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Tucker Carlson’s biggest ad downloads on Fox News
Stephen Maturen Mike Lindell, a pillow seller who reinforces the trump card, took to Fox News this week to complain that the conservative network, which in fact plays its MyPillow ads on a loop, does not provide him with a platform to to hawk unfounded voting machine conspiracies. Lindell eventually suggested that Fox conspire against MAGA chiefs. The pillow magnate, who has become the face of a dead-end MAGA coalition still trying to overthrow President Joe Biden’s victory in the election, appeared on Judge Eric Metaxas’ radio program Monday to discuss his continued efforts to lie to prove that the 2020 election of Donald Trump was ‘stolen’. Lindell also discussed his ridiculous efforts to create a new social media site (he was launched on Twitter and other platforms earlier this year for repeatedly insisting on the disinformation of the voices). After boasting that its new platform would automatically give a million people to so-called influencers. followers when they join – especially if they were kicked out of YouTube for making false allegations – Lindell grumbles about Fox News believing the software companies, Dominion and Smartmatic, want in the wake of billion-dollar lawsuits. “Lawsuits can be used as a way to silence people,” Metaxas noted at one point by Salon staff author Zachary Petrizzo. “They can be legal. But it can also be used as a way to silence people. And I noticed that Fox and other people, rather than facing the thing, are just saying, We’re not going to talk about it, we do not want to be sued. This is what is happening in America. Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, does everything in his power on Fox News. “What’s going on with you … what, are you up to it,” Lindell said. pic.twitter.com/pXjMrTFekR— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 23, 2021 Last month, Smartmatic filed a $ 2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, three hosts (including the recently canceled Lou Dobbs), and former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, saying they had all spread false information that the company had defrauded the 2020 election. Dominion, another voting machine at the center of diminishing conspiracies, sued Lindell himself for $ 1.3 billion. “I want to say one thing here – here are things that do not make sense,” an animated Lindell replied. ‘Let’s just talk about Fox! You have already been sued! It’s too late to close the gate, the cows are already out of the barn! ‘You’ve already been sued, Fox. What do you have – are you going to be sued twice? What’s wrong with you? Lindell became increasingly upset and expressed anger and frustration over the network before finally asking, ‘What is it? I do not understand it. Is this a false lawsuit? A treasure hunter, an expert on Satanism and Mike Lindell, fight to overthrow Biden Win in Arizona. Lindell’s pillow ads are by far the largest advertiser in Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox’s most watched program. As host Tucker Carlson has caused controversy over the past few years, the vast majority of the network’s blue-chip advertisers have left for the first time, mostly leaving behind MyPillow ads, Fox News promotions and direct marketers. Fox News is responding in any way to one of its biggest sponsors calling the network directly, and Lindell was able to force one right-wing office to come back because he did not allow crazy conspiracies on the air. interrupts Lindell during an interview before literally stepping off the set when the MyPillow founder would not stop talking about voice machines, Sellers ‘friend of the network’ begged Lindell for forgiveness, while assuring viewers that the pillow magnet ‘still’ an important guest would remain on Newsmax. Read more at The Daily Beast. Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now! Daily membership of the beast: Beast Inside goes deeper into the stories that matter to you. Learn more.