Sorry to tell you boys, he’s like the rest. About the money, about the fame, all about the viewers, regardless of how he gets and keeps them.
ON TRUMP:
“What he’s good at is destroying things,” Carlson texted producer Alex Pfeiffer on November 5. “He’s the undisputed world champion of that. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong.”
“I hate him passionately,” Carlson texted Pfeiffer on January 4, days prior to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. He added, of Trump’s presidency, “We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There really isn’t an upside to Trump.”
ON HIS JOB AT FOX AND CALLING AZ ELECTION
In more urgent texts to Bret Baier, Carlson wrote ““I continue to think the company isn’t taking the [sic ] seriously enough. We need to do something to reassure our core audience. They’re our whole business model.” Carlson floated various ideas, including interviewing Fox News Decision Desk Director Arnon Mishkin on his show, to “help calm our viewers down.”
Carlson also lamented to Baier that “we could really ■■■■ up a lot of what we’ve built,” and that “when Trump loses, he’s going to blame us. That’s going to be very bad.” Reflecting on his position at the network, he wrote, “I’ve got four more years here. I’m stuck with Fox. Got to do whatever I can to keep our numbers up and our viewers happy.”
ON TRUMP RIGHT BEFORE JAN 6:
Two days before the Capitol riot, Carlson wrote to a colleague that “we are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait.” The day after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, he texted his producer that “Trump has two weeks left. Once he’s out, he becomes incalculably less powerful, even in the minds of his supporters. He’s a demonic force, a destroyer. But he’s not going to destroy us. I’ve been thinking about this every day for four years.”
RUPERT MURDOCH, WITH A CONSCIENCE, CALLING TRUMP A CRIMINAL, ALMOST
On how to handle Trump postelection:
“The more I think about McConnell’s remarks or complaint, the more I agree,” Murdoch wrote in an email on Biden’s Inauguration Day. “Trump insisting on the election being stolen and convincing 25 percent of Americans was a huge disservice to the country. Pretty much a crime. Inevitable it blew up Jan. 6th. Best we don’t mention his name unless essential and certainly don’t support him. We have to respect people of principle and if it comes to the Senate, don’t take sides. I know he is being over-demonized, but he brought it on himself.”
Wow. And there you have it.
More lies and coverup from Fox personalities below. Pretty damaging, coming straight from the top, and trickling all the way down to prime time. But their viewers know nothing about it. Why would they? Fox report on itself? That would be bad for ratings.
