Carlson's departure from Fox News came soon after the cable news network settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. His show was the most popular cable news network show for several years, and Fox News has suffered dramatically in ratings since his departure. Carlson has accused Fox News of breach of contract and fraud about the circumstances of his departure.
In his first Twitter show, Carlson attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Republicans who have supported the U.S. sending money and military supplies to the nation. He connected the media's support for the war with a report that the U.S. had covered up an incident in which an extraterrestrial UFO was allegedly recovered.
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At the end of the 10-minute video, Carlson compared Americans to the Russians living in ignorance and propagandized under the former Soviet Union. "We're the ones who live in ignorance now. The U.S. government has managed to classify more than a billion so-called public documents. So at this point, we can't possibly know what our leaders are doing. We're not allowed to know," said Carlson. "By definition, that is not a democracy," he declared.
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Carlson criticized the media's acceptance of secrecy as a powerful control tool. "Stop asking how we got so rich! Here's another story about racism! Go eat each other!" he said. "That's the program. That's how most of us live here in the United States, manipulated by lies, silenced by taboos. It is unhealthy, and it is dehumanizing, and we're tired of it," he added.
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Carlson concluded by expressing gratitude for the opportunity to use Twitter as a platform for his show. "As of today, we've come to Twitter, which we hope will be the short-wave radio under the blankets. We're told there's no gatekeepers here. If that turns out to be false, we'll leave. But in the meantime, we are grateful to be here," he said. "We'll be back with much more very soon," he promised.