Crash Course: Tucker Carlson may be out at Fox News, but the network is still in thrall of MAGA conspiracists

Don't expect Fox to clean up its act — they still need to peddle in bigotry and disinformation to get an audience. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvemx2bzZ4MzB1bi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdjF0ZnI2OHlpNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Tucker Carlson may be out at Fox News, but the network is still in thrall of MAGA conspiracists It's important not to overrate what Carlson's leaving means for Fox News. Fundamentally, nothing has really changed for the network. As we learned from the Dominion lawsuit, [Fox's profitability depends on pandering to a MAGA](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZGppejNzemRheS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) audience that's drunk on the increasingly baroque conspiracy theories they pick up on social media. Carlson is an especially talented purveyor of disinformation, but his commitment to unadulterated nonsense is the norm on the network. With or without him, Fox News will remain a fact-averse propaganda network for the far-right. [Read more from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOGtuMG9mN2VzMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Image via Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla) Ralph Yarl, Negrophobia and the decay of American society Negrophobia shortens the lives of Black people. Sometimes this happens suddenly through interpersonal violence by the police, vigilantes, and others who feel empowered to take Black people's lives with relative impunity. Black people are not immune from negrophobia in the form of internalized white supremacy and racism. Most of the time, negrophobia kills en masse through "weathering" (or its related process "racial battle fatigue"), which is the emotional, physical, spiritual, and cognitive cost to Black people's health and welfare that takes place over years and decades from living in a racist society. Like many other Black people in America, I know for a fact that I am being slowly killed by negrophobia. In total, negrophobia in its many forms is a form of both structural and personal violence, one that works through institutional and systemic white supremacy and racism. America is sick with negrophobia; Negrophobia is also one of the defining features of American society. [Read more from Chauncey DeVega.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNWVvcXcxcnFkdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo via Getty Images/Hélène Desplechin) - "Earth-shaking moment": Watch Fox News announce [Tucker Carlson's departure](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOGF1NDBmYjVvZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) live on the air - [Don Lemon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYWt3aXcxa2VrYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) complains management "didn't have the decency" to tell him about firing directly - "A series of crimes": Ex-prosecutor says [new Trump election texts](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd3Y2Y2M4dDRiai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) "more damning" than Georgia call - The [corporate attack](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvajlxZ2Qzb2ZrZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on democracy - Egos over freedom: [Proud Boys trial](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNHk2ajZsZ3p1MC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) proof MAGA will pay any price to avoid admitting they were wrong - Leaked papers reveal reality behind [Ukraine war propaganda](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZTF1cDI2NGJjMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — and it's grim - The [unequal treatment](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYWpiZjB0a2JrMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) of Trump v. DeSantis: Who gets the advantage? - ["Very clearly incitement of violence"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdjZ3NHdpMGsxdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): AOC calls for Fox News to be punished over Jan. 6 attack - Why [long COVID](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZTd6ZzllOHZndi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) could be a ticking time bomb for public health - Experts say loneliness isn't just a social problem — [it's bad for your health](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNzY3OGI0bTk3ay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), too - The [Roys never had a chance](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc2loZnE3bzhrdC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): "Succession" sells Alexander Skarsgård as TV's finest Viking conqueror - "Secrets of the Elephants" reveals their uncanny [ability to grieve and empathize](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMTAxMjU2dDBrMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - California fumbles again as cover-up of [UC football player's death](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXJ6Z2dwb2RjMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) slowly unravels - "Let this be your own escape from your own wilderness": [Nicole Maines](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdDlicHdxcXlmMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) talks "Yellowjackets" - "I wrote endless drafts": ["Sanditon" boss](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYjZyNmh0anA4Zy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveXpnamRrMWh6cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! The unequal treatment of Trump v. DeSantis: Who gets the advantage? The New York Times' Maggie Haberman [notes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdnJrcWd2Yzhodi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that DeSantis is being judged by the party and the press as a normal politician while Trump still gets graded on a curve. What she means by that is DeSantis is taken at his word while Trump still benefits from the 2016 trope that the news media takes him "literally but not seriously," while his supporters take him "seriously but not literally." This does appear to be true, however. DeSantis is being closely scrutinized for his agenda while, even after all this time, people are still dismissing Trump's outlandish statements. This is not to say that DeSantis doesn't deserve it. [Read more from Heather Digby Parton.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaTFpaDQ1am5oOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) - "The “Dazed and Confused” Generation," [The New Yorker](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdzVjbm9rNWM3MC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "A history of BuzzFeed News," [Nieman Lab](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZXV1ZXZhOG5icC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "How the Rupert Murdoch Family Drama Inspired 'Succession,'" [New York Magazine](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd2FlM2F1MXQxNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Do people actually regret not having children? Possibly not," [The Guardian](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveDdqZ3E4cGphOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "When did mass layoffs become so normal?" [Vox](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNDYzcnQzMTFlMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "‘Hipster eugenics’: why is the media cosying up to people who want to build a super race?" [The Guardian](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaTJ4OWN5OXg1dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) "Cost of doing business": Fox News can claim massive tax break on $787M settlement A tax write-off could potentially save Fox News millions, [The New York Times reported,](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZ2xvdmw1cGRyaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDdXA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) as U.S. law permits companies to deduct at least some amount of settlement fees "as the cost of doing business."  Robert Willens, a tax professor at Columbia Business School, estimates that once is all said and done, Fox will be on the hook for approximately $590 million. Chad Milton, a partner at Media Risk Consultants, pointed out that a media conglomerate like Fox is likely to be well-insured — somewhere between $100 and $500 million in coverage — meaning that insurance will also likely cover a portion of the settlement. [Read more from Gabriella Ferrigine.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZ25qazQ0NHVyNS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW13eDkybGdwcDcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD7Hskdk4bXnOlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo via Andy Kropa/Getty Images) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmKjfHP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmQ-x7JHZOG15zpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. 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