How popular is Tucker Carlson
Critical Analysis
According to the data from the visual above, what was the highest rated news even for Fox news since March 2023?
Overall, at the prime 8:00 news slot, what is the overall highest ranked news network?
What happened to Fox news’ ratings after they “sacked” (fired) Tucker Carlson?
Why do you think that is?
What was the highest ranking CNN news event since March 2023?
Why do you think Trump events are so popular on all the news networks?
Many people criticized CNN for airing the highly popular Trump Town Hall and giving a platform for a man who repeatedly tells falsehoods and threatens democracy. Do you think that the success of the Trump Town Hall will lead CNN to carry more Trump events?
Inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a white man with a history of antisemitic internet posts gunned down 11 worshipers, blaming Jews for allowing immigrant “invaders” into the United States. The next year, another white man, angry over what he called “the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” opened fire on shoppers at an El Paso Walmart, leaving 23 people dead, and later telling the police he had sought to kill Mexicans. And in yet another deadly mass shooting, unfolding in Buffalo last year, a heavily armed white man is accused of killing 10 people after targeting a supermarket on the city’s predominantly Black east side, writing in a lengthy screed posted online that the shoppers there came from a culture that sought to “ethnically replace my own people.” Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators. Replacement theory is a central theme on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox. Do you think Fox News fired Tucker Carlson because they were worried that replacement theory is bad for our nation?
Do you think that Fox News will rehire Tucker Carlson now that they have had their ratings drop?
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said over a century ago: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Brandeis didn’t think the government should censor speech, but allow the people to hear and then judge that speech. Do you think that networks should give platforms to racist and false views or should they be aired?
Learning Extension
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Action Extension
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