Tucker Carlson Debuts Twitter Show To Big Numbers; Threatens To Leave Elon Musk-Owned Platform If Anyone Calls Him Out
deadline.comTucker Carlson launched his promised new show on Twitter today with talk of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UFOs, who killed JFK and what really went down on 9/11 — and the one-time Fox News host was a hit.
In just over four hours, the low-tech 10-minute video posted on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform has attracted 27 million views.
Broadcasting from what looked like a wooden cabin home studio and postulating that “American citizens are the least informed in the world,” and his well-trodden take on the failings of the American media, Carlson essentially delivered what counted for a more caffeinated version of his nightly monologue on FNC’s Tucker Carlson Tonight.
While the topics and themes bellowed out Tuesday may have been right at home on the Rupert Murdoch outlet where Carlson reigned supreme in primetime for over six years before being suddenly dropped on April 24 — his numbers on Twitter left Fox in the dust.
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