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>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON
TONIGHT."
LAST NIGHT, WE DID SOMETHING WE
DON’T DO VERY OFTEN.
WE SPENT THE ENTIRE FIRST BLOCK
OF THE SHOW ON THE SAME TOPIC.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT BLACK LIVES
MATTER, TOLD YOU WHILE BLACK
LIVES MATTER BELIEVES.
WE TOLD YOU WHAT THE GROUP PLANS
TO DO WITH OUR COUNTRY WHEN THEY
AMASSED UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF
POWER.
THE SEGMENT WENT ON FOR
20 MINUTES.
BUT IN THE END A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAW IT.
THE SHOW TURNED OUT TO BE THE
MOST-WATCHTOWER OF PRIME TIME
TELEVISION IN THE COUNTRY
YESTERDAY COME OUT RATED
EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE NEVER
TALK ABOUT RATINGS AND WE’RE
DEFINITELY NOT TELLING YOU THIS
TO BRAG ABOUT IT, IS ALREADY
MORE THAN ENOUGH BRAGGING AND
TELEVISION, THAT’S FOR SURE.
IN ANY CASE, NOTHING IN
TELEVISION LASTS FOREVER.
NEXT WEEK WE WILL PROBABLY GET
BEATEN BY A 3:00 A.M. RE-AIR OF
"GILLIGAN’S ISLAND."
THE POINT OF TELLING YOU THIS IS
TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT
ALONE.
YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE.
SUDDENLY, YOUR OPINIONS QUALIFY
AS CRIMES.
DARE TO SAY WHAT YOU THINK AT
WORK AND YOU WILL BE FIRED IN
THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION.
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK ONLINE AND
YOU WILL BE SILENCED BY THE BIG
TECH COMPANIES SO YOU KEEP YOUR
VIEWS TO YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.
A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE DOING
THAT RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE STAYING
QUIET AND COURSE THAT IS THE
POINT OF CENSORSHIP, TO KEEP
PEOPLE ISOLATED AND ALONE, TO
PREVENT A CONSENSUS THAT
CHALLENGES THOSE IN CHARGE.
IF YOU’RE FORCED TO SHUT UP THEY
CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO YOU AND
YOUR COUNTRY, THAT’S WHY THEY DO
APPEAR LAST NIGHT SHOW ADJUSTED
THEY HAVE NOT YET SUCCEEDED,
THOUGH THEY ARE TRYING.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS AGREE WITH YOU.
YOU ARE NOT CRAZY.
YOUR VIEWS ARE NOT EVIL.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY
AND TOTALLY WRONG AND THAT WILL
BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE SOME DAY
WHEN OUR REVOLUTION HAS ENDED.
FOR NOW, MOST ARE TOO AFRAID TO
SAY THAT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE GET TO SAY
THAT AND OFTEN DO IS THAT
FOX NEWS IS AN INDEPENDENT
COMPANY, WE ARE NOT DEPENDENT ON
THE PROGRESSIVE TECH MONOPOLY
GOOGLE TO MAKE A LIVING HERE,
THANK HEAVEN.
MOST MEDIA COMPANIES ARE
DEPENDENT ON GOOGLE, GOOGLE
CONTROL 70% OF ALL ONLINE
ADVERTISING.
SO IF YOU’RE IN THE NEWS
BUSINESS, YOU WILL OBEY GOOGLE
PAY WHEN GOOGLE TELLS UNITIES IN
THE COMING YOU DO IT, YOU HAVE
NO CHOICE.
THEY CAN BANKRUPT YOU IN A
MINUTE AND THEY WILL.
IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY, NO
SINGLE ENTITY HAS EVER HAD MORE
CONTROL OVER INFORMATION THAN
GOOGLE DOES RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN THE
HANDS OF A FEW UNACCOUNTABLE
ACTORS AND YOU VERY MUCH SHOULD
BE, NOBODY HAS MORE UNCHECKED
POWER THAN GOOGLE DOES.
