{"id":2108163,"date":"2023-11-26T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-post-editorial-board-takes-shot-at-vivek-ramaswamy-tucker-carlson-2\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:03:26","slug":"new-york-post-editorial-board-takes-shot-at-vivek-ramaswamy-tucker-carlson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-post-editorial-board-takes-shot-at-vivek-ramaswamy-tucker-carlson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Post Editorial Board targets Vivek Ramaswamy, Tucker Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-post-editorial-board-takes-shot-at-vivek-ramaswamy-tucker-carlson-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2108163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hell\u200b hath no\u200c fury like a media\u2064 empire scorned, apparently.<\/h2>\n<p>In a scathing Friday editorial \u2064taking aim at presidential candidate and conservative\u2064 activist Vivek\u2063 Ramaswamy, the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/24\/opinion\/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-his-campaign-has-become-a-social-media-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post\u2019s<\/a> board said his run \u2062had\u200c \u201cdevolved \u200dinto a \u200bbid for social-media \u2064fame\u201d in\u200d part because\u200c he \u2063wanted Tucker Carlson\u2063 as a debate moderator.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson, who was fired\u2062 from his position at\u200b Fox News while\u200b still remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megyn-kelly-tells-tucker-carlson-breach-contract-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under Fox News \u2064contract<\/a>, has taken \u2062his show \u2062onto X, the platform\u2064 formerly\u200c known as\u2063 Twitter, getting a new \u201cvery online\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This reaction came \u200dafter\u200b a Friday statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ramaswamy-hits-back-donna-brazile-mispronounces-name-tells-go-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by Ramaswamy<\/a> \u2062in which he offered, \u200cas an antidote\u200c to declining ratings \u2063for Republican\u2064 debates, a\u2064 debate on social\u2063 media to juice interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u200cJanuary GOP debate\u2063 should be held on\u200d X, not on cable TV, \u2063moderated by Tucker [Carlson], who might just ask questions that primary voters actually \u2064care\u200c about,\u201d Ramaswamy told <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/24\/news\/vivek-ramaswamy-wants-fifth-republican-debate-only-on-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u200dPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say\u200c they want to \u200dreach younger \u200cvoters and\u200d new audiences? Well \u2063that\u2019s how you \u2064do it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u200c whether or not this actually reaches a larger audience is anyone\u2019s guess; \u2063short of an appearance by Donald Trump, who happens to be the frontrunner in \u2063this race and has \u200davoided the scrums for second, I suspect\u200b nothing\u200b would get the \u200bratings out of the gutter.<\/p>\n<p>However, a debate on\u200d social media hosted by the most influential social\u2064 media-only (for now)\u200c conservative there is a move made in\u2064 good\u200b faith, particularly given\u2064 that the 38-year-old biotech entrepreneur and activist is inarguably \u2063closer to the \u200bpulse \u2063of social media than any of the rest of the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>But, no \u2014 to the\u200c Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-editorial-board-member-goes-full-anti-america-says-disturbed-seeing-american-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editorial\u2064 board<\/a>, it was \u200bproof\u200c he was a farce and very dangerous to the Republicans at the same time. I wonder \u200bwhy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure,\u2062 he <em>claimed<\/em> \u2064it would be \u2063a way to increase viewership \u200d\u2014 but you don\u2019t get a larger audience by making \u2062something <em>harder<\/em> to watch,\u201d \u200dthe \u2063Post\u2019s editorial board said. [Emphasis in the original.]\n<p>\u201cHis idea would shrink the audience \u2014 \u2062while \u200bincreasing the proportion\u200d of\u200b views addicted \u2063to clickbait,\u201d the editorial continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat he suggests Tucker Carlson to host only doubles down on that gambit: Like Ramaswamy, Carlson used to raise important topics that much \u200cof the media didn\u2019t want to touch \u2014 but these days he\u2019s \u2063largely dedicated to pushing buttons hard for a select\u2063 audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-warns-2024-will-like-nothing-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker<\/a> \u201cused\u2062 to\u200b raise important topics that\u2064 most of the media didn\u2019t want to \u2062touch\u201d \u2014 presumably, this period\u200d ended precisely when his on-air presence\u2063 on \u2063Fox News did \u2063\u2014 \u2062but now he\u2019s going way over the line on that nasty ol\u2019\u2063 social media\u2064 platform.<\/p>\n<p>As for \u201cthe \u2062direction of Ramaswamy\u2019s campaign,\u201d the Post editorial board insisted \u201che increasingly relies on conspiracy theories and his most \u2018unique\u2019 ideas \u200dfor his appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer\u200d is not\u2063 an online-only debate, Vivek,\u201d the board\u2062 concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about getting \u2064serious about what the\u2063 country needs and \u2063why \u2062you\u2019re \u200bthe candidate to\u200d do\u2064 it. Stop trying\u200b to limit the \u2064audience and \u200binstead broaden it, recapturing \u200bsome of the \u2064excitement that got you\u2064 on the debate stage in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, this \u200disn\u2019t \u200ban opinion piece with a byline. This is <em>by the editorial\u200c board<\/em> \u2014 i.e., demarcating what is, more or less, the official position \u2064of a publication.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2064that publication is \u2062an integral part of\u200c a wider\u2063 media \u2064empire, \u200bone\u2063 can also glean that this is probably \u200cthe opinion of that organization as a whole;\u2064 the Post is arguably\u2064 one of\u2063 the three main components of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rupert-murdoch-chairman-fox-news-corps-will-take-new-position\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News Corp\u2019s empire<\/a>, along with The Wall Street Journal and \u200cFox News.