Replies to post #416813 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[doesitreallymatter]

Don't change the subject.

Again, it is you who is changing the subject. I origianlly posted about the primetime rating of SHOWS on three networks. You focused in on ONE show. You can't even bring yourself to talk about the others. And you probably don't think MSNBC or CNN talk shit.

[Zorax]

Don't change the subject. How is it do you think that Tucker Carlson is top rating when even FOX lawyers
say he doesn't tell the truth. It could be said his top rating could be more a condemnation of his listeners than anything else.

The reality is it is faux spews stating those numbers, and fucker charlatan is in a small right wing market sector where he garners the most viewers of that small market sector. Mostly based on unsubstantiated website/streaming hits.

If you even go by faux's numbers that's still less than 7% of the population watch his shit show. So it's like me bragging I'm the number one karaoke singer out there. Out where? In a small town of 1,200 people with a total of 3 karaoke bars in 7. It all depends on what you don't say.

[Zorax]

From your link...it should be noted who the judge was, and why faux fought to come before her court. It wasn't a luck of a draw to get a judge. mcdougle never had a chance.

Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

She wrote: "Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."

Vyskocil, an appointee of President Trump's, added, "Whether the Court frames Mr. Carlson's statements as 'exaggeration,' 'non-literal commentary,' or simply bloviating for his audience, the conclusion remains the same — the statements are not actionable."

Vyskocil's ruling last week, dismissing a slander lawsuit filed against Carlson, was a win for Fox, First Amendment principles and the media more generally, as Fox News itself maintains. As a legal matter, the judge ruled that Karen McDougal, the woman suing Carlson, failed to surmount the challenge.