"Tucker Announces New Book That Includes Section Grilling His Own Publisher", "For Fox News, Life After Bill O'Reilly Will Feature Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson: A Buckley for Our Time? In January 2017, Forbes reported that the show had "scored consistently high ratings, averaging 2.8 million viewers per night and ranking as the number two cable news program behind The O'Reilly Factor in December. Fact checks called Carlson's argument misleading, because COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in protecting against COVID-19 infections and severe symptoms, and universal masking helps prevent unvaccinated people from spreading the virus. According to Jon Cohen in Science, "Carlson took facts out of context and cited long-debunked studies or reports to attack Fauci. But what exactly happened on 1/6 and how much of what we were told was a lie? Not a joke. "[268], In May 2019, Carlson defended Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless Mexico stopped illegal immigration to the United States. [101][102][103], Tucker was canceled by the network on March 10, 2008, owing to low ratings;[104] the final episode aired on March 14, 2008. Market data provided by Factset. McNear. [111][112][113], On the eve of then-President Barack Obama's first debate with Mitt Romney in October 2012, Carlson publicized a 2007 video recording of then-Senator Obama criticizing the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina and complimenting his pastor at the time, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Carlson took four-hour-a-day ballroom dance classes to prepare. [317][318] After the Charlie Hebdo shooting in 2015, Carlson said, "This is an Islamic problem were facing. Tucker Carlson Has a Cure for Declining Virility 'TUCKER CARLSON ORIGINALS' TACKLES CRIME IN CHICAGO, MS-13, AND AR-15'S IN NEW INVESTIGATIVE SERIES. [277][278] In January 2022, Carlson stated in an interview for Axios that he "could care less [sic] if they call me a pawn of Putin", and also stated that he hoped Republican primary voters in the 2022 United States elections would vote out candidates that "believes Ukraine's borders are more important than our borders". [330], Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch defended Carlson, writing that Carlson had "decried and rejected replacement theory" when he said, "White replacement theory? [19][66] In the same year, he called Democratic primary contenders cowards for not pledging to legalize same sex marriage and stated that he would support that. I wasn't adding anything. [261] The Open Society Foundations, a group founded by Soros, called the film "anti-American propaganda," and its Vice President Laura Silber stated that "Carlson appears to prefer authoritarian rule, state capture of media and the courts, crony corruption and rigged elections. [194] Carlson told Salon in 2003 that some Washington conservatives suspected he was "secretly liberal" because he liked John McCain. MacDougald identified this form of radicalism as the ideological core of Trumpism. [457] Fact-checkers found the series contained numerous falsehoods and conspiracy theories. [424][425][426][427] On his show, he mentioned the names of purportedly dead individuals who voted in Georgia; investigative reporting subsequently found that some of the individuals whom he claimed to be dead were in fact alive. He was a frequent guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld, made frequent appearances on the All-Star Panel segment of Special Report with Bret Baier, was a substitute host of Hannity in Sean Hannity's absence, and produced and hosted a special entitled Fighting for Our Children's Minds in September 2010. [423] After Joe Biden won the election in November, Carlson raised false allegations of fraud in the election. [264][286] In April 2018, Carlson questioned whether Assad was responsible for the Douma chemical attack that had occurred a few days earlier and killed dozens. [198], Writing for Politico in January 2016, Carlson expressed his support for Donald Trump's candidacy and his positions, such as his proposed "Muslim ban", and criticized the other Republican candidates for not similarly making immigration a core issue. [375] In 2021, Carlson belittled the paternity leave taken by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, a gay man, joking that Buttigieg could be "trying to figure out how to breastfeed". "[17] Terry Smith, a law professor at St. Thomas University, has called Carlson's rhetoric an example of white identity politics. He remained with the network as a senior campaign correspondent for the 2008 election. [97][98] He appeared live from Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon[99][100] and reported the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting and Johnson Space Center shooting in 2007. Carlson told Fox & Friends that the North Korean regime was "monstrous" and North Korea was a "disgusting place" but "On the other hand, you've got to be honest about what it means to lead a country. [227][228] He has a concealed carry permit in the District of Columbia. [228], Carlson aired segments defending Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old who shot three