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Ross: Tucker Carlson’s firing and a look inside the theater of Fox News

Apr 25, 2023, 7:57 AM | Updated: 9:08 am

I have yet to see an authoritative explanation for why . It can鈥檛 have been over deliberately spreading a story he knew not to be true because we know from the evidence that if Fox had such a policy, he鈥檇 have been fired two years ago.听

I understand there were allegations of sexual harassment, but that鈥檚 also nothing new at Fox.

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Anyway, whatever the reason, Tucker did us all a favor — we got to see behind the curtain. We got to see the ultimate fusion of news and theater. Tucker had a role to play, and like any professional actor, he knows there is one cardinal rule when you鈥檙e on stage, Never Break Character.

I was actually a guest on his show once. I tried to get him to admit that using the Second Amendment to confront the government would mean shooting government officials. I failed.听

When you鈥檙e on stage, it鈥檚 okay to forget a line, but whatever you do, you never break character because one slip and the illusion is ruined.

Well, he did his job. He gave the audience what it wanted. A majority of the Fox audience wants a conservative pro-Trump world view, and the evidence shows Tucker unselfishly suppressed his own views to give it to them. Even though he hated Trump, even though he knew Trump had lost, he was not going to let his audience down.

And here鈥檚 what else I think, the audience was in on it! Just as when you go to a movie, you buy in even though you know it鈥檚 just acting 鈥 the Fox audience wasn鈥檛 stupid. They knew he was acting. They didn鈥檛 care! It made them feel good. For a lot of people, it doesn鈥檛 matter whether the President is a genius or a jerk 鈥 it鈥檚 not going to change their lives. They鈥檙e in it for the sport. It鈥檚 fun to choose a team and see it win.

And if the home team loses, it鈥檚 even more fun to come up with evidence that the other team cheated.

So, I鈥檓 pretty sure Tucker has no regrets. He milked his role for all it was worth, and now, if he鈥檚 really smart, he鈥檒l re-invent himself as a liberal, sit down behind a desk at MSNBC, and bury his old boss in the ratings.

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