6 highlights from Joe Rogan's interview with Tucker Carlson
The misery of corporate journalism
Remembering when he enjoyed working as a political journalist decades ago in Washington, D.C., before the advent of digital media, Carlson noted how corporate journalism has devolved into a sad vocation.
Recalling how he used to pity members of the White House press corps because their lives seemed depressing, he observed that the lifestyle of most political journalists today is a lonely, thankless grind compared to how it used to be.
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Carlson said he used to go out to lunch with sources every day at company expense, which he observed is often not even possible now because many corporations demand their employees be working at all times.
"We had lunch every single day like civilized people," he said. "I don't even think that exists in the world anymore, where you had time for lunch, where you weren't just so under the gun from your corporate masters that you had to 'get back to work!'"
He also mentioned how he recently spoke to a campaign reporter and realized how "grim" the job has become.
"It was at least fun," he said of his days as a campaign reporter. "You were on a charter plane, you're flying with everybody, you'd hit three or four cities a day, and there were cocktails on the plane and naughty behavior."
"And now it's just, like, grim," he added. "[Reporters are] driving alone in their little rental cars to some obscure town in Iowa to sit there with no access whatsoever to the candidate, write up their little reports, and then they get back to their hotel and they're writing up more for the website. It's such a bad job, actually — covering politics — that only the people who couldn't make it in any other business are doing it."
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to [email protected]
