As Twitchy readers know, Tucker Carlson just released his first episode of Tucker on Twitter. Taylor Lorenz, ‘technology journalist’, couldn’t wait to dump on Tucker’s Twitter debut, as though she expected him to look like a YouTuber explaining how to air fry a ribeye or reward unsuspecting strangers with cash for helping a planted grandma across the street.
‘No jump cuts, no background music, no catchy thumbnail or video title’, she tweeted. The darn video just looked like some guy doing a political commentary show … you know, sort of like the Tucker Carlson show monologue, but on Twitter.
It seemed quite clear from the response to Taylor Lorenz that people weren’t looking for the next MrBeast video.
It’s wild to see what a fish out of water he is on the internet: no jump cuts, no background music, no catchy thumbnail or video title. Not sure how he’s going to stack up against even an average streamer or youtuber. https://t.co/oXQhql3jU4
— Taylor Lorenz — FOLLOW ME ON LINKEDIN (@TaylorLorenz) June 7, 2023
We hate to break it to Ms. Lorenz, but people are coming for his content, which, by the way, is the reason they watch any streamer or youtuber.
You can have jump cuts, graphics, and wonderful editing out the wazoo, but if your content sucks, you’re not going to build a following.
Tucker already has that. He’s just delivering it on a new platform.
It’s interesting to see ppl frame 16M views as a success. 16M views on Twitter is nothing, TV view threshold is much higher. And we’ve seen how wildly Twitter view counts are inflated. Even to take at face value, 16M views is not much when ur talking about social content pic.twitter.com/wL09DQ5S1i
— Taylor Lorenz — FOLLOW ME ON LINKEDIN (@TaylorLorenz) June 7, 2023
Then she took a shot at the 16 million views Tucker had amassed when she began to opine. Just a mere 16 million views.
The video now has over 95 million views. Maybe Lorenz should have held her fire for a bit. LOL.
Yes! Also, he was let go but his writing team and producers are still at Fox, I presume. This seems oddly boring so perhaps they had a greater role to play in his success.
— Chris Harihar (@ChrisHarihar) June 7, 2023
There were only a few replies to Lorenz’s tweet, all of this type, because she quickly shut down replies.
The fun stuff is in the quote tweets.
This idiot is trying to suggest Tucker's show isn't gonna be ok without Fox magic, and his views are nearly to 80 MILLION as of the time of this writing. @TaylorLorenz you are so absurdly ridiculous it's hard to believe you're an Actual Person. https://t.co/54RkRNyoSQ
— Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) June 7, 2023
We’re so thankful for quote tweets.
George Strait just stands up on a stage and sings. That’s his “thing”.
No theatrics, no pyrotechnics or crazy lights.
Just him on a stage with a guitar and band, singing.
Simple.
And he’s often referred to as “King George.”
Sometimes mastering the basics sets you apart. https://t.co/OqzhtvHzol
— Undercover Brother, PhD, MD, Esquire (@RealUCBfosho) June 7, 2023
Yep. Is there a large audience for your content? That’s most of the battle.
Tucker's first episode already has over 60 million views.
He doesn't need obnoxious key dangling editing like the average streamer because he's not appealing to ADHD zoomers with tiktok-induced goldfish attention spans. https://t.co/mEcLdtOhOA
— Misheru Katorin 🇳🇱 (@MKatorin) June 7, 2023
See, that’s some quality content right there. ‘ADHD zoomers with tiktok-induced goldfish attention spans’. LOL.
She's like 60 years old and she's acting like she's a Twitch streamer https://t.co/i9QWpUVgV7
— Peter R. Quinones (@PeterRQuinones) June 7, 2023
LOLOLOL!
LOL – thoughts and prayers to you at this difficult time, Taylor. https://t.co/JiDZRRWKPV
— Sister Toldjah 💙 (@sistertoldjah) June 7, 2023
You know she’s been watching those numbers go up … and up … and up. It’s killing her.
Just love it how this Taylor Lorenz chic, trying so hard to be relevant, has blocked people from commenting on her tweet! She knows she’ll be verbally crucified !! https://t.co/Fic4UxSdPf
— Lisa Lou (@lisalunaz) June 7, 2023
And … jump cut to Taylor Lorenz blocking comments.
"not sure how he's going to stack up against even an average streamer" https://t.co/JKkP1uuMdg pic.twitter.com/FSHrURyw4V
— T_p_tio 🎈 (@Txp_RBI_Xctuxl) June 7, 2023
Bwahaha!
Gee, this aged well. @TaylorLorenz another nobody from the mockingbird media. 🤦🏻♀️🤡 https://t.co/5f1cSL0JOt pic.twitter.com/lvgwcVpyKu
— 🇺🇸✨1AmericanDog✨🇺🇸 (@1AmericanDog) June 8, 2023
And it just keeps going.
He didn't even do any food eating challenges or prank people with a fake fart noises in Target… I mean what even is this guy's appeal??? https://t.co/1SwIEyyqUT
— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) June 7, 2023
How can a ‘technology journalist’ get this one so wrong?
tucker's content is sassy enough on its own. he doesn't need synthetic sass (wooshes, swirls, dramatic cutaways or splice ins, etc…) https://t.co/HA3mv15Yv3
— John Bind (@johnbind2) June 7, 2023
It’s true. There was no shortage of people commenting on Tucker’s 10-minute clip, including Taylor Lorenz.
ok i edited it like a shoe0nhead video https://t.co/apjOObujOs pic.twitter.com/NOTkwosHSx
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) June 7, 2023
Ok, we actually loved this, but he doesn’t need it.
It's been less than a day and this tweet is already aging quite badly for TayTay… https://t.co/UZagOm3r67 pic.twitter.com/LyalBH2fBB
— Jason Bond (@1JasonBond) June 7, 2023
… like milk in a hot car in August.
Tucker broke Taylor Lorenz pic.twitter.com/jIbv61gnna
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 7, 2023
Yes he did.
Hate putting her on my feed, but:
I found it so refreshing. No ADHD editing, no extra noise, no flashes, no modern day, trendy tik tok video. Just information presented plain and simple. She doesn't get that mature adults don't want tik toky youtuber content. We want truth. https://t.co/cfVq8PAwvE
— 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐠 (@billy_wells) June 7, 2023
Perhaps if Tucker showed more cleavage Taylor would be impressed?
Doesn't he know he's supposed to film these in the front seat of his car with sunglasses in a nonstandard position on his head? https://t.co/w0jYoXESxd
— Rob Wieland Ain't No Cure For The Summertime Blues (@robowieland) June 7, 2023
LOL! Tucker on Twitter, from the front seat of his Subaru in the Walmart parking lot.
Could you be more out of touch with reality? https://t.co/epv0EgDvtS
— RickCee (@RickCee1968) June 7, 2023
We think ‘yes’. Tucker’s only getting started on Twitter, and these legacy media journalists have no idea what’s about to hit them.
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