Fair point about the prime time slot - Fox didn't just stumble into giving him that platform. But I think you're mixing up corporate machinery with deep state puppet strings.

Tucker's more like a useful idiot who got lucky. Media execs saw his ratings potential and rode that wave. He shills whatever keeps the audience engaged and the ad money flowing.

The real manipulation isn't some grand conspiracy - it's just capitalism doing what it does best: finding profitable ways to keep people angry and divided.