[192][13] Separately, he criticized the party's eventual nominee, Pat Buchanan. Live Free", "President Trump got talked out of war with Iran by Fox News host Tucker Carlson: report", "An Old Paleocon Sets the Record Straight", "Is Tucker Carlson the Most Important Pundit in America? [163] The e-mails leaked by The Daily Caller, which detailed efforts to, according to Carlson, "formulate the most effective talking points in order to defeat Palin and McCain and help elect Barack Obama president",[165] also contained statements by The Washington Post's Dave Weigel "wishing for the death of Rush Limbaugh" among other controversial remarks which The Washington Post considered "untenable", leading to his resignation. I'm psyched to get to do that. The video podcast series, titled Tucker Carlson Today, will take on much of the format ofTucker Carlson Tonightwith interviews and topical discussions. 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". [35][441][442] 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". Carlsons parents reportedly divorced in 1976 after their nine-year marriage. Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson Credit: C-Span He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. Carlson's mother left the family when he was six, wanting to pursue a "bohemian" lifestyle. [187][184] 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. [262][12][11] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. [80], In 2000, Carlson co-hosted the short-lived show The Spin Room on CNN. The episode featured Raw Egg Nationalist,[367] a pseudonymous author affiliated with Neo-Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill. [307] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. He is of English, German, and one-sixth Swiss-Italian origin and is his parents oldest son. [205] Former Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential primary contender Tulsi Gabbard was a substitute host on Tucker Carlson Tonight in 2022; she appeared on the show the night she left the Democratic Party in October 2022, to Carlson's praise. 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The top-ratedFox Newschannel host will be featured in a video podcast series and a monthly specialTucker Carlson Originals, which will drill down on a single topic or issue. [407][408] In May 2022, Carlson described himself as against "the vax". [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." [271], 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. >> tucker: good evening. Society is built on their differences. [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. Carlson said of the interview, "I thought I'd be ragged for writing a puffy piece. Greenblatt responded that Carlson's saying this made it "worse, because he's using a straw man voting rights to give an underhanded endorsement of white supremacist beliefs while ironically suggesting it's not really white supremacism". [32] In September 2020, on The Rubin Report, Carlson said that, unlike TV newscasters who he said "systematically lie", he will only lie "if I'm really cornered or something", saying, "I lie. "[315] He accused the Obama administration of ignoring Islamic terrorism. 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[156] The website was funded by the conservative activist Foster Friess. Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson[5] (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. He also criticized "lunatic Muslims who are behaving like animals", and said that any presidential candidate who vowed to "kill as many of them as [they] can" would be "elected king". [37][15][36][38][16], Carlson was born Tucker McNear Carlson in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on May 16, 1969. [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. [97] He also hosted a late-afternoon weekday wrap-up for the network during the 2006 Winter Olympics. [42][67][68] Carlson sought a role with the publication after hearing of its founding, fearing he would be "written off as a wing nut" if he instead joined The American Spectator. ", "Tucker Carlson appears to endorse Harvey Milk's murderer in college yearbook", "Tucker Carlson's College Yearbook Says He Belonged to Club for Harvey Milk's Murderer", "Former Dem-Gaz editorial writer Tucker Carlson to succeed Megyn Kelly in Fox prime time", "Why Are Writers and Editors So Obsessed With Tucker Carlson? [196] Carlson said in an interview, "by my criteria, Bush isn't much of a conservative". Both the three-times-a-week podcast and the Tucker Carlson Originals are set to debut in April on Fox Nation. He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. [281][282], 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. The investigative series documents Carlson's rise to prominence and his rhetoric on immigration, race relations and the COVID-19 pandemic. [198], 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". I consider that heroic at a time like this.. ", "The Playboy Interview With Tucker Carlson", "The Bearable Lightness of Being Tucker Carlson", "Bow tie-free Tucker Carlson steps into prime time on Fox News Channel", "Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists 'Animals.' [98][99] He appeared live from Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon[100][101] and reported the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting and Johnson Space Center shooting in 2007. [25][4][26] Formerly an economic libertarian, he now supports protectionism. [296][297][298], Carlson is a frequent critic of immigration,[25] and has been described by multiple writers as demonizing both legal and illegal immigrants. 