“Bye-bye Tucker Carlson!” T-Mobile CEO says as advertisers drop Fox News show – By Kate Gibson (Moneywatch) / June 11 2020
Companies including T-Mobile and Papa John’s Pizza are distancing themselves from Tucker Carlson’s television show on Fox News after the conservative host’s dismissive comments about the Black Lives Matters movement.
The backlash intensified after Carlson on Monday offered an inflammatory take on the nationwide anti-racism demonstrations that have followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
“This may be a lot of things, this moment we’re living through, but it is definitely not about black lives, and remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will,” Carlson told viewers on June 8, the first day of Floyd’s memorial in his adopted hometown of Houston.
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