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Elon Musk Is Giving Tucker Carlson an Exclusive Show on Twitter (newrepublic.com)

submitted 2 years ago by gloating_swann to c/news

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[–] Lost_Wanderer 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but he's stupid

[–] Lost_Wanderer 6 points 2 years ago

That very much seems to be the case.