Tucker Carlson and fake news

Traveler · Apr 14, 2017

Today, Tucker Carlson of Fox News says drones are a problem in the US. That's hobby drones, not the military versions. His bit was full of inaccurate statements that we have come to expect from the media.

Tucker Carlson: Aren’t Drones Flying over Your Private Property Orwellian?

tobby · Apr 14, 2017

Did you read the text?

Tobby

Traveler · Apr 14, 2017

I did, but I guess I'm missing your point.

42FrankZ · Apr 14, 2017

Not sure I would call a question and answer type thing "fake news" since, well, it isn't news.

Rob Levine · Apr 14, 2017

Traveler said:
Today, Tucker Carlson of Fox News says drones are a problem in the US. That's hobby drones, not the military versions. His bit was full of inaccurate statements that we have come to expect from the media.

Tucker Carlson: Aren’t Drones Flying over Your Private Property Orwellian?

What FOX "News" says - like what T***P says - is not necessarily untrue - it's that what they say has no relationship to the truth. Everything is politically calibrated in two ways - 1) To serve the network's owners political objectives, and 2) Play to the existing prejudices of the audience, which averages over 70 years of age. Whether what they say is true or not is irrelevant to them. My guess is he's playing to the paranoid types who see danger in all the wrong things - and the ones who are shooting done drones.

Traveler · Apr 14, 2017

It is also not true that it okay to hover 6 feet on a persons property and use the drone for spying on them. There are plenty of reasons why this kind of activity wouldn't fly with law enforcement, i.e., nuisance laws. They just give a super bad expression of drone pilots.

Rob Levine · Apr 14, 2017

Traveler said:
It is also not true that it okay to hover 6 feet on a persons property and use the drone for spying on them. There are plenty of reasons why this kind of activity wouldn't fly with law enforcement, i.e., nuisance laws. They just give a super bad expression of drone pilots.

Exactly. That kind of behavior is already covered by existing laws.

wildturkeyway · Apr 14, 2017

Rob Levine said:
What FOX "News" says - like what T***P says - is not necessarily untrue - it's that what they say has no relationship to the truth. Everything is politically calibrated in two ways - 1) To serve the network's owners political objectives, and 2) Play to the existing prejudices of the audience, which averages over 70 years of age. Whether what they say is true or not is irrelevant to them. My guess is he's playing to the paranoid types who see danger in all the wrong things - and the ones who are shooting done drones.

Not.

Rob Levine · Apr 14, 2017

wildturkeyway said:
Not.

"The median age of a primetime Fox News viewer is 68, according to Nielsen"

Fox News’s biggest problem isn’t the Ailes ouster, it’s that its average viewer is a dinosaur

wildturkeyway · Apr 14, 2017

Rob Levine said:
"The median age of a primetime Fox News viewer is 68, according to Nielsen"

Fox News’s biggest problem isn’t the Ailes ouster, it’s that its average viewer is a dinosaur

Is it "median" or "average"? Is it over 70 or is it 68? Are all Fox News viewers paranoid or just the median ones?

Rob Levine · Apr 14, 2017

wildturkeyway said:
Is it "median" or "average"? Is it over 70 or is it 68? Are all Fox News viewers paranoid or just the median ones?

Aha. Touched a nerve.

wildturkeyway · Apr 14, 2017

I am not a fan of over-sensationalized editorial/opinion television such as Tucker Carlson, but instead of perpetuating uninformed commentary maybe people should be looking at how to educate these folks since they clearly have a large audience.

In total viewers, the Top 5 cable news shows of 1Q17: FNC’s The O’Reilly Factor (3.982M), Tucker Carlson Tonight (3.272M), The Five (3.031M), Special Report with Bret Baier (2.953M) and Hannity (2.871M).

Among adults 25-54, the Top 5 cable news show of 1Q17: The O’Reilly Factor (728K); Tucker Carlson Tonight (689K); Hannity (668K); The First 100 Days (540K), and Special Report with Bret Baier (533K).

Rob Levine · Apr 14, 2017

wildturkeyway said:
I am not a fan of over-sensationalized editorial/opinion television such as Tucker Carlson, but instead of perpetuating uninformed commentary maybe people should be looking at how to educate these folks since they clearly have a large audience.

In total viewers, the Top 5 cable news shows of 1Q17: FNC’s The O’Reilly Factor (3.982M), Tucker Carlson Tonight (3.272M), The Five (3.031M), Special Report with Bret Baier (2.953M) and Hannity (2.871M).

Among adults 25-54, the Top 5 cable news show of 1Q17: The O’Reilly Factor (728K); Tucker Carlson Tonight (689K); Hannity (668K); The First 100 Days (540K), and Special Report with Bret Baier (533K).

The funny thing is that a 4M audience is considered such a big deal in a country of 318 million. I think their influence is overrated.

tobby · Apr 14, 2017

Rob Levine said:
The funny thing is that a 4M audience is considered such a big deal in a country of 318 million. I think their influence is overrated.

So please tell us how you get your news, Rachel Maddow? Chris Mathews? Steven Colbert?