Online liberal agitators are getting their wish, with both Disney and T-Mobile cutting ties with Tucker Carlson’s show father the false reporting on his Black Lives Matter segment the other night:
DEADLINE – Both Disney and T-Mobile have cut ties with the primetime Tucker Carlson Tonight over the host’s polarizing point of view on the Black Lives Matter movement and the desire for justice and equality in America many of its members advocate. Along with Papa Johns and SmileDirectClub, the media giant and the telecommunications brand faced a backlash in recent days for their association with Carlson and his belief that the well attended protests were “Black Lives Matter riots”.
Fox News did not respond to request for comment tonight on the ad exits.
While having run ads about 29 times this year on the much watched FNC, Disney also did not respond to request for comment tonight on the issue. However, sources tell Deadline that the ads for ABC shows on Tucker Carlson were placed in error by third parties. The ads will not be running any more with no more placements by the Bob Chapek-led House of Mouse expected on Carlson anytime soon. (UPDATE, 10:45 PM: “The ABC advertisements were placed on the show without our knowledge by third party media buyers who were unaware that we do not advertise on the show, and they have now been notified not to place any further ads,” an ABC spokesperson told Deadline tonight)
“This may be a lot of things, this moment we’re living through, but it is definitely not about black lives,” Carlson then told his viewers on June 8, the first day of Floyd’s memorial in his adopted hometown of Houston. “Remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will,” the FNC host added cryptically.
A FNC spokesperson earlier this week said that the “they” Carlson was referring to on Monday was the Democrats and local politicians and not BLM members or activists.
Nonetheless, those inflammatory words provoked the Deutsche Telekom AG-owned T-Mobile to respond online: “We haven’t run ads on Tucker Carlson Tonight since early May and have cancelled all future placements.” The cell phone carrier added: “We will continue to support those who stand against racial injustice.”
There was nothing wrong with Tucker’s statement as we explained, but these cowardly companies love to pander to the left-wing agitators as if they are standing up for something noble or against something indecent. When in reality it was Tucker who was standing up against something indecent, a hypocritical movement that only cares about black lives when they are killed by a white cop, but could care less about all black abortions and all those killed by other blacks in cities like Chicago, who are gunned down every weekend in senseless violence.
I saw this last night and while it’s specifically about the media, the sentiment is obviously true with the Black Lives Matter movement as well:
This scene from Family Guy perfectly sums up the media in 30 seconds: pic.twitter.com/4OaGnX2rZ0
— Jewish Deplorable 🇺🇸 (@TrumpJew) June 10, 2020