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在美國(guó),有線(xiàn)電視新聞網(wǎng)的主播是一個(gè)有相當(dāng)影響力的角色,居高聲自遠(yuǎn)使然。最近,著名的右翼新聞網(wǎng)狐貍臺(tái)將其主播Tucker Carlson給解職了。狐貍臺(tái)沒(méi)有給出理由,只是說(shuō)雙方同意各走各路(Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways...We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.)Tucker Carlson最早是以嘉賓(contributor)的身份加入狐貍臺(tái)的,不久升任每日主播(daily host),最終接替因性騷擾指控下臺(tái)的Bill O’Reilly擔(dān)任黃金時(shí)段主播(prime time host)。Tucker Carlson是目前狐貍臺(tái)擁有觀眾最多的主播(一晚的平均受眾300多萬(wàn)頭)
據(jù)外間猜測(cè),這次解職的命令來(lái)自于狐貍臺(tái)最高當(dāng)局,也就是老默多克。事情的起因是Dominion Voting Systems 這家投票機(jī)公司告狐貍臺(tái)誹謗,說(shuō)其生產(chǎn)的投票機(jī)要為2020年美國(guó)大選中懂王的選票“被偷走”負(fù)責(zé),而散播這種陰謀論的主要發(fā)聲器就是Tucker Carlson。目前,這樁訴訟案已經(jīng)庭外和解了,狐貍臺(tái)賠償Dominion Voting System 7.87億美金!
此案之外,另外一樁訴訟也在進(jìn)行之中,這樁案子跟Tucker Carlson也有關(guān)。起因是狐貍臺(tái)一名前高級(jí)制片人Abby Grossberg 告公司歧視,該員工聲稱(chēng)自己被欺負(fù),并被扣上反猶言論(Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg… she alleged she was bullied and subjected to antisemitic comments),更要命的是,Abby Grossberg說(shuō),她被公司律師脅迫在Dominion Voting System誹謗案中故意給出誤導(dǎo)言論(In deposition testimony, the former Fox News producer also said she was coerced by company lawyers to give misleading answers in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case against the network.)對(duì)此,狐貍臺(tái)予以否認(rèn),并稱(chēng)其被解職是因?yàn)樾孤读斯镜膬?nèi)部信息,還說(shuō)她的證詞充滿(mǎn)了謊言(riddled with false allegations)
Tucker Carlson的離職,也引起了人們對(duì)于狐貍臺(tái)是否存在系統(tǒng)性的企業(yè)文化毒瘤的熱議,因?yàn)樵谒?,已?jīng)有相當(dāng)數(shù)量的高管因性丑聞、歧視等等事件下臺(tái)。在一項(xiàng)聲明中, Abby Grossberg的律師這么說(shuō),“Tucker Carlson的離職部分地承認(rèn)了狐貍臺(tái)存在著系統(tǒng)性的撒謊、霸凌并散布陰謀論……在這一案件中,Tucker Carlson及其下屬將作為個(gè)人被告出庭,我們希望在不久的將來(lái)聽(tīng)到他們?cè)谛闹碌淖C人證言”(Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News is, in part, an admission of the systemic lying, bullying and conspiracy-mongering claimed by our client, former top producer Abby Grossberg..Mr. Carlson and his subordinates remain individual defendants in the [Southern District of New York] case, and we look forward to taking their depositions under oath in the very near term. )看來(lái),老卡的麻煩還遠(yuǎn)沒(méi)有完。
對(duì)于Tucker Carlson的 出局,還有一種說(shuō)法稱(chēng)部分原因是因?yàn)樗麑?duì)公司高管語(yǔ)出不敬,比如,他曾群發(fā)信息給公司內(nèi)部人員說(shuō),“我們好容易建立起來(lái)了受眾群,而他們卻讓某某某將這一切搞砸了”(We devote our lives to building an audience, and they let Chris Wallace and Leland f— Vittert wreck it)。凡此種種,不一而足。
