Most Americans don't care. All rights reserved. [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Berenson made misleading claims that the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 are "dangerous and ineffective" and "need to be withdrawn from the market now", claims that Carlson left unchallenged. [491][53], Carlson quit drinking alcohol in 2002. "[107] Carlson was the first contestant eliminated, on September 13, 2006. [245][246], On his show, Carlson frequently hosts guests who downplay the scientific consensus on climate change,[247] and disagreed with Bill Nye on the subject. [14][413][488][182][489] Carlson responded by saying that he has not read "American Nationalist" and does not plan to. [314] Carlson also stated that he had "zero sympathy" for the people of Iraq. Finally Make a Deal on Guns? [469] Carlson responded on-air that the NSA did not deny reading his emails. Market data provided by Factset. Tucker explores how the Biden regime is using the Capitol riots on January Sixth to paint Americans as terrorists. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! [274], Carlson asserted in December 2019 that "Putin, for all his faults, does not hate America as much as many of these people do", referring to liberals. [53], Carlson has said he especially targets the "moral preening" of people he sees as having a sensibility of "I'm a really good person, and you're not. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. In the latest installment of Fox Nation's "Tucker Carlson Originals," host Tucker Carlson speaks with a renowned theoretical physicist, a former UK Ministry investigator, and government. Tucker Carlson Originals S2. "Gangs are only 1% of our population herebut they control a lot of territories," Bukele told Carlson. [256] 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." Legal Statement. Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. [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. In the full episode entitled "Hunting MS-13," Fox Nation subscribers can witness as Carlson speaks with a Long Island police officer who had a hit placed on him by the gang, the shows producers travel with the country's paramilitary forces to raid crime rings, and much more. 10. "[202], Carlson supported Trump's expansion of the MexicoUnited States barrier, saying a wall was needed to "restore sovereignty" to the border. 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. [273] Trump commuted Stone's sentence on July 10, 2020. I don't like lying. #TuckerCarlson #F. [463] In November 2021, the Daily Mail published emails from a laptop owned by Hunter Biden, which appear to demonstrate a friendship between himself and Carlson. Stream all episodes of the new documentary news magazine. [154], On January 11, 2010, Carlson and Neil Patel (a former aide to Dick Cheney, and former college roommate of Carlson)[5] launched a political news website titled The Daily Caller. Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [491] He has said he stays in the church because he loves the liturgy and he likes the people. The stock price is down. [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. 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z 18 mins; 7. Tucker Carlson asserted Friday that the December arrest of Andrew Tate, the pro-Trump, misogynistic social media figure currently imprisoned in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and organized crime, was "obviously a set up.". [177][178] [b] In 2021, Time magazine said Carlson "may be the most powerful conservative in America". [477], Carlson's rhetorical style and debating tactics have drawn close attention from writers and other public figures. "[268], In May 2019, Carlson defended Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless Mexico stopped illegal immigration to the United States. #FoxNews #tucker Subscribe to Fox News! What the fuck? [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". 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. [337][338][339][340][341] 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. "[239][240][241] In January 2019, Carlson used a Washington Post op-ed by Romney to criticize what he described as the "mainstream Republican" worldview, consisting of "unwavering support for a finance-based economy. 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. ", "Opinion | What Does Tucker Carlson Know That the Republican Party Doesn't? Recordings of these segments were released online in March 2019 by the progressive nonprofit Media Matters for America. [137], In July 2020, Carlson's head writer Blake Neff resigned after CNN Business reported that he had been using a pseudonym to post remarks that were widely described as racist, sexist, and homophobic on AutoAdmit, a message board known for its lack of moderation of offensive and defamatory content. ", and said he "just went crazy on" a Fox executive over Heinrich's reporting. 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. [7][8][9][10][11] Carlson has been described as a leading voice of white grievance politics. [332], In September 2021, Carlson again invoked the Great Replacement theory on his program, this time by name. But for everyone else, it's infuriating", "What happens when Tucker Carlson makes sense? Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [348] Congresswoman Omar responded on Twitter, saying that "advertisers should not be underwriting this kind of dangerous, hateful rhetoric". 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. [203] In 2021, in private correspondence he referred to Trump as a "demonic force". Carlson's mother left the family when he was six, wanting to pursue a "bohemian" lifestyle. They are seen wrestling, . Be the first one to add a plot. [260] In January 2022, Carlson released the film Hungary vs. Soros on Fox Nation. I don't believe it in. Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson[4] (born May 16, 1969) is an American television host, conservative political commentator and writer who has hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016. . The world belongs to the weird! Fox Nationprograms are viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. [350], 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". Tucker Carlson Today is an in-depth interview program featuring a single in-studio guest for nearly an hour. [279] However, in March 2022, Carlson started to amplify baseless Russian state propaganda that the U.S. and Ukraine were purportedly developing biological weapons in Ukraine. Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. [457] Fact-checkers found the series contained numerous falsehoods and conspiracy theories. Carlson asked. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [388] Later Carlson falsely called Fauci "the guy who created Covid". I caught her. [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. Get 30 days FREE at checkout with promo code ORIGINALS Bain Capital Founders Throw Money At Biden 2020 Campaign", "Tucker Carlson says Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez are 'indisputably right' on Loan Shark Prevention Act", "Fox News host says Warren 'sounds like Donald Trump at his best', "Tucker Carlson at National Conservatism Conference: Big Business Hates Your Family", "Only 12% of Republican Fox News viewers believe climate change is man-made", "Fox News' Tucker Carlson and Bill Nye got into a heated debate about humans' contribution to climate change", "Bill Nye appears on Fox News and it doesn't go well", "Tucker vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy | Video | RealClearEnergy", "Bill Nye Is Not the Right Guy to Lead the Climate Fight", "Analysis | What if Tucker Carlson's wrong about more than just Russia? [126], By January 2019, his show dropped to third with 2.8 million nightly viewers, down six percent from the previous year. [79], In 2000, Carlson co-hosted the short-lived show The Spin Room on CNN. 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". In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born". We just sort of let it happen. [419][420] Public health officials rejected the claims; CDC Director Rochelle Walensky responded that vaccinated and boosted individuals are 68 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. [368] He used the words pig and cunt to describe several individual women in remarks from 2006 to 2011 on the radio show Bubba the Love Sponge. "[61][70] Among liberals, Carlson's piece received praise, with Democratic consultant Bob Shrum calling it "vivid". [162] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. [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". S1, Ep3. Outside of the prison walls, military and police with automatic weapons and bulletproof vests patrol the city in droves - guarding restaurants, hotels, and even occupying public plazas. 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. [125] By the end of 2018, the show had begun to be boycotted by at least 20 advertisers after Carlson said immigration makes the country "poorer, dirtier and more divided". All rights reserved. [127] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. This documentary is a deep dive in collapsing testosterone levels and its consequences for the country, as well as creative ways people are trying to counter the decline of American men. [449][34] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. [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. [41], Charlotte Alter of Time wrote in July 2021 that Carlson sometimes tells "outright falsehoods", but generally "avoids assertions that are factually disprovable, instead sticking to innuendo". 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. [116] Portions of the video had been available online since 2007. [123] Tucker Carlson Tonight was the third-highest-rated cable news show as of March 2018. Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. [89][90] Carlson later said: "I resigned from Crossfire in April [2004], many months before Jon Stewart came on our show, because I didn't like the partisanship, and I thought in some ways it was kind of a pointless conversation. 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. I really try not to. [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. "[41] Carlson has repeatedly promoted a conspiracy theory that Democrats are seeking "demographic replacement" to increase their voter base, and in 2021 he described this as "the Great Replacement", using white nationalist terminology. 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 . 'Tucker Carlson Originals' investigates massive gun grab by New Orleans Police after Hurricane Katrina In the new episode of the Fox Nation show, Tucker Carlson breaks down the illegal gun. 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. [31] In 2021, he was included in the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. [118], On November 14, 2016, Carlson began hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. Floyd had drugs in his system when he died, but medical professionals determined this did not cause his death. According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. [342][338][339][343][341][344][345], Following the Carlson segment, President Trump tweeted that he had instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to "closely study the South Africa land and farm seizure and large scale killing of farmers". [41] Carlson's Trinity yearbook describes him as a member of the "Dan White Society", an apparent reference to the American political assassin who murdered San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. [62][63][64] After college, Carlson tried to join the Central Intelligence Agency, but his application was denied, after which he decided to pursue a career in journalism with the encouragement of his father, who advised him that "they'll take anybody". [175], Carlson has been described in the media as a conservative[90][176] or paleoconservative. Tucker Carlson Originals' Christmas special highlights 'Slow Joe' Biden's most memorable gaffes 'Tis the season to be senile! Season: OR Year: Season 2 S2, Ep1 18 Apr. [362], Ahead of the 2020 election, in September, Carlson told viewers that Democrats were promoting mail-in voting to create "uncertainty over the outcome of the election, so they can manipulate the results". [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. Putin does hate America", urging him to "stop attacking Americans & defending Putin". [41], Carlson had cameo appearances as himself in the Season1 episode "Hard Ball" of 30Rock and in a Season9 episode of The King of Queens. Carlson took four-hour-a-day ballroom dance classes to prepare. [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". The CMD said Carlson had a conflict of interest and had violated journalistic standards. [337][338][339] The South African government responded that Trump's tweet was "misinformed" and said it would address the matter through diplomatic channels. [478] James Carville, a Democratic strategist and friend of Carlson who has appeared on his shows, called Carlson "one of the world's great contrarians", with a gift for making his views sound rebellious even when they are widespread or advantageous. [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. In 2010, Carlson co-founded and served as the initial editor-in-chief of the right-wing news and opinion website The Daily Caller, until selling his ownership stake and leaving in 2020. Michael Jensen, a senior researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, called it "political propaganda that is meant to rally a support base that has shown a willingness to mobilize on the basis of disinformation and lies. Tucker Carlson Originals presents: 'The Joe Biden Christmas. [447], In response to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley's defense of studying critical race theory "to understand white rage" as it concerns the storming, Carlson said, "Hard to believe that man wears a uniform. [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". The reporter of the Axios exclusive story, Jonathan Swan, later confirmed he had contacted Carlson seeking pre-publication comment, but said he had not told Carlson that anyone had shared the email contents with him. But they're wrong. or redistributed. 