Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles TUCKER CARLSON IS UP NEXT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. ♪ ♪ >> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT." LAST NIGHT, WE DID SOMETHING WE DON'T DO VERY OFTEN. WE SPENT THE ENTIRE FIRST BLOCK OF THE SHOW ON THE SAME TOPIC. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER, TOLD YOU WHILE BLACK LIVES MATTER BELIEVES. WE TOLD YOU WHAT THE GROUP PLANS TO DO WITH OUR COUNTRY WHEN THEY AMASSED UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF POWER. THE SEGMENT WENT ON FOR 20 MINUTES. BUT IN THE END A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW IT. THE SHOW TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST-WATCHTOWER OF PRIME TIME TELEVISION IN THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY COME OUT RATED EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE NEVER TALK ABOUT RATINGS AND WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT TELLING YOU THIS TO BRAG ABOUT IT, IS ALREADY MORE THAN ENOUGH BRAGGING AND TELEVISION, THAT'S FOR SURE. IN ANY CASE, NOTHING IN TELEVISION LASTS FOREVER. NEXT WEEK WE WILL PROBABLY GET BEATEN BY A 3:00 A.M. RE-AIR OF "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND." THE POINT OF TELLING YOU THIS IS TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE. SUDDENLY, YOUR OPINIONS QUALIFY AS CRIMES. DARE TO SAY WHAT YOU THINK AT WORK AND YOU WILL BE FIRED IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION. WRITE WHAT YOU THINK ONLINE AND YOU WILL BE SILENCED BY THE BIG TECH COMPANIES SO YOU KEEP YOUR VIEWS TO YOURSELF. YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE STAYING QUIET AND COURSE THAT IS THE POINT OF CENSORSHIP, TO KEEP PEOPLE ISOLATED AND ALONE, TO PREVENT A CONSENSUS THAT CHALLENGES THOSE IN CHARGE. IF YOU'RE FORCED TO SHUT UP THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY, THAT'S WHY THEY DO APPEAR LAST NIGHT SHOW ADJUSTED THEY HAVE NOT YET SUCCEEDED, THOUGH THEY ARE TRYING. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AGREE WITH YOU. YOU ARE NOT CRAZY. YOUR VIEWS ARE NOT EVIL. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY WRONG AND THAT WILL BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE SOME DAY WHEN OUR REVOLUTION HAS ENDED. FOR NOW, MOST ARE TOO AFRAID TO SAY THAT. ONE OF THE REASONS WE GET TO SAY THAT AND OFTEN DO IS THAT FOX NEWS IS AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, WE ARE NOT DEPENDENT ON THE PROGRESSIVE TECH MONOPOLY GOOGLE TO MAKE A LIVING HERE, THANK HEAVEN. MOST MEDIA COMPANIES ARE DEPENDENT ON GOOGLE, GOOGLE CONTROL 70% OF ALL ONLINE ADVERTISING. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, YOU WILL OBEY GOOGLE PAY WHEN GOOGLE TELLS UNITIES IN THE COMING YOU DO IT, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. THEY CAN BANKRUPT YOU IN A MINUTE AND THEY WILL. IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY, NO SINGLE ENTITY HAS EVER HAD MORE CONTROL OVER INFORMATION THAN GOOGLE DOES RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN THE HANDS OF A FEW UNACCOUNTABLE ACTORS AND YOU VERY MUCH SHOULD BE, NOBODY HAS MORE UNCHECKED POWER THAN GOOGLE DOES. THIS AFTERNOON, NBC NEWS DECIDED TO USE SOME OF GOOGLE'S POWER TO SHUT DOWN A COUPLE OF ITS COMPETITORS. POWER IS USEFUL FOR THAT. IN NBC EMPLOYEE, A SCREEN FROM A LEFT-WING ACTIVIST GROUP IN ENGLAND ANNOUNCING TWO SITES AS "RACIST." GOOGLE IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE BAIT, OF COURSE, THE COMPANY THREATENED TO BAN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS FROM GOOGLE'S AD PLATFORM, IN OTHER WORDS, CUT OFF THEIR REVENUE. SHE NEARLY FIRED OFF A VICTORY TWEET BOASTING ABOUT THE CENSORSHIP SHE HAD INSPIRED. SHE CALLED THE TWO SITES FAR-WRIGHT, A TERM THAT HAS NO MEANING BUT DOES SUGGEST SOME KIND OF IMMORAL BEHAVIOR. AT THE END OF HER TWEET SHE THANKED THE ACTIVIST WHO HELPED HER TO A SILENCED COMPETING VIEWS. "FOR THEIR HARD WORK." ADELE SEEMED TO MAKE VERY SATISFIED WITH HERSELF, SHE'D DONE HER PART FOR THE REVOLUTION TODAY. SO WHAT DID ZERO HEDGE END OF THE FEDERALIST TO DO TO DESERVE THIS? TO BE DEMONETIZED? WE ASKED GOOGLE AND THEY TOLD US THAT THE SITES MAINTAIN "UNMODERATED COMMENT SECTIONS," IN OTHER WORDS, READERS GET TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT. GOOGLE FINDS THIS INTOLERABLE. FACED WITH DESTRUCTION, THE FEDERALIST HAD NO CHOICE TO SUBMIT TO GOOGLE, DELETED THEIR COMMENT SECTION ENTIRELY. ZERO HEDGE IT DOES STILL HAVE COMMENTS SO