[443][35] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. Initially, his parents met at St. Georges School. His mother McNear began life as a Bohemian, traveling the world and having adventures in France. AMERICAN conservative television host Tucker Carlson has been apart of Fox News for over a decade. ", "Did Fox News host Tucker Carlson name-drop Harvey Milk's killer in his yearbook? [96], Carlson's early evening show Tucker (originally titled The Situation With Tucker Carlson) premiered on June 13, 2005, on MSNBC. "[260] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. [335][336][337][338][339] CBS News, Associated Press, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal described Carlson's segment (with guest Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute) as false or misleading, because violence against farmers had reached an all-time low and the reforms had yet to pass and were primarily aimed at land that had fallen into disuse. [109][110] He had a cameo appearance in the 2008 film Swing Vote, again playing himself. Throughout his career as a journalist, Richard has worked as a newspapers reporter, a wire service reporter, magazines writer, TV and radio correspondent and documentary filmmaker. "[327], In April 2021, Carlson argued that the Democratic Party "is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World". Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. As other media outlets fall silent or fall in line, Fox News Medias management has redoubled its commitment to honesty and freedom of speech. [192][13] Separately, he criticized the party's eventual nominee, Pat Buchanan. [182][183][17][16] More virulent versions of the conspiracy theory have been cited by gunmen in several mass shootings targeting minorities; Carlson has denounced the attacks. In addition, they also have a son named Buckley Carlson. [206], Carlson opposes abortion and has said it is the only political issue he considers non-negotiable. I consider that heroic at a time like this.. "[108] Carlson was the first contestant eliminated, on September 13, 2006. [304][31][305][303][306] Carlson has described white supremacy as "not a real problem in America". Meanwhile, Tucker's father, Richard Carlson, was once the President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to WNYC, a banker, investigative journalist, [380][381] 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. Advertisers including The Walt Disney Company, Papa John's, Poshmark, and T-Mobile stopped advertising on Carlson's program. [128] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. Tucker Carlsons date of birth is 16 May 1969. [32] In 2021, he was included in the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, the highest-rated program in US cable news history that averages a nightly audience of 4.33 million viewers. [308] University of Michigan professor Alexandra Stern has written that Carlson propagates demographic fear. [437][438] 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". Carlson said Bolton was "demented" for seeking a military strike against Iran and accused him of undermining Trump by disagreeing publicly with Trump's decisions. [72] 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. [428][429] 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. [455][456][457] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. Bannon and Wengui set up appearances for Yan on Carlsons show to promote the theory. [473] Jack Shafer wrote in Politico that "When the host barks questions in your earpiece, you can't help but jolt to life like a puppet on a string", suggesting that successful guests on Carlson's show must match his quick-wittedness and unflappability. [301] In May 2019 he said, "The flood of illegal workers into the United States has damaged our communities, ruined our schools, burdened our healthcare system and fractured our national unity. [490][491], American political commentator (born 1969), 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. He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and a co-host of the network's prime-time news debate program Crossfire from 2001 to 2005. [334], In August 2018, Carlson alleged that the South African government was targeting white farmers because "they are the wrong skin color" and falsely said the country's president had changed the constitution to allow land thefts from whites during ongoing land reform efforts. Fox News host Tucker Carlson spread falsehoods that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was rigged against former President Donald Trump. [135], 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. 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[263], 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. [447][448] Republican House members Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene quickly embraced Carlson's story about FBI involvement in the Capitol attack, and Republican congressman Paul Gosar entered the Revolver News story into the Congressional Record during a House Oversight Committee hearing. [42][484] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. sheila jackson lee is famous in [175] His second book, The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism, was released in August 2021. He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. [487], Carlson was baptized as an Episcopalian but has said he grew up with secular beliefs; he credits his wife for his religious faith. It has often seemed, watching Tucker Carlson spin up right-wing conspiracism for the masses on his uber-popular Fox News program, that he is ripping his "[62], 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. [226][227][228] At trial Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. [377][378] But by May 2020, Carlson began to publicly question the severity of the virus[379] and oppose social distancing measures. [195], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". "[108] Carlson said he accepted ABC's invitation to perform because "I don't do things that I'm not good at very often. [304] He asked rhetorically, "the combined membership of every white supremacist group in America would they be able to fit inside a college football stadium? 1 commentator mainstreaming bedrock principles of white nationalism in [the U.S.]. [117] An anonymous user going by the name "Sore Throwt" (a pun on famous Watergate informant Deep Throat) had been looking for a buyer of the tape for a week before Carlson distributed it. [155] He was rebuked by the U.S. military in March 2021 after he ridiculed maternity flight suits for U.S. women soldiers and described a decision by the Chinese military to build ships as "more masculine". [184] In July 2021, Carlson told Time magazine that the Republican Party is "inept and bad at governing" and "much more effective as an oppositional force than it is as a governing party". "[254] Carlson changed his tone after the invasion, telling his viewers on February 24, 2022, that "what Russia has done is awful" and that Putin "clearly does deserve to be punished" for invading Ukraine, while warning that the conflict could turn into a world war. [484] They have four children. This is my 12th year at Fox News and Ive never been more grateful to be here, Carlson said of the announcement and new duties. He also said his viewers should ask themselves, "Why do I hate Putin so much? The agency denies it", "McCarthy taps Nunes to