protesters, killing two, in August 2020 in confrontations during unrest after a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Tucker Carlson Originals presents: 'The Joe Biden Christmas. [337][338][339] The South African government responded that Trump's tweet was "misinformed" and said it would address the matter through diplomatic channels. [47] Carlson's maternal great-great-grandfather Cesar Lombardi immigrated to New York from Switzerland in 1860. [49][50] Carlson is also a distant relative of Massachusetts politicians Ebenezer R. Hoar and George M. Brooks and is a great-great-great-grandson to Californian rancher Henry Miller. [187] Carlson campaigned for Republicans and Republican-affiliated causes during his time as a Democrat. Although Fox News said Carlson was referring to Democratic leaders and not protesters, Carlson's comments on Black Lives Matter were met with rebuke. He was criticized in India by figures such as the politician and historian Shashi Tharoor, who had written a book detailing atrocities by the British Raj. [461][462][463] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. We have to ban this. TUCKER CARLSON: Why did people 'lie about the truth' of COVID's origins? [46][39][47][48] Carlson's father was adopted at the age of two by upper-middle-class New Englanders, the Carlsons, an executive at the Winslow Brothers & Smith Tannery of Norwood (the oldest tannery in America) and his wife. I take the death penalty very seriously. ", "Tucker Carlson's espousal of 'replacement' theory is both toxic and ahistoric", "Tucker Carlson's Xenophobia Is Horribly Effective", "Column: Long before Fox News, Carlson was a La Jollan", "Does Tucker Carlson's Family Own Swanson? [181][182][16][15] More virulent versions of the conspiracy theory have been cited by gunmen in several mass shootings targeting minorities; Carlson has denounced the attacks. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [114][117], In April 2013, Carlson replaced Dave Briggs as a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, joining Alisyn Camerota and Clayton Morris on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Bush claimed that "Mr. Carlson misread, mischaracterized me. You want to call yourself whatever you want with a dress however you want. "[61], Further into his career in print, Carlson worked as a columnist for New York magazine and Reader's Digest; writing for Esquire, Slate, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, The Daily Beast, and The Wall Street Journal. [57], In 1979, Carlson's father married divorce Patricia Caroline Swanson, an heiress to Swanson Enterprises, daughter of Gilbert Carl Swanson and niece of Senator J. William Fulbright. He also claimed to have taken positions unpopular with his audience, saying, "Most of the big positions I've taken in the past five years against the neocons, the vax and the war [in Ukraine] have been very unpopular with our audience at first. In other comments, Carlson argued that the unrest following Floyd's killing stemmed from a desire for ideological domination, rather than genuine opposition to police brutality. [34][450] Carlson also said Russian president Vladimir Putin raised "fair questions" when Putin mentioned the fatal police shooting of a rioter inside the Capitol while denying involvement in the poisoning of a Russian politician. [41][61] John F. Harris of Politico would later remark on how Carlson was "viewed as an important voice of the intelligentsia" during this period. He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (1945-2011) and Dick Carlson (1941-), a former "gonzo reporter" who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles. "[483] Bump argued in 2022 that compared with other television anchors, Carlson is loath to acknowledge factual errors in his commentary. [290] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". [347], Carlson concluded Tucker Carlson Tonight on July 9, 2019, with a three-minute monologue about Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), calling her ungrateful to the United States, where she had been granted asylum, and calling her "living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country". Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [266], In a July 2018 interview about Russian involvement in U.S. elections, Carlson claimed that Mexico had interfered in U.S. elections "more successfully" than Russia by "packing our electorate" through mass immigration. [434][435], In July 2021, Carlson suggested that "there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November" despite the state's election results being validated via both hand and machine recounts. This otherworldly episode of Tucker Carlson Originals takes the team across the country to find out if the truth is out there. [146][147] It remained the most-watched news-related cable show as of mid-2021. [14][16][17][15] His remarks on race, immigration, and women including slurs he said on air between 2006 and 2011 (which resurfaced in 2019)[18][19] have at times been described as racist and sexist, and have provoked advertiser boycotts of Tucker Carlson Tonight. "[84][85] In 2017, The New York Times referred to Stewart's "on-air dressing-down" of Carlson as an "ignominious career [moment]" for Carlson, leading to the show's cancellation. 