Carlson used language such as "defile", "humiliate", and "degrade" in reference to the nomination's effect on the court, likening the nomination to affirmative action and the Rwandan genocide due to Biden's public pledge to nominate a Black woman. Floyd had drugs in his system when he died, but medical professionals determined this did not cause his death. Recordings of these segments were released online in March 2019 by the progressive nonprofit Media Matters for America. Hunting MS-13: Tucker travels to El Salvador in new Fox Nation special. Carlson said people who disagree with what's happening are being told to "shut up. Market data provided by Factset. [275][276], As Russia threatened a military incursion into Ukraine in December 2021, Russian state television broadcast remarks Carlson had made on his program in which he asserted "NATO exists primarily to torment Vladimir Putin", that the United States fomented the 2014 overthrow of the pro-Russia Ukrainian government and that President Joe Biden sought "a hot war with Russia". [401][389][402][394][403] In July 2021, Carlson said plans by the government to provide door-to-door vaccinations were "the greatest scandal in my lifetime, by far" and falsely described them as an attempt to "force people to take medicine they don't want or need". [256][257], In 2019 Carlson criticized Mitt Romney for supporting, in Carlson's words, "an internationalist style" of foreign policy. The End of Men: With Tucker Carlson. [473] The NSA inspector general's office announced in August 2021 that it was examining Carlson's allegation. [186][183] In 2017, Carlson said his registration as a Democrat was to gain the right to vote in the primaries for mayoral elections in the district, and that he nevertheless "sincerely despise[s]" the Democratic party and "always vote[d] for the more corrupt candidate over the idealist" in order to favor the status quo and stem progressivism. [61][491] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. [110], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor. [132][133] At the close of 2019, Carlson's Nielsen ratings among all viewers 2554 placed him second only to Fox's The Sean Hannity Show among cable news shows. "The Tucker Carlson Originals" host noted that MS-13 controls "entire neighborhoods" within the country, extorting citizens in order to remain in business. He has been a political analyst for Fox News since 2009, appearing as guest or guest host on various programs before the launch of his current show. [19], In a guest appearance with Alex Jones in 2015, Carlson criticized the Obama administration for "making excuses for" rioters in racially-charged anti-police protests in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, saying, "They categorize people by race in a way that, you know, you can't even imagine 30 years ago you would have said, 'Wait a second, that's like Nazi stuff. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. [12][13][14][15] He is known for circulating far-right ideas into mainstream politics and discourse. 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. 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. McNear. From 2005 to 2008, he hosted the nightly program Tucker on MSNBC. [311] University of Michigan professor Alexandra Stern has written that Carlson propagates demographic fear. That's a lie. Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. [457] Fact-checkers found the series contained numerous falsehoods and conspiracy theories. [95], Carlson's early evening show Tucker (originally titled The Situation With Tucker Carlson) premiered on June 13, 2005, on MSNBC. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. [408] On a day when two Fox News hosts, Steve Doocy and Sean Hannity, urged viewers to get vaccinated to protect against the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus, Carlson said, "There are a lot of people giving you medical advice on television and you should ignore them. #FoxNews #tucker Subscribe to Fox News! In the latest installment of Fox Nations "Tucker Carlson Originals," host Tucker Carlson travels to El Salvador where he investigates the insidious operations of the violent international gang, MS-13. ", "Tucker Carlson on why conservatives should crack down on "vulture capitalism", "Romney To Biden? "[107] Carlson was the first contestant eliminated, on September 13, 2006. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! [162] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. Fox News called the reported act "unacceptable". [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". "[202], Carlson supported Trump's expansion of the MexicoUnited States barrier, saying a wall was needed to "restore sovereignty" to the border. [220][221][222] In 2015 he said Australian gun laws were "insane" and "childish". [127] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. [265][11][10] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. [491][53], Carlson quit drinking alcohol in 2002. Carlson reportedly told Trump that if he listened to his hawkish advisors and went ahead with the strikes, he would not win re-election. [302][303][304] White grievance politics is a persistent theme in Carlson's commentary. [203] In 2021, in private correspondence he referred to Trump as a "demonic force". Carlson took four-hour-a-day ballroom dance classes to prepare. [376] Carlson's promotion of inflammatory rhetoric about LGBTQ controversies[377] was scrutinized after the Colorado Springs nightclub mass shooting in November 2022. The world belongs to the weird! I don't believe it in. [61], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. [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. 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. [456], In late October 2021, "Patriot Purge", a three-part series produced by Carlson, was released on the Fox Nation streaming service. