[364][bettersourceneeded], In July 2020, after Tucker Carlson Tonight writer Blake Neff resigned after he was revealed to have posted several racist blogs, Carlson condemned the blog posts on his show saying "It is wrong to attack people for qualities they cannot control. [60] He attained his secondary education at St. George's School, a boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he started dating his future wife, Susan Andrews, the headmaster's daughter. We have confirmed that. Ask anyone at Fox." Mother Jones further observed Carlson was the only Western media pundit the Kremlin adopted in this way. [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. [456], In late October 2021, "Patriot Purge", a three-part series produced by Carlson, was released on the Fox Nation streaming service. Tucker Carlson: We're being told to shut up about this Tucker Carlson joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to preview his "Tucker Carlson Originals" Fox Nation special "Transgressive: Cult of. 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. [431] Carlson said "what Powell was describing would amount to the single greatest crime in American history", but that Powell became "angry and told us to stop contacting her" when he asked for evidence of widespread voter fraud. My wife said people are going to think you're hunting for a job in the Bush campaign. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Tucker Carlson: Andrew Tate's Arrest Is 'Obviously a Set Up' Carlson said that he had been a fan of Barger since his college years, quoted Barger as saying "stay loyal, remain free, and always value honor", and added "I want to pay tribute to the man who spoke those words". [436], In August 2022, Carlson was deposed as part of a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News over false claims of voter fraud made about the company. 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. The teaser trailer for an episode in a new season of Tucker Carlson Originals, called "The End of Men," features plenty of shots of shirtless, muscly men. 0%. [336][181] He accused Democrats and "the left" of "pushing replacement theory", saying "there is a strong political component to the Democratic Party's immigration policy". [287][288] In November 2019, Carlson repeated this claim and queried whether the attack had happened at all. [187] Carlson campaigned for Republicans and Republican-affiliated causes during his time as a Democrat. [384][385] In 2021 and 2022, he repeatedly aired segments casting doubt on masks and vaccines, and falsely accused National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci of contributing to the creation of the virus. 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". "Order Tucker Carlson to Stop Spreading the Big Lie" - Democrat [32][398] In another segment, Carlson misrepresented federal data to claim that in the previous five months around 30 people per day in the U.S. died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. [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". [421] In July 2022, Carlson stated that "it's looking likely that the vaccine might suppress the immune system," citing a widely-criticized review of VAERS data in Food and Chemical Toxicology and a misrepresented data table from a study in The Lancet; the lead author of the latter study, Dr. Peter Nordstrm, clarified that the paper did not show any of what Carlson claimed. [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". According to Jon Cohen in Science, "Carlson took facts out of context and cited long-debunked studies or reports to attack Fauci. Tucker Carlson Calls Out Big Eva's Silence After Pastor's Arrest [134], In December 2019, Playboy model Karen McDougal sued Fox News after Carlson, in a 2018 episode of his show, accused her of extorting Donald Trump. [163] Daily Caller employees later impersonated an editor of the Arkansas Times to gain entry into JournoList. Paul Ryan blamed Tucker Carlson for pushing toxic and racist content on Fox News. 1x09 Blown Away: The People vs Wind Energy. ', "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. TUCKER CARLSON: This is being sold on social media, particularly on TikTok and Instagram and the rest, as a way of personal liberation, and it's a lie. "[4] Carlson presents his perceived opponents "as endlessly cynical and duplicitous", and agitates his audience against them by cherry-picking and misinterpreting information, according to Philip Bump of The Washington Post. [197], He expressed his disappointment with the Republican nominee for the 2012 election, Mitt Romney, and the healthcare reform he signed in 2006 as governor of Massachusetts, which contained an individual mandate, saying, "out of 315 million Americans, the Republican Party managed to find the one guy who couldn't run on Obamacare". [270][271], Peter Beinart of The Atlantic said Carlson has been an "apologist for Donald Trump on the Russia scandal". FOX Nation to Launch New Exclusive Content With Tucker Carlson [116] Portions of the video had been available online since 2007. [383] Carlson criticized stay-at-home orders brought on by the pandemic, and ridiculed Anthony Fauci. [449][34] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. 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Tucker Carlson Originals presents: 'The Joe Biden Christmas. [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". [476] The New York Times observed there was a distinction between Carlson's communications being intercepted by the NSA and intercepts of foreigners who were discussing Carlson. [298], After the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Carlson opined that the British Empire, although "not perfect", had brought civilization to regions it occupied with "decency unmatched by any empire in human history". Society is built on their differences. Sorry, not allowed. While in the nations capital, San Salvador, Carlson took part in a ride-along with the citys police, toured a Salvadorian prison housing members of the MS-13 gang, and snagged an exclusive interview with the countrys new president - whos cracking down on the "death cult.". 