Fox News boycotts Twitter over handling of Tucker Carlson doxing – IOTW Report

Fox News boycotts Twitter over handling of Tucker Carlson doxing

WaTimes: Fox News’ official Twitter account hasn’t tweeted in four days, signaling a boycott against the social networking site for its handling of leftist activists doxing Fox prime-time anchor Tucker Carlson, according to several reports.

In an internal memo last week obtained by Business Insider, Fox News managing editor Greg Wilson instructed the entire digital team to “please refrain from tweeting out our content from either section accounts or your own accounts until further notice.”

The news comes amid reports by Tribune Media content manager Scott Gustin executives from “the highest level” at Fox News order a company blackout on Twitter as a form of protest for the site’s handling of leftist activists publishing Mr. Carlson’s address.

Mr. Carlson’s home was recently targeted by antifa activists with the group Smash Racism DC in a confrontation that is being investigated by D.C. police as a politically motivated hate crime. Videos of the incident posted by the group were deleted by Twitter, but tweets of Mr. Carlson’s personal information remained active for some time, Mr. Gustin saidMORE

 

17 Comments on Fox News boycotts Twitter over handling of Tucker Carlson doxing

  1. Faux boycotting Twatter? That’s a “man bites dog” different type of news story. About time a major organization did it. Hopefully more and more people and organizations will boycott that cesspool.

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  2. My thought, too, Thirdtwin. It’s like “I’m taking my ball home!”, but there are 20 other balls to play with. How does this ‘hurt’ Twitter????

    And now Twitter won’t have to police their site in order to delete or hide content from Fox that they don’t want.

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  3. “And now Twitter won’t have to police their site in order to delete or hide content from Fox that they don’t want.”

    …you can’t say “police”, @Claudia, Twitter would have to delete it because, racism or something.

    …unless you say “Fuk Da” BEFORE you say “police”. THAT, Twitter is 100% OK with…

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  4. FOX and other major companies don’t even need Twitter. Especially if they have TV and radio to back them up. Does Proctor and Gamble need to be on Twitter? As if we don’t remember to buy shampoo and pantyliners with or without wings on our own? Does Pepsi need Twitter?
    No one in the entire world says, “I’m thirsty for soda but I can’t remember who sells what I like…” Yeah, only 3 beverage companies on this planet but they need Twitter or else you’ll forget all about them? Come on.

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  5. I would like to comment on the content on FNC and FBN. I am speaking of positive and sometimes negative repsonces. But, I will NOT use FB, Twitter, Snapchat or any social media to do it. The social media sites are as evil and dastardly as the democrats.

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