investigate NSA over claims of spying on Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson sought interview with Putin at time of NSA spying claim", "Watchdog to Scrutinize Fox News Host's Claim the N.S.A. Tucker Carlsons parents split up when he was six years old. Tucker Carlson guest dresses as trans teacher with giant prosthetic breasts to ridicule Ontario school drama Rebel News' David Menzies calls out Halton District School [376], 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. Both were in love with one anothers style and behavior. "[440], In June 2021, Carlson promoted a conspiracy theory alleging that the Capitol storming was a "false flag" FBI operation intended to "suppress political dissent". [163] Klein offered to form a bipartisan forum with Carlson, but Carlson declined. [Stewart] needed to do this. [149][150][151] Through May 2022 it was a close second to The Five, while leading in the 25-54 demographic. ", "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". [129][130] 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,[19][131] Iraqis, and immigrants. He remained with the network as a senior campaign correspondent for the 2008 election. [335][336][337] The South African government responded that Trump's tweet was "misinformed" and said it would address the matter through diplomatic channels. "[266], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. Richard is a retired American journalist and diplomat who served as the director of the Voice Of American during the last six years of the Cold War. I certainly do it, you know, out of weakness or whatever. Carlson was born Tucker McNear Carlson in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on May 16, 1969. [37], 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. [261] In May 2019, after Robert Mueller gave a statement saying the Special Counsel investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 election did not exonerate President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, Carlson called Mueller "sleazy and dishonest". [348], Carlson cast doubts on the intentions of Black Lives Matter protesters in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, saying in June 2020, "it is definitely not about black lives, and remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will". Tuckers maternal grandfather was Oliver Maurice Lombardi (the son of Maurice Ennis/C. Carlson's mother left the family when he was six, wanting to pursue a "bohemian" lifestyle. [253] In late February 2022, on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Carlson described the preceding crisis as a "border dispute" and said it was "not treason, it is not un-American" to support Putin, "it's the whole point of America." Tucker Carlson: This is propaganda aimed at children. Dorothy Carlsons parents, Tucker Carlson and Susan Andrews, knew each other since they were in tenth grade. [93] 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". [315], 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. [147][148] It remained the most-watched news-related cable show as of mid-2021. [292][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. 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. [458], On June 28, 2021, Carlson said on his program that "a whistleblower within the U.S. government" informed him that the National Security Agency (NSA) was "monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air", adding, "The Biden administration is spying on us. [330], In September 2021, Carlson again invoked the Great Replacement theory on his program, this time by name. >> tucker: good evening. [87] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. [55][56] Carlson attended La Jolla Country Day School and grew up in a home overlooking the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Lombardi and Ethel Rogers Peck). Richard married the wealthy heiress Patricia Swanson. [288][289][290][291], Carlson has said normalization of relations with China following President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit led to unforeseen consequences, and that America became progressively worse off for it. [168][169], 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. 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. I don't believe it in. ", "Tucker Carlson suggests teen charged in Kenosha protester killings had to 'maintain order when no one else would', "Here's what Tucker Carlson got wrong about the Kenosha shootings", "Ron Paul Endorsed by Nevada Brothel Owner", "Tucker Carlson Joins the Cato Institute", "Tucker Carlson has sparked the most interesting debate in conservative politics", "Tucker Carlson: Mitt Romney supports the status quo. His mother McNear began life as a Bohemian, traveling the world and having adventures in France. [347] The Daily Beast commented that Carlson had devoted numerous segments to criticizing Omar, and that largely due to "right-wing attacks that have then been amplified by members of Congress and the president", Omar had been receiving death threats since her election to Congress. [32] Writing for New York magazine's Intelligencer in 2019, Park MacDougald called Carlson a "Middle American radical", which he described as someone who holds populist economic beliefs; hostility to corporatocracy; fervent positions on nationalism, race, and immigration; and a preference for a strong U.S. president. [184][185][186] He was previously registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2020. His former time slots, 6:00p.m. and 9:00p.m., were subsequently occupied by two liberals, Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow." [236][third-party source needed], In August 2021, Carlson traveled to Hungary, broadcasting from Budapest. Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, the The video podcast series, titled Tucker Carlson Today, will take on much of the format ofTucker Carlson Tonightwith interviews and topical discussions. [222][223] In a 2019 interview Carlson said he owns a AR-15 style rifle and said "all my guns are working-class guns". "[28] From 2009 through 2015, Carlson was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. [152][153][154] In spring of 2021 he began hosting a show on Fox Nation called Tucker Carlson Today. ", "Why is the far right so against US intervention in Syria? [94][95], Carlson announced he was leaving the show roughly a year after it started on June 12, 2005, despite the Corporation for Public Broadcasting allocating money for another show season. Carlson's parents divorced after their nine year-marriage reportedly "turned sour.". Carlson broadcast a trailer that suggested the January 6 attack was a government false flag operation to implicate the right wing, with one speaker asserting that "the left is hunting the right". [30] Carlson is known for some defenses of authoritarian foreign leaders, including Viktor Orbn of Hungary and Vladimir Putin of Russia;[249][250][16] Carlson's praise for Orbn included a visit and his online film Hungary vs. Soros,[251][252] and Carlson was noted for defending Putin in the lead-up to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Keep calling until someone arrives. Revolver has been promoted by Trump and his administration. Fox News opinion host Tucker Carlson listed himself as being part of the Dan White Society in his 1991 Trinity College yearbook, according to TheWrap.
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