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 They hide his parents at Wiki, but his mother was aFischer. Here you have an employee of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school, sending an invitation apparently on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to recruit Carlson said, "When the United States is attacked by a hostile foreign power it must strike back, and make no mistake Mexico is a hostile foreign power. Why should I sit back and take that?" [209], Carlson wrote in 2000 that capital punishment "deserves more vigorous debate",[210] and in 2003 told Salon, "I'm opposed to the death penalty as I am adamantly opposed to abortion". He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (19452011) 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 t Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. [225], 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. Richard is a retired American journalist and [73][74][75] Carlson's 2003 Esquire profile on his journey to Liberia alongside Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil and political rights activists would garner a nomination at the National Magazine Awards. [334][182] He accused Democrats and "the left" of "pushing replacement theory", saying "there is a strong political component to the Democratic Party's immigration policy". Carlson stated on-air that the government had "launched a new war" on American citizens and characterized his series as "rock-solid factually". [264] This assertion was disputed by journalist Philip Bump, who wrote that the number of Mexicans in the U.S. had decreased since 2009 and asked rhetorically: "What good has it done Mexico to have a number of its citizens move to the United States and gain the right to vote? I try never to lie on TV. [362][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. "[16] In 2021, Time said that Carlson could be the most powerful conservative in America, with Republican strategist Jeff Roe adding, "He doesn't react to the agenda, he drives the agenda. [287] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". 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. 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". He remained with the network as a senior campaign correspondent for the 2008 election. [276] 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. So we made it official". McNear. [316][190][c], When Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee for president, denounced Trump in March 2016, saying Trump made a "disqualifying and disgusting response" by evading questions about former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke's support,[317] Carlson criticized Romney and dismissed his speech by suggesting "Obama could have written this. They have three daughters, namely Hopie Carlson, Lilie Carlson, and Dorothy Carlson. [234] In 2019 on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson said America's "ruling class" are, in effect, the "mercenaries" behind the decline of the American middle class, and "any economic system that weakens and destroys families is not worth having. 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. [42], 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". It premiered on March 29 and will have new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [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. Carlson wrote that Trump was "the single most repulsive person on the planet" and that the Reform Party consisted of "a bunch of wackos". [217][218][219] In 2015 he said Australian gun laws were "insane" and "childish". 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 [236], Carlson has criticized hedge funds (singling out the Republican donor Paul Singer in 2019) and private equity (in criticizing Mitt Romney, former CEO of Bain Capital). No, no, this is a voting rights question." [344] Carlson's driveway was vandalized with a spray-painted anarchist symbol, and Carlson stated that his front door was cracked. [322] Talking about Hazleton, Pennsylvania, where Hispanics had quickly become a majority of the population, Carlson said it was "more change than human beings are designed to digest". [62] He then went to Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, graduating in 1991 with a BA in history. [181] 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. "[92], Carlson was hired to helm a new program for PBS in November 2003, Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered, which ran synchronously with Carlson's Crossfire gig on CNN. [471], Carlson's rhetorical style and debating tactics have drawn close attention from writers and other public figures. 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. [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. Oliver was born in California. Has Putin ever called me a racist? Mr Carlson began his interview with the congressman by wondering aloud: So you have to kind of wonder, why is tobacco so dangerous.. [5][27] In 2004, he renounced his initial support for the Iraq War,[28][29] and has since been skeptical of U.S. foreign interventions. [96], Carlson's early evening show Tucker (originally titled The Situation With Tucker Carlson) premiered on June 13, 2005, on MSNBC. Carlson reportedly told Trump that if he listened to his hawkish advisors and went ahead with the strikes, he would not win re-election. "[122] In March 2017, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable program in the 9:00p.m. time slot. Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? 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[32] In 2021, he was included in the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Bush claimed that "Mr. Carlson misread, mischaracterized me. [417] 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. [202] Carlson said in June 2020 that Trump had let Black Lives Matter protests go too far. 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. Both were in love with one anothers style and behavior. Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. Tucker Carlsons Net Worth. 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. [261][283] In April 2018, Carlson questioned whether Assad was responsible for the Douma chemical attack that had occurred a few days earlier and killed dozens. [106] Brian Stelter, writing for The New York Times, wrote that "during Mr. Carlson's tenure, MSNBC's evening programming moved gradually to the left. [56][486] Carlson is left-handed and dyslexic. [115][118], 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. 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. 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". Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. [27][230] Carlson said in 2004, "I hate all nanny-state regulations, such as seat belt laws and smoking bans. 