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. [26][233] Carlson said in 2004, "I hate all nanny-state regulations, such as seat belt laws and smoking bans. "[327][328][310] According to The Washington Post, "Carlson's argument is belied by many experts and seemingly contradicted by a recent wave of deadly attacks by men motivated by those views. [162] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. [71] While working on a story for New York covering the Taliban, Carlson, alongside his father, was involved in a plane crash as it made its landing on a runway in Dubai on October 17, 2001. 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[4][41][53][478][479], In arguments, Carlson can quickly shift between personas as a devil's advocate and a moralizing truth teller, and simultaneously appear outraged and blas employing a "joking/not-joking loophole" that radio shock jocks have often used, according to Lili Loofbourow of Slate. [428] Carlson distanced himself from Trump's post-election legal fights, in which Carlson said the election was "not fair" but acknowledged that it still would not produce a Trump victory. [493], Carlson was baptized as an Episcopalian but has said he grew up with secular beliefs; he credits his wife for his religious faith. [418], In a January 2022 show, Carlson's guest Alex Berenson made misleading claims that the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 are "dangerous and ineffective" and "need to be withdrawn from the market now", claims that Carlson left unchallenged. Tucker Carlson Originals Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Tucker Carlson [167][168], In June 2020, Carlson sold his one-third stake in The Daily Caller to Patel for an undisclosed amount and said Neil [Patel] runs it. 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. [284][285], Carlson opposes overthrowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has downplayed some of the Assad regime's human rights violations in the Syrian Civil War. "Tucker Carlson Originals" The End of Men (TV Episode 2022) - IMDb "weak men." I've added some old photos of him along with an excerpt of his old "Crossfire" appearance with Jon Stewart. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. "[440] Furthermore, Carlson texted to Sean Hannity, saying fellow Fox reporter Jacqui Heinrich should be fired for fact-checking false claims Carlson and Trump circulated about Dominion. [370][371][372][373], Carlson has highlighted what he considers excesses of LGBT people on the political left. [34][450][451] One of the unindicted co-conspirators was readily identifiable as Stewart Rhodes, founder and leader of Oath Keepers, a far-right anti-government militia; another unindicted co-conspirator was likely the wife of an indicted alleged conspirator. "[255][262], Carlson initially supported the Iraq War. I don't even know how. 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. [256][257], In 2019 Carlson criticized Mitt Romney for supporting, in Carlson's words, "an internationalist style" of foreign policy. [334] Carlson was criticized for abbreviating a clip of Biden in 2015 describing "an unrelenting stream of immigration, nonstop" in U.S. history to remove its context. We think all people were created by God and should therefore be judged by what they do, not by how they look. Tucker Carlson - Wikipedia Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. [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. [30][50][330][331] In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson, arguing that the talk about demographic replacement "was not just a dog whistle to racists it was a bullhorn". It's definitely not just the flu. [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. Watch free Newest movies Find your favorites [53][78], On June 21, 2021, New York Times reporter Ben Smith reported that Carlson was a media source for several journalists and authors including Michael Isikoff, Michael Wolff, Brian Stelter, and others who wrote critically of Donald Trump. [242][239] He described the business model of firms like Bain as: "Take over an existing company for a short period of time, cut costs by firing employees, run up the debt, extract the wealth and move on, sometimes leaving retirees without their earned pensions. The was originally going to just be a look at The End of . Thriving families make market economies possible. He was criticized by Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador during the Obama administration, who said, "You are wrong Mr. Carlson. [41], Carlson's 2003 interview with Britney Spears, wherein he asked if she opposed the ongoing Iraq War and she responded, "[W]e should just trust our president in every decision he makes",[80] was featured in the 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11, for which she won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress at the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards. [314] Carlson also stated that he had "zero sympathy" for the people of Iraq. Watch Tucker Carlson Originals Online | Stream Fox Nation "How long were you in the United States?" Patriot Purge Documentary: Part 1 - Tucker Carlson Keep calling until someone arrives. [41][490] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. "[413], Carlson is married to Susan Thomson Carlson (ne Andrews). Go to Fox Nationto start a free trial and watch the extensive library from your favorite Fox News personalities. [171][170], In May 2017, Carlson, represented by the literary and creative agency Javelin, signed an eight-figure, two-book deal with Simon & Schuster's conservative imprint, Threshold Editions. [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. He's a good reporter, he just misunderstood about how serious that was. ', "Hungary turned to authoritarian nationalism.