bedrooms@kbin.social to World News@beehaw.org · 9 months agoTucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlinwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up197file-text
arrow-up197external-linkTucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlinwww.bbc.co.ukbedrooms@kbin.social to World News@beehaw.org · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresenseamidmadness@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThe fact that we’re talking about this means that, as a publicity stunt, it worked. Tucker got a massive amount of media attention for this. And in the social media algorithm, there’s no such thing as bad publicity; all that matters is engagement. Personally I won’t be watching. Not even for the memes. If enough people ignored pundits like Tucker Carlson, they’d go away.
The fact that we’re talking about this means that, as a publicity stunt, it worked. Tucker got a massive amount of media attention for this.
And in the social media algorithm, there’s no such thing as bad publicity; all that matters is engagement.
Personally I won’t be watching. Not even for the memes. If enough people ignored pundits like Tucker Carlson, they’d go away.