(Video: Fox News)
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been upfront about his low opinion on the caliber of reporting at The New York Times, but Friday he presented new findings on the outlet that suggest they’ve moved beyond biased journalism, and he alleged the newspaper “is committing fraud.”
During the latest episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the host explained that a member of his production team had signed up for the Times’ monthly subscription nearly a year ago. When the monthly fee increased to $17 the decision was made to cancel the subscription and a representative for the Times told them in April the requested cancelation would go through.
In May, the bill came through again anyway, and after a second call to cancel the subscription, they were billed yet again for the month of May. “So, we called the Times to find out what’s going on. Within minutes, the customer service reps of The New York Times confessed that the company is committing fraud. That’s not an overstatement. It’s what happened.”
“The reason that it was not canceled,” the representative stated, “it was rejected in the system due to an in progress transaction attempt.”
She went on further and noted, “Now, it looks like again, someone tried to cancel it…They got the exact same system response. System was still trying to process the transaction.”
“Oh, so the system won’t let you cancel your Times subscription even if you don’t want it,” Carlson explained. “Our requests were rejected on two separate occasions a month apart. Now, according to the newspaper the system simply wouldn’t allow it either time.”
Naturally, the next recourse was to seek a refund for the bills after the request for cancelation had been submitted. However, that effort was stymied by “the system” as well, as the representative laid out:
“Now as for the refund of those two transactions you were trying to avoid, it does not look like that those were processed at all. So, I’m going to have to do that for you now, which shouldn’t be a problem. Right? ‘Billing event is being processed.’ Why is there another event being processed? That doesn’t make any sense.”
“It doesn’t make sense,” Carlson contended, “unless you’re The New York Times and you’re trying to rip off your customers which is the only way you can stay in business because you’re so bad no normal person would ever pay to read you.”
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 1, 2022
The Fox News host has been openly critical of the Times, especially considering the hit jobs they’ve attempted on him, and he questioned who would still be subscribing.
“The New York Times has been getting much worse for years, when [President Donald] Trump got elected it became unreadable, and now it’s just essentially a parody site. It’s like the Babylon Bee but with no self-awareness and yet, their subscriber numbers aren’t going down even though no human being could read The New York Times and take it seriously, you really have to be in a coma. So is everybody subscribing to The New York Times in a coma?” Carlson asked.
According to the representative, “The system needs to work, this is not ok. People have definitely been charged after cancelation.”
That revelation prompted Carlson to caution viewers who may have once had subscriptions to the Times to check their bank statements and verify that they are no longer being charged, “There’s a pretty good chance The New York Times is still taking your money. So again, that’s fraud and we hope it’s rectified.”
It is unknown how extensive these “system” errors are regarding failed refunds and cancelations, but the host had one evocative question on the matter, “Class action lawsuit, anyone?”
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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7 thoughts on “Tucker Carlson reports the NY Times is committing fraud to keep subscribers. He brings receipts.”
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The NYT has devolved. It is now on a par with the National Inquirer tabloid.
Save all the copies of the NYT that you can, and store them in airtight containers. It will give future generations a good laugh at how stupid and gullible their ancestors were. They may even be worth something some day–as a collector’s novelty.
This demonstrates how communications with people in the political and media realm, as well as customer service in the “woke” corporate world, has devolved to the level of a bedroom argument. And it is easy to figure out why.
All “dry eyes” in this house. This is your penalty for giving any money to those commies. Your penalty will be six months, but at least you don’t have to read it anymore.
Scam ripoff
The gray lady has become the sorry lady. It is bogged down in a cesspool of liberal lies by obtuse people who will rather self destruct following the commie dictates of pelosi and the rest of the party than follow the journalistic guidelines and set themselves viable again. Remember the saying, “The Truth will Set You Free” But the sorry lady prefers scarifying itself at the foot of the American Dream haters.
Charge back the charges. Credit card companies do it with one call. Do not pay with debit card. A charge can always be reversed on credit cards, in writing giving specific details, dates of cancellation etc. Then it becomes a fraud issue with NYT. They actually cannot give that rag away free in NYC. They have stuck it in my grocery bag, and I then have to dispose of it in the trash. No one reads this, or takes anything they say seriously.