George Orwell s 1949 dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, envisaged a fictional government of Oceania comprised of four ministries: a Ministry of Love, a Ministry of Peace, a Ministry of Plenty, and an all-important Ministry of Truth.
3 Feb 2021
Tuesday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson highlighted an NYU study that appeared in Tuesday’s edition of the New York Daily News claiming to debunk the notion that conservatives are censored by Big Tech.
However, upon closer examination, Carlson revealed the financiers of the study had Big Tech connections.
Carlson argued such a study was intended to pushback against complaints of censorship.
Transcript as follows:
CARLSON: We’ve got an admission for you. For more than four years, we’ve been telling you almost every week that the biggest threat to your basic freedoms in America is not actually the Federal government. We thought that for a long time, the Federal government is infuriating. It can be stupid and dangerous, obviously. But at least in the case of the government, you theoretically have some control over its behavior since it’s a democracy.
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This is a rush transcript from Tucker Carlson Tonight, February 2, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
TUCKER CARLSON, HOST: Good evening, and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight.
We ve got an admission for you. For more than four years, we ve been telling you almost every week that the biggest threat to your basic freedoms in America is not actually the Federal government. We thought that for a long time, the Federal government is infuriating. It can be stupid and dangerous, obviously. But at least in the case of the government, you theoretically have some control over its behavior since it s a democracy.