對(duì)于Tucker Carlson其人其風(fēng)格,《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》的評(píng)價(jià)是“挑釁、保守……充滿(mǎn)民粹主義的暴行配方”( provocative, conservative… populist outrage formula) 。在2021年1月6號(hào)那場(chǎng)暴徒?jīng)_擊國(guó)會(huì)山的事件中,他就散播過(guò)這樣的陰謀論,說(shuō)所謂的暴徒,不過(guò)是政府白手套,還說(shuō)一位叫Ray Epps的參與者就是FBI的雇員。他的這種說(shuō)法沒(méi)有任何的根據(jù)。在接受公開(kāi)采訪(fǎng)的時(shí)候,Epps喊冤---因?yàn)門(mén)ucker Carlson的言論,導(dǎo)致他受到了死亡威脅。FBI更是否認(rèn)Epps為其工作過(guò)。有人指責(zé)Carlson關(guān)于移民、種族等右翼言論讓狐貍臺(tái)的部分廣告商終止了合作。他曾說(shuō),來(lái)自南部邊境的非法移民讓美國(guó)更窮、更臟、更分裂(poorer and dirtier and more divided);在“黑人的命也是命”的運(yùn)動(dòng)中,他對(duì)于Floyd的死翻來(lái)覆去地質(zhì)疑,并說(shuō)置Floyd于死地的警察Derek Chauvin是被媒體“處以私刑”(lynching” by the media)。Carlson的另一個(gè)特點(diǎn)是他的不可預(yù)測(cè)性,比如,面對(duì)洶涌來(lái)襲的Covid-19,他是狐貍臺(tái)第一個(gè)嚴(yán)肅對(duì)待的人,還曾親自警告過(guò)懂王這個(gè)病毒的嚴(yán)重性。但他最終卻讓自己的節(jié)目為疫苗懷疑論張目(But Carlson eventually used his program to give a regular platform to coronavirus vaccine skeptics who had a hold on the Make America Great Again crowd.)
有意思的是,在來(lái)到狐貍臺(tái)之前,Tucker Carlson先后供職過(guò)另外兩大有線(xiàn)新聞網(wǎng)CNN和MSNBC,結(jié)局都是被開(kāi)除;他可能是唯一一個(gè)被三大有限新聞網(wǎng)開(kāi)掉的主播(has now been fired by all three cable news networks, having been pushed out from his previous stints at CNN and MSNBC.)
這些年,在有線(xiàn)電視新聞網(wǎng)這個(gè)領(lǐng)域,狐貍臺(tái)是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)領(lǐng)先CNN和MSNBC的,因此,對(duì)于Tucker Carlson這樣的大咖離去,人們自然會(huì)擔(dān)心其收視率會(huì)不會(huì)受挫。目前,Carlson的接任者尚未找到。
對(duì)于Carlson的下臺(tái),懂王表示了惺惺相惜,但是,Carlson在私底下對(duì)懂王則頗有微詞,這些都是在Dominion公司的訴訟案中, 作為證據(jù)被搜集出來(lái)而曝光的。比如,Carlson說(shuō)懂王“擅長(zhǎng)把事情搞砸……這方面,他可以算作當(dāng)之無(wú)愧的世界冠軍了。”(What he’s good at is destroying things…He’s the undisputed world champion of that);“我極其恨他……因?yàn)槌姓J(rèn)(懂王)是一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)太難以接受了,但是,懂王真的一無(wú)是處”(I hate him passionately…, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There really isn’t an upside to Trump.)
此前,默多克及其狐貍臺(tái)已經(jīng)在一個(gè)又一個(gè)的丑聞中活了下來(lái),此番解職自己的當(dāng)紅炸子雞,不過(guò)是另一次的撇清關(guān)系,花錢(qián)消災(zāi),也做出一個(gè)姿態(tài),喏,我們沒(méi)有淪為陰謀論的幫兇嘛。
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