![]() Outside of that, I really want to continue what I am and what my career is and that is an American, in America, talking about American subjects that affect Americans. I guess when I’m looking at various stories and I’m deciding between some, if one seems more like a global story I might be more likely to do it. And I’ve been getting some e-mails from South Africa so that’s pretty exciting.ĭoes it affect how you operate the show or what stories to go after and cover? Yeah, thanks! Redacted Tonight is now in 700 million homes around the world including countries like the UK, Germany, and Australia. Here’s our interview:Ĭongratulations on going International with Redacted Tonight! He’s performed at both Just For Laughs in Montreal as well as Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was featured in the book ¡Satiristas!. Camp bears a tattoo on his left forearm, a quote from Howard Zinn, which says “Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power that can transform the world.” I recently caught up with Camp to discuss the news of his show, Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp, going international and his home at RT America. ![]() It became a short podcast as well in June, 2011. ![]() As an activist, Camp is a supporter of Occupy Wall Street and has collaborated with Peter Joseph, the Zeitgeist movement founder – and his series Culture in Decline. He started a web series, Moment of Clarity, back in March 2011. He’s on his way toward two decades of stand-up, releasing three DVDs and two stand-up albums along the way as well as three books. And that person is comedian, writer, actor and activist Lee Camp. And that’s said to not take anything away from those who came before him, it’s just under much different circumstances. Well, a new generation is being ushered in including Trevor Noah to The Daily Show, Larry Wilmore hosting The Nightly Show, and someone who has been attacking the medium on a much deeper level, not just skimming the surface and joking about the trivial. The Colbert Report is no more, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has just come to an end, and the world seems to be more PC than ever. In another message made public during the proceedings, Carlson called Sidney Powell, a conservative lawyer who pushed baseless claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged, a "f**king b***.We are currently in a time where the face of political satire is changing. 7, 2021, exchange where Carlson describes the video of the fight, he writes in an unredacted text that Trump is a "demonic force" and a "destroyer." The text message that alarmed Fox executives was redacted in court filings in the Dominion case, according to the New York Times.Ĭourt filing/Dominion Voting Systems v. Troves of internal communications exchanged among Fox's top hosts, producers and executives were turned over and made public as part of Dominion's lawsuit against the network, though some of the messages remain redacted. It offered no further details about his departure. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor," the network said in a statement. Days after the dispute was resolved, Fox announced it and Carlson had parted ways. The New York Times reported that the message "alarmed" Fox's board of directors and contributed to the decision to sever ties with the popular host of the primetime show "Tucker Carlson Tonight." The paper said the board learned of Carlson's text the day before the trial between Dominion and Fox News was set to begin, though the Delaware judge overseeing the case delayed its start by a day.Ĭarlson was among the Fox hosts who was expected to be called to testify during the trial, but Fox and Dominion settled the case on April 18, with the cable news giant agreeing to pay the electronic voting company $787.5 million. If I don't care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?" I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed. Much as I despise what he says and does, much as I'm sure I'd hate him personally if I knew him, I shouldn't gloat over his suffering. I'm becoming something I don't want to be. ![]() He continued: "Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn't good for me. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they'd hit him harder, kill him. Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living s**t out of him. According to the Times, Carlson wrote in the message: "A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington.
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