THIS AFTERNOON, NBC NEWS DECIDED
TO USE SOME OF GOOGLE’S POWER TO
SHUT DOWN A COUPLE OF ITS
COMPETITORS.
POWER IS USEFUL FOR THAT.
IN NBC EMPLOYEE, A SCREEN FROM A
LEFT-WING ACTIVIST GROUP IN
ENGLAND ANNOUNCING TWO SITES AS
"RACIST."
GOOGLE IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE
BAIT, OF COURSE, THE COMPANY
THREATENED TO BAN BOTH
ORGANIZATIONS FROM GOOGLE’S AD
PLATFORM, IN OTHER WORDS, CUT
OFF THEIR REVENUE.
SHE NEARLY FIRED OFF A VICTORY
TWEET BOASTING ABOUT THE
CENSORSHIP SHE HAD INSPIRED.
SHE CALLED THE TWO SITES
FAR-WRIGHT, A TERM THAT HAS NO
MEANING BUT DOES SUGGEST SOME
KIND OF IMMORAL BEHAVIOR.
AT THE END OF HER TWEET SHE
THANKED THE ACTIVIST WHO HELPED
HER TO A SILENCED COMPETING
VIEWS.
"FOR THEIR HARD WORK."
ADELE SEEMED TO MAKE VERY
SATISFIED WITH HERSELF, SHE’D
DONE HER PART FOR THE REVOLUTION
TODAY.
SO WHAT DID ZERO HEDGE END OF
THE FEDERALIST TO DO TO DESERVE
THIS?
TO BE DEMONETIZED?
WE ASKED GOOGLE AND THEY TOLD US
THAT THE SITES MAINTAIN
"UNMODERATED COMMENT SECTIONS,"
IN OTHER WORDS, READERS GET TO
SAY WHAT THEY WANT.
GOOGLE FINDS THIS INTOLERABLE.
FACED WITH DESTRUCTION, THE
FEDERALIST HAD NO CHOICE TO
SUBMIT TO GOOGLE, DELETED THEIR
COMMENT SECTION ENTIRELY.
ZERO HEDGE IT DOES STILL HAVE
COMMENTS SO IT HAS BEEN
DEMONETIZED TRADE WE WILL SEE IF
THEY CAN CONTINUE OPERATING MADE
ALL THIS RAISES AN INTERESTING
QUESTION.
GOOGLE SAYS IT NOW HOLDS
CONSERVATIVE WEB SITES
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMENTS OF
THEIR READERS.
AND YET, IRONY OF IRONIES,
THANKS TO A SPECIAL CARVE OUT
GOOGLE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS,
SOMETHING THEY CALL SECTION 2:30
OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY
ACT, GOOGLE ITSELF IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT ON ITS
PLATFORM BECAUSE OF CONGRESS AS
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE.
SO IF YOU ARE SLANDERED BY
SOMEONE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT
SLANDER PASSES THROUGH GOOGLE
SERVERS, YOU CANNOT SUE GOOGLE
OVER IT.
GOOGLE IS IMMUNE FROM THE
CONSEQUENCES, IMMUNITY IS A NICE
THING TO HAVE IF YOU ARE BIG
COMPANY, FOX NEWS DOESN’T HAVE
IT.
BUT AGAIN, THANKS TO CONGRESS
GOOGLE DOES HAVE IMMUNITY AND
THAT’S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
THAT GOOGLE’S FOUNDERS ARE SOME
OF THE MOST RICH AND POWERFUL
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE
CONGRESS ALLOWS THEM TO BE.
SENATOR JOSH ALI POINTED THIS
OUT TODAY.
LET’S HOPE HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
ACT SOON TO REVOKE THIS
PRIVILEGE.
IF GOOGLE WILL NOT EXTEND THOSE
PROTECTIONS TO OTHERS, GOOGLE
SHOULD NOT ENJOY THOSE
PROTECTIONS ITSELF, OBVIOUSLY.
GOOGLE SHOULD HAVE FACED THESE
CONSEQUENT IS A LONG TIME AGO,
CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS
YEARS AGO.
IT’S BEEN CLEAR FOR A VERY LONG
TIME THAT THE BIG TECH
MONOPOLIES HAVE NOW SURPASSED
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS THE
CHIEF THREAT TO OUR LIBERTY.
>> GOOGLE IS THE MOST POWERFUL
COMPANY IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD, THE PORTAL THROUGH WHICH THE BULK OF OUR INFORMATION
THE BULK OF OUR INFORMATION
FLOWS.
THAT MEANS THAT IF GOOGLE ISN’T
ON THE LEVEL, NEITHER IS OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD.
TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT,
GOOGLE CONTROLS REALITY.
GOOGLE HAS ALREADY SHOWN A
DISTURBING WILLINGNESS TO
DISTORT REALITY FOR IDEOLOGICAL
ENDS.
>> Tucker: AND NOW IT IS
HAPPENING, GOOGLE IS ACTING
DIRECTLY TO SAY WHAT PEOPLE CAN
SAY AND WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
SPEAK, A DIRECT EFFORT TO STIFLE
FREE SPEECH MADE ALL OF THAT IS
EVEN TRUER TODAY.
SO WHY HASN’T CONGRESS DONE
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?
WE’D LOVE TO ASK SENATOR MIKE
LEE OF UTAH, WE INVITED HIM ON
THE SHOW TONIGHT.
HE WOULD NOT COME.
WE’VE INVITED HIM BEFORE, HE
WOULD NOT COME THEN.
WHY DO WE ASK HIM?
HE CHAIRS THE SENATE’S ANTITRUST
SUBCOMMITTEE, HE’S THE MAN WHO
COULD DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT
YOU FROM GOOGLE BUT HE HAS NOT
BOTHERED TO DO THAT.
INSTEAD, HE’S REPEATEDLY TAKEN
THE SIDE OF THE BIG TECH
COMPANIES OVER YOUR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT MIKE
LEE IS SWORN TO UPHOLD AND
PROTECT BUT REFUSES TO.
WHY IS MIKE LEE STILL SITTING IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE?
HE SHOULD NOT BE IN THE SENATE,
THAT IS FOR SURE.
WE HOPE MIKE LEE IS SOUNDLY
DEFEATED IN HIS PRIMARY BY
SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTION AND ABOUT
PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM THE
ACTUAL THREATS THEY FACE.
WE WILL CELEBRATE IT WHEN IT
HAPPENS, WE TRUST IT WELL.
SO HOW ABOUT HOUSE REPUBLICANS?
THIS SPRING, DOUG COLLINS, THE
RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND THE
RANKING MEMBER OF THE ANTITRUST
SUBCOMMITTEE RELEASED A LETTER
DEFENDING GOOGLE AND THE OTHER
TECH MONOPOLIES FROM SCRUTINY.
THEY ATTACK ANY INVESTIGATION OF
THE TECH COMPANIES THAT MIGHT
HAVE "PRECONCEIVED CONCLUSIONS
THAT LARGE TECH COMPANIES ARE
INHERENTLY BAD OR MUST BE BROKEN
UP."
THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THAT.
WHO IS PAYING THESE GUYS?
AND MORE TO THE POINT, WHOSE
SIDE ARE THEY ON?
AGAIN, LET US HOPE FOR A
VIGOROUS PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO
THESE AND ANY WHO SHARE THIS
VIEW.
YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, WE VOTE
FOR THESE PEOPLE IN THE FERVENT
HOPE THEY WILL STAND UP FOR US
WHEN IT MATTERS.
NOW IT MATTERS.
AND NOW, LIKE EVERY TIME BEFORE,
THEY SELL US OUT.
TIME IS OUT.
SERIOUSLY, IT IS TOO MUCH.