IT HAS BEEN DEMONETIZED TRADE WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN CONTINUE OPERATING MADE ALL THIS RAISES AN INTERESTING QUESTION. GOOGLE SAYS IT NOW HOLDS CONSERVATIVE WEB SITES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMENTS OF THEIR READERS. AND YET, IRONY OF IRONIES, THANKS TO A SPECIAL CARVE OUT GOOGLE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, SOMETHING THEY CALL SECTION 2:30 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT, GOOGLE ITSELF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT ON ITS PLATFORM BECAUSE OF CONGRESS AS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. SO IF YOU ARE SLANDERED BY SOMEONE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT SLANDER PASSES THROUGH GOOGLE SERVERS, YOU CANNOT SUE GOOGLE OVER IT. GOOGLE IS IMMUNE FROM THE CONSEQUENCES, IMMUNITY IS A NICE THING TO HAVE IF YOU ARE BIG COMPANY, FOX NEWS DOESN'T HAVE IT. BUT AGAIN, THANKS TO CONGRESS GOOGLE DOES HAVE IMMUNITY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT GOOGLE'S FOUNDERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST RICH AND POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE CONGRESS ALLOWS THEM TO BE. SENATOR JOSH ALI POINTED THIS OUT TODAY. LET'S HOPE HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES ACT SOON TO REVOKE THIS PRIVILEGE. IF GOOGLE WILL NOT EXTEND THOSE PROTECTIONS TO OTHERS, GOOGLE SHOULD NOT ENJOY THOSE PROTECTIONS ITSELF, OBVIOUSLY. GOOGLE SHOULD HAVE FACED THESE CONSEQUENT IS A LONG TIME AGO, CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO. IT'S BEEN CLEAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME THAT THE BIG TECH MONOPOLIES HAVE NOW SURPASSED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS THE CHIEF THREAT TO OUR LIBERTY. >> GOOGLE IS THE MOST POWERFUL COMPANY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, THE PORTAL THROUGH WHICH THE BULK OF OUR INFORMATION THE BULK OF OUR INFORMATION FLOWS. THAT MEANS THAT IF GOOGLE ISN'T ON THE LEVEL, NEITHER IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD. TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT, GOOGLE CONTROLS REALITY. GOOGLE HAS ALREADY SHOWN A DISTURBING WILLINGNESS TO DISTORT REALITY FOR IDEOLOGICAL ENDS. >> Tucker: AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING, GOOGLE IS ACTING DIRECTLY TO SAY WHAT PEOPLE CAN SAY AND WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, A DIRECT EFFORT TO STIFLE FREE SPEECH MADE ALL OF THAT IS EVEN TRUER TODAY. SO WHY HASN'T CONGRESS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? WE'D LOVE TO ASK SENATOR MIKE LEE OF UTAH, WE INVITED HIM ON THE SHOW TONIGHT. HE WOULD NOT COME. WE'VE INVITED HIM BEFORE, HE WOULD NOT COME THEN. WHY DO WE ASK HIM? HE CHAIRS THE SENATE'S ANTITRUST SUBCOMMITTEE, HE'S THE MAN WHO COULD DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT YOU FROM GOOGLE BUT HE HAS NOT BOTHERED TO DO THAT. INSTEAD, HE'S REPEATEDLY TAKEN THE SIDE OF THE BIG TECH COMPANIES OVER YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT MIKE LEE IS SWORN TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT BUT REFUSES TO. WHY IS MIKE LEE STILL SITTING IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE? HE SHOULD NOT BE IN THE SENATE, THAT IS FOR SURE. WE HOPE MIKE LEE IS SOUNDLY DEFEATED IN HIS PRIMARY BY SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND ABOUT PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM THE ACTUAL THREATS THEY FACE. WE WILL CELEBRATE IT WHEN IT HAPPENS, WE TRUST IT WELL. SO HOW ABOUT HOUSE REPUBLICANS? THIS SPRING, DOUG COLLINS, THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE ANTITRUST SUBCOMMITTEE RELEASED A LETTER DEFENDING GOOGLE AND THE OTHER TECH MONOPOLIES FROM SCRUTINY. THEY ATTACK ANY INVESTIGATION OF THE TECH COMPANIES THAT MIGHT HAVE "PRECONCEIVED CONCLUSIONS THAT LARGE TECH COMPANIES ARE INHERENTLY BAD OR MUST BE BROKEN UP." THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THAT. WHO IS PAYING THESE GUYS? AND MORE TO THE POINT, WHOSE SIDE ARE THEY ON? AGAIN, LET US HOPE FOR A VIGOROUS PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO THESE AND ANY WHO SHARE THIS VIEW. YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, WE VOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE IN THE FERVENT HOPE THEY WILL STAND UP FOR US WHEN IT MATTERS. NOW IT MATTERS. AND NOW, LIKE EVERY TIME BEFORE, THEY SELL US OUT. TIME IS OUT. SERIOUSLY, IT IS TOO MUCH.
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