“People working at NBC News will not have careers as journalists in 10 years from now. And the reason they won’t is not because of technology, it’s because they have no credibility,” Carlson said.
Journalist Tucker Carlson delivered a eulogy for the mainstream media during an interview with Clayton Morris of “Redacted,” saying they will soon be a victim of their own corruption, lies, and irrelevancy.
“People working at NBC News will not have careers as journalists in 10 years from now. And the reason they won’t is not because of technology, it's because they have no credibility, because they're corrupt, they're liars. So that's really the lesson. Corruption kills you, especially in a business predicated on trust, which is the media.”
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View on XThe conversation began with Morris asking Carlson how he interpreted Elon Musk’s proclamation to citizen journalists following the stunning victory of President-elect Donald Trump that “You are the media now.”
“Well, I would just start by saying there's nothing more corrupt than what we have. So I'm glad that it's going away. There's nothing shallower than cable news ... So for them to say, you know, the public is reaching conclusions we disagree with because they're not watching long and are getting all their news from Tiktok or something,” Carlson said.
“You know, there's, again I just want to restate, there's nothing shallower, dumber, more repetitive, more controlled, less informative than cable news. I think I can say that with authority, so can you. So if they're claiming that the other guys are just like, not up to their level of journalism or rectitude, like, it's just dogs barking, it means nothing to me."
Carlson said the media is “entering a much freer, more open period” and gave Elon Musk “100 percent of the credit for that.” He also praised podcaster Joe Rogan for “creating an entire new genre” of social media broadcasting “for which I’m benefitting. So I’m grateful to Joe Rorgan.”
“I mean, I love Joe Rogan anyway, but he did that single-handedly, so I guess we're both beneficiaries. He created this thing, like it didn't exist before. It's an amazing thing that, you know, if the world were fair, then everyone in the media would be tipping a hat to him.”
During the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Gala Thursday evening, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei had a tantrum about Musk handing the media reins to citizen journalists saying the statement was "bullsh*t.
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