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27 Sep, 10 tweets, 5 min read
1. Last week, Tucker Carlson unambiguously promoted the white nationalist "great replacement" conspiracy theory

Fox News took Tucker's racist rant and promoted it on its homepage

You cannot separate Fox News from Tucker

He is the face of the network

popular.info/p/fox-news-emb…
2. To this point, major advertisers have attempted to thread the needle.

They've largely abandoned Tucker's show (because of the racism) but continued to advertise heavily on Fox News

Tucker, however, permeates all Fox News' programming

popular.info/p/fox-news-emb…
3. In a 6-month period between November 2020 and May 2021, clips from Carlson's show were featured 134 times on Fox News' other programming

Carlson makes dozens of guest appearances throughout the lineup

His rants are defended by Fox Corp's CEO

popular.info/p/fox-news-emb…
4. Here Fox News' top brand advertisers this year. They are all pretending you can separate Tucker Carlson from the rest of Fox News.

@LibertyMutual
@indeed
@USAA
@ADT
@Applebees
@Nutrisystem
@progressive

popular.info/p/fox-news-emb…
5. Many of these companies advertise heavily on Fox News - a network dominated by Tucker Carlson - while claiming to be champions of diversity

@Indeed, a top 10 advertiser on Fox News, has pledged to "use our global platform to stand against racism"

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6. You won't find much reporting like this in corporate media outlets supported by advertising.

That's why it's important to diversify your media diet.

Sign up for the Popular Information newsletter (free) for independent accountability journalism

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7. Kind of amazing how Tucker Carlson casually humiliated Fox Corp CEO Lanchan Murdoch

When Carlson promoted the white nationalist "replacement" theory in April, Murdoch defended him, claiming that "Carlson decried and rejected replacement theory"

popular.info/p/fox-news-emb…
8. This was never credible, but last week Carlson just explicitly stated the "great replacement" was a "policy" being implemented by the Biden administration. Carlson said that Biden was trying to replace white people with "more obedient people from far-away countries"
9. In other words, Carlson doesn't "reject" the "great replacement" theory. He believes it's a fact.

The people who share Carlson's views include white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

Better luck next time Lachlan

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10. My guess is Lachlan Murdoch just ignores Carlson's latest comments. For him, it's about money.

But what about Fox News' advertisers?

Will they continue to support the promotion of white nationalist conspiracy theories to an audience of millions?

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28 Sep
1. We can't avert a climate catastrophe with corporate PR

We need government action

So if corporations care about the climate, now is the time to show it

Instead, companies like @Apple are trying to KILL meaningful climate legislation

popular.info/p/bad-apple
@Apple 2. @Apple says it supports a clean energy standard to cut carbon emissions from the energy sector 80% by 2030.

It says that it is "urgent" to pass the standard now

Apple is also trying to kill the reconciliation bill, which includes that standard

popular.info/p/bad-apple
3. @Apple CEO Tim Cook is a board member of the Business Roundtable which is part of a "massive lobbying blitz" to kill the reconciliation bill and its Clean Energy Standard.

BR has launched "a significant, multifaceted campaign" to defeat the bill

popular.info/p/bad-apple
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24 Sep
1. So, in January, when @ATT PROMISED to cut off donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election, it was covered by virtually every major media outlet.

@nytimes

@CNN

@Variety

@dallasnews

I could go on and on ImageImageImageImage
@ATT @nytimes @CNN @Variety @dallasnews 2. Now, 9 months later, @ATT has violated its promise

The only outlet to cover was my newsletter, Popular Information

None of the dozens of publications that covered @ATT's initial announcement have picked up the story

This seems screwed up

popular.info/p/at-and-t-aba…
3. To me, if you are going to cover the corporate press release announcing a promise but not follow up when the corporation BREAKS the promise, that's not journalism. That's PR.

I doubt that's what these outlets want to do. But that's the reality of what they are doing.
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24 Sep
The reconciliation package is a generational opportunity to address climate, the treatment of working families, and tax fairness

There is a massive lobbying campaign against it funded by virtually every major American corporation
The argument here, which I don’t think is well understood, is that America should remain the only developed country without any paid family leave because corporations don’t want to pay a penny more in taxes on corporate profits
As is so often the case, the coverage is oriented around the horse race. How will this impact 2022?

The reality is that this could have a real impact on people’s lives. It’s not a game.
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22 Sep
1. @ATT has brazenly abandoned its pledge to not make political donations that support the Republicans who voted to overturn the election on January 6

Their strategy is to hope no one notices.

Follow along if interested.

popular.info/p/at-and-t-aba…
@ATT 2. After 1/6, @ATT said it would suspend contributions to the 147 GOP objectors: "Employees on our Federal PAC Board convened a call today and decided to suspend contributions to members of Congress who voted to object to the certification of Electoral College votes this week."
3. In March, we reported that @ATT donated 5K to the House Conservatives Fund, which mostly supports GOP objectors

@ATT told popular.info that it was "assured" that none of the money would support GOP objectors

popular.info/p/at-and-t-aba…
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21 Sep
1. @Sen_JoeManchin has the pen for the climate-portion of the reconciliation bill.

This might be the best opportunity to impact climate policy for years.

But a close review of lobbying disclosures paints a disturbing picture.

popular.info/p/the-manchin-…
@Sen_JoeManchin 2. A popular.info review of the Senate Lobbying Database found that six former Manchin staffers are currently listed on 15 lobbying contracts with fossil fuel and energy companies

Collectively, these contracts are worth $2.4 million per year

popular.info/p/the-manchin-…
3. Jonathan Kott, formerly Manchin's communications director, was hired by a lobbying firm in June

In July, Kott was added to a 200K/year contract with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

Kott says he's in regular touch with Manchin

popular.info/p/the-manchin-…
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20 Sep
1. It's FEC filing day

Which means we are updating popular.info's January 6 Accountability Index

We are keeping track of which companies are keeping their promises (and which are returning to business as usual)

Follow this thread for updates

popular.info/p/the-january-…
2. @UPS, which suspended all donations after 1/6, had donated to a handful of GOP objectors earlier this year.

But, in August, it really kicked things into high gear.

UPS donated $78,500 to 30 Republican objectors
3. After 1/6, @Pfizer said: "[W]e have made the decision that for the next six months, Pfizer PAC will not contribute to any of the 147 Members of Congress who voted against certifying the Electoral College after the violence that we all witnessed"
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