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. His mother, Lisa He also owns 11 cars and 6 luxury yachts. It means killing people". [470] 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. "[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". "[365] He has alleged that feminists want girls to make gains at the expense of boys. The Fox host calls his relationship with his mother a totally bizarre situation - which I never talk about, because it was actually not really part of my life at all.. [44] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. [385][395][396] Carlson's argument was called misleading because the federal database he cited, VAERS, consists of unverified public reports, some of which have been false; post-vaccine deaths can be from unrelated causes; and the CDC had found no connection between COVID-19 vaccinations and deaths based on VAERS. "[236][237][238] 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. As other media outlets fall silent or fall in line, Fox News Medias management has redoubled its commitment to honesty and freedom of speech. 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. Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. [222][223] In a 2019 interview Carlson said he owns a AR-15 style rifle and said "all my guns are working-class guns". [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. "[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. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. [54], 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. Dorothy was born in Massachusetts, to Swedish parents. [374] Carlson's promotion of inflammatory rhetoric about LGBTQ controversies[375] was scrutinized after the Colorado Springs nightclub mass shooting in November 2022. [54][488] Carlson is a Deadhead (a fan of the rock band Grateful Dead); he has attended more than fifty Dead concerts[489] and the title of his 2018 book Ship of Fools was inspired by the Grateful Dead song of the same name. [62][485] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. Following their divorce, Richard was granted custody of Carlson and his younger brother Buckley Peck Carlson. 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. That's a lie. Susan Andrewss Husband: Tucker Carlson; Susans Children: Lillie Carlson, Buckley Carlson, Hopie Carlson, and Dorothy Carlson; Susan Andrewss Parents: Lillian Taggart Andrews (Mother), Reverend George E. Andrews II (father) Susan Carlsons Net Worth: $30 Million (with Tucker Carlson) Famous for: Being the wife of Tucker Carlson [333][331], In May 2022, after the 2022 Buffalo shooting, in which the shooter's manifesto (like those of some previous mass shooters) cited the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, Carlson claimed he was unfamiliar with the conspiracy theory, even though he had previously mentioned it by name on his show, and had alleged the idea of forced demographic change by Democrats over 400 times on his show. He was included in polling at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, with unconfirmed speculation arising that he was personally funding the effort. [231][232], Since 2018, he has promoted more populist economics,[42] attacking libertarianism, saying "market capitalism is not a religion" and portraying some Republicans as "controlled by the banks". 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. "[364], Carlson is an opponent of feminism. [145] 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. His mother McNear began life as a Bohemian, traveling the world and having adventures in France. [119], On November 14, 2016, Carlson began hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. [107], Carlson was a contestant on season 3 of the reality show Dancing with the Stars, which aired in 2006; he was paired with professional dancer Elena Grinenko. [460][e] On June 29, the NSA tweeted a rare statement of denial,[459][462] stating that Carlson has never been a target of its surveillance and it never had any intent to have his program taken off the air. [433][434][435], In February 2021, after attorney general nominee Merrick Garland pledged at his confirmation hearing to supervise the prosecution of "white supremacists and others" involved in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Carlson alleged, "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on January 6. [427] 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. 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[28] 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. He took birth in San Francisco, California, United States. "Tucker Carlson's new book topples Woodward from No. [164][162], 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. He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. [57][40] In 1984, his father unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Republican Mayor Roger Hedgecock in the San Diego mayoral race. AMERICAN conservative television host Tucker Carlson has been apart of Fox News for over a decade. [404] 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. [361][358] Philip Bump of The Washington Post wrote that Carlson had presented "a very specific version" of West's remarks that "mirrored Carlsons rhetoric on race and politics". [35][444][445] 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. [5], During remote interviews, Carlson's producers will keep his face close-up onscreen so viewers can watch him react, often in disbelief. [323][324], 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". [47][40][48][49] 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. and jesse will be back tomorrow night. WebTucker Carlson Parents And Ethnicity. He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne [465], Axios reported on July 7 that, shortly before Carlson made his allegation, he had been in contact with U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries to arrange an interview with Vladimir Putin. MacDougald identified this form of radicalism as the ideological core of Trumpism. "[260] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. He quoted Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker (who was executed in Bush's state of Texas) and frequently using the word "fuck". [146], 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. [147][148] It remained the most-watched news-related cable show as of mid-2021. [305][331] In response, the ADL reiterated its call for Carlson to be fired from the network. [397][385][398][390][399] 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". "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? [15][17][18][16] His remarks on race, immigration, and women including slurs he said on air between 2006 and 2011 (which resurfaced in 2019)[19][20] have at times been described as racist and sexist, and have provoked advertiser boycotts of Tucker Carlson Tonight. [299][300][301] White grievance politics is a persistent theme in Carlson's