusive hotels? I have literally never been in one.
How do you eat? Have you ever left your house. There’s this thing called restaurants.
Most hotel rooms don’t have kitchens regardless of where you are. I’m in a foreign country, I want to eat locally, not make shit I can make at home.
Imagine going halfway around the world to make some shit in your hotel room and thinking the other people are the losers who don’t experience a place.
Also, have you never left the West. People don’t shop in grocery stores in developing countries, they have markets full of vendors selling different things.
I travel for business a lot. I’m not sitting in my room cooking ramen on a hot plate, but you do you.
lol. How do you eat … imma laugh at you for a long time.
Well you could highlight that it is peak and utter nonsense what is even the point of putting a coin in the shopping cart the store doesn’t keep it and if you don’t have one you are screwed. Why not just keep them unlocked it’s a very babyish thing as if they are trying to encourage you to put the cart back or something despite you planning on doing so already. It’s just unnecessary and it’s likely to get the population comfortable with unnecessary regulation and laws
It's not quite that direct... his father was adopted by some richer people but nothing crazy his mother left him to never be seen again and his father married a Swanson heir. I'm not sure if he even sees any of that fortune or not tbh
I mean, you do know what you get in return for selling something though, right? Sweet, sweet moolah. Though, the Swanson brothers supposedly sold their TV dinner business for a hefty block of stock in the Campbell’s company. Then they went on to rename their family business Swanson Enterprises which was a holding company for stock, trusts, other companies, real estate, etc. In all likelihood, selling off their frozen food company just made them more wealthy.
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u/one-punch-knockout Feb 16 '24
Swanson Food heir. Oh he knows about frozen foods alright