Carnival of Fools: Our New Media Gatekeepers Are Little Improvement on the Old

WITH JEFF BLEHAR

March 11 2025

Our New Media Gatekeepers Are Little Improvement on the Old

Greetings and welcome to this 27th edition of the Carnival of Fools. This week, I invite you to enjoy a genuine variety show, and without further ado — except my periodic recommendation that you subscribe for the good of all mankind — let's lower the house lights and get to it.

It's Springtime for Hitler on Your Favorite Podcast

It's been a long time since I've written about Tucker Carlson, and I'm not going to focus on him today, either. But as tiresome as I find his post-Fox schtick to be, and as unproductive as it is to write about him — why give him the space? — I declined to swear off the subject of Carlson altogether. That's not just because I tried this once already and it didn't take. No, the real reason is that I feared how both ...