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. [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. [53][210][211] Carlson has described Roe v. Wade as "the most embarrassing court decision handed down in the last century". Carlson apologized on his show for the error. His monologue was described by The Guardian as "racially loaded" and "full of anti-immigrant rhetoric". Derek Reimer, pastor at Mission 7 Ministries in Calgary, was arrested and charged on Thursday for mischief and causing a disturbance after he was . Carlson accused President Joe Biden of "eugenics" and changing "the racial mix of the country", and said, "this policy is sometimes called the Great Replacement the replacement of legacy Americans, with more obedient people from faraway countries". Carlson reportedly told Trump that if he listened to his hawkish advisors and went ahead with the strikes, he would not win re-election. He wrote "Please get her fired. [114][115][116] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Tucker Carlson Originals S1. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Carlson said the network had changed a lot and "they didn't have a role for me". 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. All rights reserved. "[239][243] He attacked payday lenders, saying they "loan people money they can't possibly repay" and "charge them interest that impoverishes them"[239][236][244] He praised Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's economic plan and called her book The Two Income Trap "one of the best books I've ever read on economics". [225][226] In a 2019 interview Carlson said he owns a AR-15 style rifle and said "all my guns are working-class guns". I'm psyched to get to do that. "[465] That same day, a producer for Carlson filed an unusually broad Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the NSA, seeking records, including "any communication between NSA officials regarding journalist Tucker Carlson", dating back to January 2019, before Biden became president. 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". [165] Reuters media critic and libertarian Jack Shafer, while commenting "I've never thought much of Media Matters' style of watchdogging or Brock's journalism", nevertheless sharply criticized The Daily Caller piece for relying on conjecture, absence of evidence, and inclusion of "anonymously sourced crap", adding that "Daily Caller is attacking Media Matters with bad journalism and lame propaganda. He shares with Donald Trump a deep reluctance to apologize for his mistakes, and he lobs insults that seem suspiciously like subconscious self-assessments: He loves to accuse his guests of "preening", and he derides "pomposity, smugness, and groupthink". We believe Martin Luther King Jr. We don't think your skin color is the most important thing about you. [459][460] Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, prominent anchors in the network's news division, raised objections to the series to top executives of the Fox organization. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years. [6] Carlson's commentaries did not uniformly praise Trump, but he had frequent scorn for Trump's critics; some commentators called Carlson an exemplar of "anti-anti-Trump" arguments. [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. [61], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. To watch the full episode head over to FoxNation. PolitiFact found that none of the evidence provided by Carlson substantiated his conclusion. [38] Carlson is of English, German and one sixteenth Swiss-Italian ancestry. [41][53], When Carlson was in first grade, his father moved Tucker and his brother to the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, and raised them there. 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Carlson (In re Estate of Vaughan), F077628 | Casetext Search + Citator", "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller", "Tucker Carlson 2024? Carlson stated on-air that the government had "launched a new war" on American citizens and characterized his series as "rock-solid factually". [453][454] 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. [195] Carlson said in an interview, "by my criteria, Bush isn't much of a conservative". [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. He's a good reporter, he just misunderstood about how serious that was. [227][228] He has a concealed carry permit in the District of Columbia. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Hunting MS-13: Tucker travels to El Salvador in new Fox Nation special. [423] After Joe Biden won the election in November, Carlson raised false allegations of fraud in the election. [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. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. [4][29] Carlson has promoted conspiracy theories on topics such as demographic "replacement",[30][31][15] COVID-19,[32][33] and the January 6 United States Capitol attack;[34][35] and has been noted for false and misleading statements about those topics and a number of others. [56][39] In 1984, his father unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Republican Mayor Roger Hedgecock in the San Diego mayoral race. [349] 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. [358], In February 2022, Carlson criticized President Joe Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, calling her "ignorant of the law", in contrast to most legal analysts who have described Jackson as highly qualified. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Legal Statement. 63. [383] Carlson criticized stay-at-home orders brought on by the pandemic, and ridiculed Anthony Fauci. "[442] PolitiFact rated Carlson's claim false, because several rioters had known ties to white supremacist groups, according to court records and congressional testimony by law enforcement leaders, and video and photos from the incident showed white supremacist symbols prominently displayed. ", "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? [491] In 2013, Carlson said, "We still go to the Episcopal Church for all kinds of complicated reasons, but I truly despise the Episcopal Church in a lot of ways," citing his opposition to the church's support for same-sex marriage and abortion rights. [110], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor.