{"id":676,"date":"2007-11-26T22:06:51","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T06:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=676"},"modified":"2007-11-26T22:06:51","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T06:06:51","slug":"save-tucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"Save Tucker ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Time for bit of comic relief…<\/p>\n

A couple of guys in Florida have launched a campaign to Save Tucker<\/a> Carlson. How pathetic does your life have to be to descend to rescuing one of the lamest programs on TV? The web site alleges that Tucker’s rumored cancellation is…<\/p>\n

“…part of a move by MSNBC to swing left and become “FOX for the Liberals,” dropping any pretense of objectivity or balance.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, maybe it’s actually part of a move by MSNBC to … um … have an audience<\/a> bigger than the Milli Vanilli Fan Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time for bit of comic relief… A couple of guys in Florida have launched a campaign to Save Tucker Carlson. How pathetic does your life have to be to descend to rescuing one of the lamest programs on TV? The web site alleges that Tucker’s rumored cancellation is… “…part of a move by MSNBC to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[22,25],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-wankery","tag-msnbc","tag-tucker-carlson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-aU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":826,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=826","url_meta":{"origin":676,"position":0},"title":"Tucker Carlson: A True Washington Story","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/10\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"MSNBC is FINALLY taking a needed step, and not a moment too soon. 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Tucker has been the worst performing program on the MSNBC primetime lineup for as long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":700,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=700","url_meta":{"origin":676,"position":4},"title":"Rachel Maddow Poised To Replace Tucker?","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/10\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"TVNewser is passing on reports (that are not much more than rumors at this time) that MSNBC has taped a pilot for a new program featuring Rachel Maddow and Bill Wolff. Maddow currently has a talk radio program on Air America and she guests frequently with Keith Olbermann on Countdown.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":825,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=825","url_meta":{"origin":676,"position":5},"title":"Tucker Carlson Canceled!","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/9\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally made it happen! In the post just prior to this one, I asked \"Seriously, when is this low-life, ratings loser going to be canceled?\" I got my answer. You can all start thanking me now. 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