"[61][70] Among liberals, Carlson's piece received praise, with Democratic consultant Bob Shrum calling it "vivid". Tucker Carlson seems to be projecting a bit in this segment about. 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. [126], By January 2019, his show dropped to third with 2.8 million nightly viewers, down six percent from the previous year. [381][382] But by May 2020, Carlson began to publicly question the severity of the virus[383] and oppose social distancing measures. 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[209], Carlson opposes abortion and has said it is the only political issue he considers non-negotiable. [41][58] Though Patricia remained a beneficiary of the family fortune, the Swansons had sold the brand to the Campbell Soup Company in 1955 and did not own it by the time of Carlson's father's marriage. 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[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. Tucker Carlson Originals is an in-depth documentary series. [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. 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. His monologue was described by The Guardian as "racially loaded" and "full of anti-immigrant rhetoric". Bush claimed that "Mr. Carlson misread, mischaracterized me. [212], Carlson wrote in 2000 that capital punishment "deserves more vigorous debate",[213] and in 2003 told Salon, "I'm opposed to the death penalty as I am adamantly opposed to abortion". Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. 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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? [18] In 2022, Carlson released The End of Men, a Tucker Carlson Original alleging a decline in American masculinity. 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. Stream all episodes of the new documentary news magazine. [267] 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? [487], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". [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. [479] Lyz Lenz of the Columbia Journalism Review wrote that this debate maneuver mirrors Jon Stewart's confrontation of Carlson on Crossfire in 2004, describing Stewart then and Carlson now as both "com[ing] out of the gate with an impossible line of questioning and a disingenuous defense". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, [27] Carlson did not vote in the 2004 election, citing his souring on the Iraq War, his disillusionment with the once small-government Republican Party, and his disappointment with President Bush and like-minded conservatives. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. [68][69] The piece led to bad publicity for Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. [53][494] Carlson is a Deadhead (a fan of the rock band Grateful Dead); he has attended more than fifty Dead concerts[495] and the title of his 2018 book Ship of Fools was inspired by the Grateful Dead song of the same name. [Stewart] needed to do this. [12] Sources such as CNN and The Washington Post have said Carlson promotes racism,[13][304][20][305][306] a charge he denies, saying in 2018, "I'm not a racist. [302][303][304] White grievance politics is a persistent theme in Carlson's commentary. [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. That's illegal. 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". [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. [10], Carlson called the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani a "quagmire". Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. "Gangs are only 1% of our population herebut they control a lot of territories," Bukele told Carlson. He quoted Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker (who was executed in Bush's state of Texas) and frequently using the word "fuck". [188][189], In public correspondence in Slate with Texas Monthly's Evan Smith on November 29, 1999, Carlson agreed with Smith's low opinion of Donald Trump,[190] who was then running for president with the Reform Party. Both the. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. [43] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. [424][425][426][427] On his show, he mentioned the names of purportedly dead individuals who voted in Georgia; investigative reporting subsequently found that some of the individuals whom he claimed to be dead were in fact alive. Carlson reportedly told Trump that if he listened to his hawkish advisors and went ahead with the strikes, he would not win re-election. [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. Carlson apologized on his show for the error. "weak men." I've added some old photos of him along with an excerpt of his old "Crossfire" appearance with Jon Stewart. [195] After saying on Fox News in 2010 that Michael Vick "should have been executed" for dog fighting, Carlson stated that he is "not comfortable with the death penalty under any circumstances". [351][352][353][354], 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. I'm psyched to get to do that. Tucker Carlson Originals are a series of short "documentaries" on the Fox Nation streaming service. Tucker Carlson Originals S2. 0%. [4][26] In 2004, he renounced his initial support for the Iraq War,[27][28] and has since been skeptical of U.S. foreign interventions. "As noted in your deposition released yesterday, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and other Fox News personalities knowingly, repeatedly, and dangerously endorsed and promoted the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. [264] Carlson described the controversy over revelations that Donald Trump Jr. was willing to accept anti-Clinton information from a Russian government official as a "new level of hysteria" and said that Trump Jr. had only been "gossiping with foreigners". [183] 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". [307][30][308][306][309] Carlson has described white supremacy as "not a real problem in America". [110], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor. 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. He characterized the protests as "nearly a year of burning and looting and murder by BLM". [237] 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. The incident drew renewed scrutiny to Carlson's program, already under pressure from sponsors because of Carlson's remarks about Black Lives Matter. [470][f] House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy asked House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes to investigate. [264] He called for the United States to work with Russia in the Syrian Civil War against a common enemy like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). "[483] Bump argued in 2022 that compared with other television anchors, Carlson is loath to acknowledge factual errors in his commentary. 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. Tucker Carlson Originals @TuckerOriginals Tucker and his team travel the globe uncovering stories the media ignores in new documentaries. [389][399][400] 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. Tucker Carlson Originals S1. [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". [479][482] Carlson is known to interrupt guests repeatedly with direct demands to answer questions he poses, sometimes focusing on an embarrassing episode or statement from a guest's past. According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' host previews Fox Nation special 'Transgressive', Tucker Carlson joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to preview his "Tucker Carlson Originals" Fox Nation special "Transgressive: Cult of Confusion," which examines the transgender movement in America and exposes the dangers and threats to children. Later Carlson would say that he did not endorse her theories on Covid. [81][82], In October 2004, comedian and The Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Crossfire, ostensibly to promote America (The Book), but he instead launched into a critique of Crossfire, saying the show was harmful to political discourse in the U.S.[41][83] Carlson was singled out by Stewart for criticism, with Carlson in turn criticizing Stewart for being biased toward the left. [141], By October 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight averaged 5.3 million viewers, with the show's monthly average becoming the highest of any cable news program in history at that point. [264][286] In April 2018, Carlson questioned whether Assad was responsible for the Douma chemical attack that had occurred a few days earlier and killed dozens. [162] 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",[164] 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. [54][55] Carlson attended La Jolla Country Day School and grew up in a home overlooking the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. "[202], Carlson supported Trump's expansion of the MexicoUnited States barrier, saying a wall was needed to "restore sovereignty" to the border. [248][249][250][251], Carlson is skeptical of foreign intervention, has expressed regret for his public support of the U.S. invading Iraq in 2003, and has said "the U.S. ought to hesitate before intervening abroad". [346] Carlson's driveway was vandalized with a spray-painted anarchist symbol, and Carlson stated that his front door was cracked. 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? [196] Carlson spoke at Ron Paul's independent Rally for the Republic convention, opposite the official 2008 Republican National Convention, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which served as a "message of revolt to the Republican Party" and a general celebration of Paul's policy proposals. 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. [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. 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". '"[315][316], Carlson has criticized Islam and has hosted guests on his show who do the same. [75][76][77], In his early television career Carlson wore bow ties, a habit from boarding school he continued on air until 2006. [42][254][258][259] He spoke at a conference sponsored by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium. [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. [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.
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