commentary. [178][179] [b] In 2021, Time magazine said Carlson "may be the most powerful conservative in America". The top-ratedFox Newschannel host will be featured in a video podcast series and a monthly specialTucker Carlson Originals, which will drill down on a single topic or issue. [Stewart] needed to do this. [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. [349][350][351][352], Carlson claimed in 2021 that "there was no physical evidence that George Floyd was murdered by a cop" and "the autopsy showed that George Floyd almost certainly died of a drug overdose", even though two autopsies found that Floyd died from homicide caused by former police officer Derek Chauvin's kneeling on his neck for more than eight minutes. He's Also Their Best Source", "Britney Spears: 'Trust our president in every decision', "Arts, Briefly; Accepting the Worst, in Person", "Watch Jon Stewart Call Tucker Carlson a "Dick" in Epic 2004, "A Week in Review: If You Interview Kissinger, Are You Still a Comedian? Birth Name: Tucker McNear Carlson. 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. 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. [377][378] But by May 2020, Carlson began to publicly question the severity of the virus[379] and oppose social distancing measures. [35][444][446] Carlson's guest, Darren Beattie of Revolver News,[d] whose writing the segment was primarily based on, had been fired as a Trump speechwriter in 2018 after CNN asked the White House about his attendance at a gathering of white nationalists. "[108] Carlson said he accepted ABC's invitation to perform because "I don't do things that I'm not good at very often. "[477] Bump argued in 2022 that compared with other television anchors, Carlson is loath to acknowledge factual errors in his commentary. [60], Carlson was briefly enrolled at Collge du Lman, a boarding school in Switzerland, but said he was "kicked out". WebTucker Carlson has four children in total with his wife, Susan Carlson. [432], 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. The CMD said Carlson had a conflict of interest and had violated journalistic standards. Carlson apologized on his show for the error. I don't even know how. [13][155] 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. It premiered on March 29 and will have new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Revolver has been promoted by Trump and his administration. [172][171], 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. Fox News host Tucker Carlson spread falsehoods that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was rigged against former President Donald Trump. [488], In September 2022, Carlson spoke at the funeral of Hells Angels president Sonny Barger. 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., the highest-rated program in US cable news history that averages a [54][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020. [286], Carlson suggested that a similar attack that occurred the year before (the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack), which was attributed to Assad's forces and which the OPCW JIM indicated was carried out with sarin that bore the regime's signature, was a false flag attack perpetrated to falsely implicate the Assad government. 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. Experts disagree", "Tucker Carlson Thinks Lockdowns Have Nothing to Do With Flattening the Curve", "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Says Coronavirus Lockdown is 'Punishing' Rural America, Calls it 'Mindless and Cruel', "Tucker Carlson Misleads on COVID-19 Vaccines, Masks", "Did Tucker Carlson Say Forcing Kids To Wear Masks Outside Is 'Child Abuse'? [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". [158], In interviews, Carlson said The Daily Caller would not be tied to ideology but rather "breaking stories of importance",[159] and "We're not enforcing any kind of ideological orthodoxy on anyone. [128] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. Shock first photos inside Serena Williams' crumbling childhood home, Ana Walshe's pals reveal what 'delayed her fate' after husband charged, Child's body found in search for missing girl, 4, who was 'beaten to death', Missing woman's husband charged with murder after blood found in basement, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson, Tucker Carlson's mother Lisa McNear died in October 2011, due to cancer, Tucker Carlson has a new podcast series on Fox Nation, In February, Tucker Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with Fox's streaming service Fox Nation, Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight. [88], On January 5, 2005, CNN chief Jonathan Klein told Carlson the network had decided not to renew his contract. In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born". [112][113][114], 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. [233][27] In an interview, he said that economic and technological change that occurs too quickly can cause widespread social and political upheaval, and praised President Theodore Roosevelt, saying his intervention in the economy in the early 1900s may have prevented a communist revolution in the United States. and jesse will be back tomorrow night. Tucker Carlson Father People searching for Tucker Carlson s Fathers [121], Tucker Carlson Tonight aired at 7:00p.m. each weeknight until January 9, 2017, when Carlson's show replaced Megyn Kelly at the 9:00p.m. time slot after she left Fox News. "[393][405] Carlson refused to say whether he has been vaccinated, responding to a reporter, "When was the last time you had sex with your wife and in what position? [372] 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. We think all people were created by God and should therefore be judged by what they do, not by how they look. We believe Martin Luther King Jr. We don't think your skin color is the most important thing about you. "[325][326][307] 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. He's a good reporter, he just misunderstood about how serious that was. [7] 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. [132] His ratings rose eight percent that week despite the boycotts. I really try not to. CovidMisinformation. [115][116][117] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. [443][35] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. 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[424] 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.