In case you missed this: on the Carlson interview
In the open thread the other day I posted a video by Ami Kozak satirizing Tucker Carlson . But afterward, reading the comments, I realized that unless someone’s been watching a lot of Carlson lately, there wouldn’t be much context for it. I provided some background in a comment on the thread, but most people probably didn’t see it, so I’m highlighting it here.
Carlson gave an interview to the NY Times, and it was that interview in particular that was being satirized. It was probably one of the very first times he wasn’t in the driver’s seat, either spewing out a monologue or interviewing someone hand-picked by none other than Carlson himself. As the interviewer, he can softball or hardball as he wishes, depending on how simpatico he is with the subject matter. As interviewee, he seemed flummoxed by any follow-up questions challenging him on his wild assertions, and he fell back on stark denial combined with claims of ignorance.
Here are four excerpts from the interview:
And this is the spoof video:
NOTE: For some reason, I’m having trouble finding the full NY Times interview. Is it only behind the Times’ paywall? But there are many many excerpts on YouTube.
I can honestly say that I never followed Tucker Carlson, watched his show, or thought anything about him, at least anything good about him. I became aware of him around 2005 when he had his show on MSNBC, because I believe Rush Limbaugh mentioned him. Then, I was surprised to see him as a “Star” on “Dancing with the Stars”. I thought that was ABC trying to show impartiality by reaching out to a “right-wing” star, when what it showed me was, they picked a rather crappy dancer and wooden character to represent the right. After watching his pathetic performance, that’s how I viewed him ever since. He’s still pathetic.
I’m more sadden that for a short time last year, I thought Megan Kelly had an interesting podcast. I started listening after she appeared on Mike Rowe’s podcast. There are so many good podcasters, that I only listened to a few dozen of her episodes, but I thought her pretty reasonable. It hurts just admitting that.