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After Heated Clash on Guns: 'Don't Demagogue it With Me', "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Claims Australia Has 'No Freedom' During Gun Control Discussion [Video]", "Tucker Carlson hits Trump due process comments: Obama would've been called a dictator for that", "Tucker Carlson Shreds Trump Over Gun Control: If 'Obama Had Said That,' We'd Be 'Talking Impeachment', "Will the G.O.P. Tucker Carlson Ridiculed For 'Weak Men' Rant: 'Feels Like Projection' Floyd had drugs in his system when he died, but medical professionals determined this did not cause his death. FOX Nation to Launch New Exclusive Content With Tucker Carlson His go-to weaponsthe smirky sarcasm, the barbed comebacks, the vicious politenessseem uniquely designed to drive his sparring partners nuts, frequently making for terrific television". [310] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. 23-year-old woman to Tucker: I regret transitioning as a teen I don't like lying. "[236][238] He cited parallels between the problems of inner cities and rural areas as evidence that the "culture of poverty" cited by conservatives as the cause of urban decline "wasn't the whole story", and that "Certain economic systems allow families to thrive. "Tucker Carlson's new book topples Woodward from No. In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born". "[269], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. 63. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 1 commentator mainstreaming bedrock principles of white nationalism in [the U.S.]. In September 2020, federal judge Mary Kay Vyskocil[135] dismissed the lawsuit, citing her acceptance of Fox News' defense that Carlson's extortion claims were opinion based and not "statements of fact". [43][52] Carlson's father was granted custody of Tucker and his brother. 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[145], In the week following the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, Tucker Carlson Tonight remained the only cable news program not to see a drop in viewership, slightly increasing from where it stood one week prior and reclaiming its lead among the 2554 demographic. Market data provided by Factset. He also denied allegations from the Times about obsessing over ratings, saying that "I've never read the ratings a single day in my life. ", "Tucker Carlson defends Russia again as Ukraine crisis mounts", "Tucker Carlson: What the Fox News host is doing in Hungary", "Soros group pushes back on Tucker Carlson documentary", "Tucker Carlson-fueled Republicans drop tough-on-Russia stance", "Tucker Carlson, downplaying Russia-Ukraine conflict, urges Americans to ask, 'Why do I hate Putin? His monologue was described by The Guardian as "racially loaded" and "full of anti-immigrant rhetoric". [44][45], Carlson's paternal grandparents were Richard Boynton and Dorothy Anderson, who were teenagers when they placed his father at The Home for Little Wanderers orphanage where he was fostered by Carl Moberger of Malden, near Boston, a tannery worker of Swedish descent, and his wife Florence Moberger. Tucker Carlson Originals are a series of short "documentaries" on the Fox Nation streaming service. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. That's a lie. According to Vox, it promoted conspiracy theories about Soros and suggested that criticism of the Hungarian government was a function of jealousy from the political left. [325][326], Several days after the 2019 El Paso shooting, which was committed by a man who released an anti-immigrant manifesto complaining of a "Hispanic invasion", Carlson described white supremacy as a hoax and "a conspiracy theory used to divide the country and keep a hold on power". "[107] Carlson said he accepted ABC's invitation to perform because "I don't do things that I'm not good at very often. [180] Carlson is noted for circulating white nationalist views and terminology into mainstream political discourse, in particular, repackaging the fringe racist "replacement" conspiracy theory into a version that accuses Democrats and "elites" of forcing demographic change. Carlson said of the interview, "I thought I'd be ragged for writing a puffy piece. [376] Carlson's promotion of inflammatory rhetoric about LGBTQ controversies[377] was scrutinized after the Colorado Springs nightclub mass shooting in November 2022. [474][475] On July 23, cybersecurity news website The Record wrote that Carlson had not been targeted by the NSA but had been unmasked after he was mentioned by third parties who were under surveillance, citing two anonymous sources. ", "Tucker Carlson on why conservatives should crack down on "vulture capitalism", "Romney To Biden? Watch it on The Roku Channel or Fox Nation on your Roku device. "Order Tucker Carlson to Stop Spreading the Big Lie" - Democrat "[61][70] Among liberals, Carlson's piece received praise, with Democratic consultant Bob Shrum calling it "vivid". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Watch all episodes now on Fox Nation Join Tucker Carlson and his team. [36], Carlson's use of hyperbole as a rhetorical device was cited by Fox News in its successful defense in 2020 of a slander lawsuit by Karen McDougal, after Carlson incorrectly argued in 2018 that Donald Trump had been a victim of extortion by McDougal. [265][11][10] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. [374] Some of his comments on air have been described as homophobic, including a 2006 radio conversation in which he and Bubba the Love Sponge used the word faggot to describe their affection for each other, and his 2007 description of an incident during high school of beating up a gay man who had made an advance on him in a public bathroom. [160][41], In June 2010, The Daily Caller published excerpts from e-mails sent between members of JournoList, an invitation-only liberal forum, consisting of "several hundred journalists, academics and policy experts" launched in 2007 by Ezra Klein. [378] Carlson has strongly criticized the transgender rights movement,[379] including saying hospitals that provide gender-affirming healthcare to minors are criminals who harm children, and that they should not be surprised to receive threatening phone calls. RISING CRIME AND MURDERERS WALKING FREE: 'TUCKER CARLSON ORIGINALS' EXPOSES WINDY CITY CRISIS Outside of the prison walls, military and police with automatic weapons and bulletproof vests patrol. 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Carlson and his team recently launched the two flagship programs on the network's streaming service, Fox Nation, in 2021. [209], Carlson opposes abortion and has said it is the only political issue he considers non-negotiable. Why should I sit back and take that?" [239][third-party source needed], In August 2021, Carlson traveled to Hungary, broadcasting from Budapest. The week a train derailment poisoned an entire town in Ohio, the transportation secretary, the man in charge of preventing train derailments, held a press conference attacking White construction . "As noted in your deposition released yesterday, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and other Fox News personalities knowingly, repeatedly, and dangerously endorsed and promoted the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. 'Tucker Carlson Originals' enters dangerous territory investigating MS Tucker Carlson Originals (2021- ) Episode List Current Episode (aired 15 Feb. 2023) The Death of Comedy? [287], When President Trump met the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the country's border with the South in June 2019, Carlson, who was touring with Trump, defended Trump's friendship with Kim. [196] Carlson spoke at Ron Paul's independent Rally for the Republic convention, opposite the official 2008 Republican National Convention, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which served as a "message of revolt to the Republican Party" and a general celebration of Paul's policy proposals. [114][115][116] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. The Washington Post called these comments racist. In an interview a month before the show began, he lamented that he would miss classes during a two-week-long MSNBC assignment in Lebanon, saying, "It's hard for me to remember the moves. The world belongs to the weird! [225][226] In a 2019 interview Carlson said he owns a AR-15 style rifle and said "all my guns are working-class guns". Tucker Carlson Has a Cure for Declining Virility A promo for an upcoming Fox show describes a testosterone "calamity" among American men, along with an unlikely treatment. [43] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. Carlson has stated he was only a registered Democratic voter to be able to vote in Democratic primaries in Washington, D.C. Carlson has said he did not vote for Trump in either. [141], By October 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight averaged 5.3 million viewers, with the show's monthly average becoming the highest of any cable news program in history at that point. [360], On August 18, 2017, during a debate about whether web hosting companies should do business with racist sites like The Daily Stormer, Carlson said "I'm not defending white supremacy. ", "Tucker Carlson unapologetic over 'misogynistic' comments on statutory rape, insults against women", "Fox News host Tucker Carlson uses racist, homophobic language in second set of recordings", "ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about 'replacement' theory", "Tucker Carlson's Weekly TV Ratings Rise Despite Boycotts", "Tucker Carlson ad boycott causes headaches for Fox News", "Fox News Tops May Cable News Ratings As 'The Five' Ranks No. "[416][387][417] In February 2022, Carlson supported the Canada convoy protest against COVID-19 restrictions and called it "the single most successful human rights protest in a generation". https://bit.ly/2vaBUvASWatch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.comWatch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. [295][third-party source needed] He criticized LeBron James for speaking out against Daryl Morey, the latter having tweeted in support of the 20192020 Hong Kong protests,[296][297] and referred to the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, as a "propagandist" for the Chinese Communist Party.
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