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [27] Carlson did not vote in the 2004 election, citing his souring on the Iraq War, his disillusionment with the once small-government Republican Party, and his disappointment with President Bush and like-minded conservatives. The judge also agreed with Fox News' defense that reasonable viewers would have "skepticism" over statements Carlson makes on its show, as he often engages in "exaggeration" and "non-literal commentary", and that Carlson is not "stating actual facts" on its show. [443][444] Philip Bump of The Washington Post wrote in an analysis that Carlson was blurring the lines between "being involved" and "being responsible for" to create a strawman in an effort to "undercut the public understanding of what happened and, by extension, to soften the implications for Trump and his supporters". It's one of the worst things that's happened in our lifetimes. [386][387][388][389][32], Carlson differed with Trump and some of his colleagues at Fox News in early 2020 by saying COVID-19 should be taken more seriously in the U.S.[381][390] On March 9, 2020, Carlson opened his show by saying, "People you trust, people you probably voted for, have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem. Tucker Carlson Originals, a news series is available to stream now. I try never to lie on TV. [362] Ben Samuels of Haaretz wrote that the episode "brings Carlsons history of providing a platform for antisemitism further into focus". "[385], In 2021, Carlson ran segments that misrepresented the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and asserted that U.S. officials were "lying" about them. "[446], In June 2021, Carlson promoted a conspiracy theory alleging that the Capitol storming was a "false flag" FBI operation intended to "suppress political dissent". [21] By August 2019, Media Matters calculated that some companies had fulfilled their media buy contracts and advertising inventory for the time slot and had now begun their purchases for other time slots on Fox News. Tucker Carlson Originals Full Episode00:01:57 Season Two: A detransitioner's escape from gender confusion April 15, 2022 Tucker Carlson Originals Full Episode00:02:13 Season Two: The End of Men April 15, 2022 Tucker Carlson Originals Full Episode00:01:17 Season Two: A one of a kind UFO investigation into cattle mutilations April 15, 2022 He was criticized by Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador during the Obama administration, who said, "You are wrong Mr. Carlson. Testosterone levels in American men are collapsing. ', "Tucker Carlson Rips Merrick Garland on White Supremacists", "White supremacists were involved in Capitol attack, officials testify", "Tucker Carlson's false claim downplaying role of white supremacists at Capitol riot", "Analysis | How the effort to deny the reality of the Jan 6 attack is evolving", "Tucker Carlson is wrong. Fertility is in decline. [295][third-party source needed], On November 20, 2020, The New York Times reported that Steve Bannon and Chinese businessman Guo Wengui had brought Li-Meng Yan to America to promote the COVID-19 lab leak theory, a theory which states covid was made in a Chinese laboratory and then escaped for the lab. I don't approve of it". [214][215], Carlson has opposed gun control and the assault weapons ban. [312] Neoconservative pundit Bill Kristol described Carlson's commentaries in 2018 as "close now to racism" and "ethno-nationalism of some kind, let's call it". [12][154] In a December 2021 segment despairing the falling labor participation rate of U.S. men, Carlson said, "Men and women are very different, extremely different. The rest of us have been told to shut up about it because we're being mean to some oppressed community if we say this. [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". [41] In 2001, he was appointed co-host of Crossfire, in which Carlson and Robert Novak represented the political right (alternating on different nights), while James Carville and Paul Begala, also alternating as hosts, represented the left. "[17] Terry Smith, a law professor at St. Thomas University, has called Carlson's rhetoric an example of white identity politics. [53][210][211] Carlson has described Roe v. Wade as "the most embarrassing court decision handed down in the last century". [92] The show launched on June 18, 2004, and was, according to The New Yorker, "part of a broader effort to push PBS further to the right ideologically". [142][143] Carlson's program saw a dip in viewership following the aftermath of the 2020 election, losing out to Anderson Cooper 360 in the 2554 demographic which Carlson had maintained a hold of the prior month. Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals'Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals'Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals'. Tucker Carlson Originals' Christmas special highlights 'Slow Joe' Biden's most memorable gaffes 'Tis the season to be senile! [34][447][448] He alleged that unindicted co-conspirators in rioters' indictments were government agents, saying, "FBI operatives were organizing the attack on the Capitol on January 6, according to government documents". [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". Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. ", "Did Fox News host Tucker Carlson name-drop Harvey Milk's killer in his yearbook? [432][433] Carlson later brought on Mike Lindell on January 26, 2021, whose company My Pillow was the largest advertiser on Tucker Carlson Tonight, to criticize Dominion Voting Systems and claim it had "hired hit groups and bots and trolls" to target him following his Twitter account's permanent suspension for promoting unfounded fraud claims. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. 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Im actually shocked It needs to stop immediately, like tonight. [477], Carlson's rhetorical style and debating tactics have drawn close attention from writers and other public figures. ", "Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations", "Trump Campaign Secretly Paid Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller $150k for Email Blasts", "Analysis | Charity doubles as a profit stream at the Daily Caller News Foundation", "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Cuts Ties With Conservative Media Site The Daily Caller", "Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News", "Nonfiction Book Review: POLITICIANS, PARTISANS, AND PARASITES: My Adventures in Cable News", "Tucker Carlson Gets Two-Book, Eight-Figure Deal", "Fox News star Tucker Carlson exposes 'elites' in new book". [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. [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. Carlson said of the interview, "I thought I'd be ragged for writing a puffy piece. [29] Carlson is known for some defenses of authoritarian foreign leaders, including Viktor Orbn of Hungary and Vladimir Putin of