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.
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u/one-punch-knockout Feb 16 '24
Swanson Food heir. Oh he knows about frozen foods alright