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Is there an actual partnership between Tucker Carlson and Twitter? Or did he happen to like Twitter and so picked it as platform?
If there's a partnership I wonder if Twitter would still be considered a mere conduit, or neutral platform for speech. If not, what would it mean for Twitter's Section 230 protection?
The article sounds like there is a partnership, but that could be speculation on their end.
New Republic is a right wing rag, so they probably don't know the difference, and if they did they'd want to paint it in as "positive" light as they could.
damn I fell for right wing "news" again.
Seems like speculation. Variety has a comment from Musk in its coverage. https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/tucker-carlson-launching-twitter-show-fox-news-firing-1235607928/
According to Musk, Twitter does not have a deal with Carlson. “[W]e have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever. Tucker is subject to the same rules & rewards of all content creators,” Musk tweeted Tuesday.
oh I see
If Musk thinks this will bring back advertisers I think he's wrong. The advertisers weren't there for FoxNews. Carlson's show wasn't bringing in McDonalds, Coke, Home Depot, etc. It brought in the the My Pillows and Buy Gold advertisers. Twitter needs to bring back the former.
Yeah but he's stupid
Not to defend Musk, but he denied this.
Though, that's not to say he didn't directly foster an environment where it would not only be welcomed, but encouraged...
You're not defending him, this article is lying about it, Twitter isn't "giving" them anything special.
Best timeline. Twitter will die. There is no way republican money can keep the staff going and users will leave even more.
Every part of it will try to grift, it's going to be so bad :D
I'm not convinced it'll die nor disappear completely. But it may loose most users and become irrelevant like MySpace.
I didn't mean the website would go offline, I meant Twitter will lose everyone that liked it and get a user base just like gab or something like that. That, but larger. Let's hope the right wingers get tired of just another horrible echo chamber place after a while, like they always do.
They don't like their own company.