Russia;[252][253][15] Carlson's praise for Orbn included a visit and his online film Hungary vs. Soros,[254][255] and Carlson was noted for defending Putin in the lead-up to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. [314] Carlson also stated that he had "zero sympathy" for the people of Iraq. [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. Watch free Newest movies Find your favorites [239][third-party source needed], In August 2021, Carlson traveled to Hungary, broadcasting from Budapest. Mother Jones further observed Carlson was the only Western media pundit the Kremlin adopted in this way. Tucker Carlson Originals Patriot Purge Documentary: Part 1 The domestic war on terror is here and it's coming for half of the country. "[367] He has alleged that feminists want girls to make gains at the expense of boys. [81][82], In October 2004, comedian and The Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Crossfire, ostensibly to promote America (The Book), but he instead launched into a critique of Crossfire, saying the show was harmful to political discourse in the U.S.[41][83] Carlson was singled out by Stewart for criticism, with Carlson in turn criticizing Stewart for being biased toward the left. Ryan said he . [122], On April 19, 2017, Fox News announced that Tucker Carlson Tonight would air at 8:00p.m. following the cancellation of The O'Reilly Factor. He said that the NSA had unmasked his identity and that "the contents of my emails left that building at the NSA and wound up with a news organization". [86] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. [53][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020[202] and said in June 2020 that Trump had let Black Lives Matter protests go too far. Market data provided by Factset. He quoted Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker (who was executed in Bush's state of Texas) and frequently using the word "fuck". [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. Society is built on their differences. [1][38] He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (19452011) and Dick Carlson (1941), a former "gonzo reporter"[1][39][40] who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles,[41] and more recently a director at the lobbying firm Policy Impact Strategic Communications. [272] In February 2020, on his show Carlson called on Trump to pardon Roger Stone, who had been convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering as a result of the investigation. 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[270][271], Peter Beinart of The Atlantic said Carlson has been an "apologist for Donald Trump on the Russia scandal". [461][462][463] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. "[269] In December 2019, he falsely claimed that immigrants were responsible for making the Potomac River "dirtier and dirtier". [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. [264] He called for the United States to work with Russia in the Syrian Civil War against a common enemy like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Derek Reimer, pastor at Mission 7 Ministries in Calgary, was arrested and charged on Thursday for mischief and causing a disturbance after he was . [14][413][488][182][489] Carlson responded by saying that he has not read "American Nationalist" and does not plan to. [437][438][439] The following February, Dominion's legal team released texts and other products of discovery against Fox, revealing that Carslon privately doubted the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and mocked Trump advisors, including Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell. Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Think. [47] Carlson's maternal great-great-grandfather Cesar Lombardi immigrated to New York from Switzerland in 1860. [260] In January 2022, Carlson released the film Hungary vs. Soros on Fox Nation. [163][161], In February 2012, The Daily Caller published an "investigative series" of articles co-authored by Carlson, purporting to be an insiders' expos of Media Matters for America, the liberal watchdog group that monitors and scrutinizes conservative media outlets, and its founder David Brock. The episode featured Raw Egg Nationalist,[369] a pseudonymous author affiliated with Neo-Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill. [496][497], Immigrants and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory (20182022), Black Lives Matter and George Floyd (20202021), Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination (2022), Responses to allegations of racism and comments about race. It's insane" and "Our viewers are good people and they believe it. Later Carlson would say that he did not endorse her theories on Covid. Carlson stated on-air that the government had "launched a new war" on American citizens and characterized his series as "rock-solid factually". Tucker and his team take their cameras to Maine and investigate a corrupt "green energy" plot designed to make foreign corporations rich by destroying one of the most beautiful places in America. It's definitely not just the flu. [128][129] There were calls to fire Carlson from Fox News in March 2019 after Media Matters resurfaced remarks he had made over several years to the radio show Bubba the Love Sponge concerning women (calling them "like dogs" and "extremely primitive") and statutory rape,[18][130] Iraqis, and immigrants. Although Fox News said Carlson was referring to Democratic leaders and not protesters, Carlson's comments on Black Lives Matter were met with rebuke. [95] Carlson wanted to focus on his new MSNBC show Tucker and said that although PBS was one of the "least bad" instances of government spending he disagreed with, it was still "problematic". [273] Trump commuted Stone's sentence on July 10, 2020. "[391] Sources in the White House said Carlson's statements caused Trump to reconsider his position. [380], Carlson aired segments warning about COVID-19 in the first months of 2020, and reportedly influenced then-President Trump to take the virus more seriously. Most people don't care and don't want to get involved in it. I caught her. 1x09 Blown Away: The People vs Wind Energy. [144] In 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight and The Sean Hannity Show became the first cable news programs to finish a full year with viewership in excess of four million.
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