• peregrin5@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    That’s the point. He’s not.

    The TV star to irrelevant loser to rightwing darling pipeline is real.

    They need some way to continue participating in the attention economy.

    • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 days ago

      This is also how we got Tucker Carlson. He’s a Swanson, he doesn’t need to work, he needs the attention.