<\/p>\n<p>The last being, you know, \u200cthe network that fired Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>But, of \u200ccourse, that didn\u2019t factor\u2063 into \u2064 <em>any<\/em> of this. Nothing to see here. \u2062Vivek\u2019s \u2062campaign is officially\u200c a joke. Get\u200d the message, people.<\/p>\n<p>Look, one \u2062doesn\u2019t expect a newspaper \u2063under Rupert\u2063 Murdoch\u2019s control to officially jump for joy that Ramaswamy name-checked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-vivek-ramaswamy-rips-debate-moderator-fiery-opening-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlson<\/a> as\u2063 a possible debate host, but for that paper\u2019s editorial board\u2062 to \u200dmake a bad-faith \u2063assumption\u200c that Vivek has \u2063gone into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-post-editorial-board-takes-shot-at-vivek-ramaswamy-tucker-carlson\/\" title=\"NY Post Editorial Board targets Vivek Ramaswamy, Tucker Carlson\">conspiracy-theory la-la land<\/a> \u2063in part because of that name-check\u2063 is profoundly inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>If it \u2062isn\u2019t a \u2063nakedly cynical \u2063move to\u200d tear into a former employee and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-fox-news-banning-senators-network-done-tucker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anyone who supports him<\/a>, it certainly <em>looks<\/em> \u200clike it \u2014 and isn\u2019t something a paper that professes to be somewhat fair to the \u2063right should be doing.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>An Urgent Note from Our \u2063Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>The Western \u200bJournal has been labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply because we have a biblical worldview and\u200c speak\u200c the\u200d truth\u200b about\u200b what is happening\u2063 in \u200dAmerica.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let Big Tech\u200c and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-recruits-super-bowl-champ-to-be-official-spokesman-for-covid-booster\/\" title=\"Pfizer hires Super Bowl champ as COVID booster spokesperson.\">woke advertisers dictate<\/a> the content we \u200dshare with our community. 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If you\u2063 would rather <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">become a \u2064WJ member<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  outright, you can do that\u200b today as well. Your support means \u200dwe can continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-fight-back-after-city-tears-down-historic-cross-were-not-gonna-walk-quietly-into-the-night\/\" title=\"Christians resist as city demolishes iconic cross: 'We won't go silently'\">expose \u2063false\u2064 narratives<\/a> and defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please \u200bstand with us by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for your \u200csupport!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-post-editorial-board-takes-shot-vivek-ramaswamy-tucker-carlson\/\">New York Post Editorial\u200c Board Takes Shot\u200c at Vivek Ramaswamy, Tucker Carlson<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Should a media outlet\u2064 with a reputation \u200band influence like the New York Post engage \u2062in biased and\u2063 personal attacks against political \u200ccandidates?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Er \u200cwith the reputation \u2063and influence of the New York Post should engage in.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial\u2064 board&#8217;s criticism of\u2064 Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign and his desire to \u2063have \u200bTucker\u2063 Carlson as a debate moderator is \u200cnot\u2064 only unfair, but it also reeks of bias and personal vendetta. They argue that Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign has devolved into\u200b a\u200c bid for social\u200b media fame, implying that he \u2063is more interested in gaining attention than discussing important issues. However, their\u2063 argument is\u2062 weak and lacks\u2064 substance.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s suggestion to have \u2062a debate\u200c on social media is not as \u2064outrageous as the New \u200dYork Post&#8217;s editorial \u200dboard makes it out to be. In fact, it is a move \u200cthat could potentially reach a \u200dwider audience, particularly among younger voters who are more engaged \u200bwith social media platforms. Ramaswamy, as a biotech entrepreneur\u200c and activist, is undoubtedly closer to the pulse of social media than\u200b any\u2063 other candidate, making him well-suited for such a debate.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2063the New York Post&#8217;s editorial board dismisses this idea, claiming that \u2063it would shrink\u200d the audience and increase the proportion of views\u2062 addicted to clickbait. Their argument is baseless and lacks supporting evidence. Instead of providing \u200da \u200cwell-reasoned analysis, they resort to personal attacks and unfounded accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it is concerning that this\u200c editorial reflects not just the opinion of \u2064the\u200d New York Post but\u2062 potentially of the entire News Corp&#8217;s media \u2062empire, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News. This raises questions about the objectivity and impartiality of these news\u2063 outlets, as well as the influence of Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News\u200d Corp.<\/p>\n<p>It is evident that the New York Post&#8217;s editorial board has a personal grievance against Ramaswamy\u200b and anyone associated with him, such as Tucker Carlson. It is unprofessional and inappropriate for\u2064 a respected publication to allow personal biases to\u2063 shape its\u2062 editorial stance.\u2063 The board&#8217;s \u200dattempt to delegitimize \u2064Ramaswamy&#8217;s \u200bcampaign based on conspiracy theories and his support\u2062 for Carlson is \u200birresponsible journalism \u2063at best.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the New York Post&#8217;s editorial board&#8217;s criticism of Vivek Ramaswamy\u2064 and his campaign is unjustifiable and indicative\u200d of a media \u2062empire scorned. Their biased and unprofessional approach undermines\u2062 the credibility\u2064 of the publication and raises questions about the integrity\u200d of the wider\u200d News Corp media empire. It is crucial \u200cfor media outlets\u200b to maintain objectivity and\u2063 impartiality in\u200b order to fulfill their role as providers of accurate \u2063and fair information to\u200d the \u2064public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a fiery editorial, the New York Post criticized presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, accusing him of seeking social media fame and wanting Tucker Carlson as a debate moderator. 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