[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. [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. [111], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor. That's a lie. [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. [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. His mother McNear began life as a Bohemian, traveling the world and having adventures in France. [242][243], On his show, Carlson frequently hosts guests who downplay the scientific consensus on climate change,[244] and disagreed with Bill Nye on the subject. [20][67] In the same year, he called Democratic primary contenders cowards for not pledging to legalize same sex marriage and stated that he would support that. [451] Fact-checkers found the series contained numerous falsehoods and conspiracy theories. But they're wrong. [481], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". [305][331] In response, the ADL reiterated its call for Carlson to be fired from the network. [409], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. [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. Carlson said the network had changed a lot and "they didn't have a role for me". However Carlson still hosted her on his show for a second appearance. I don't like lying. [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. Advertisers including The Walt Disney Company, Papa John's, Poshmark, and T-Mobile stopped advertising on Carlson's program. "[266] In December 2019, he falsely claimed that immigrants were responsible for making the Potomac River "dirtier and dirtier". [11], Carlson called the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani a "quagmire". From 2005 to 2008, he hosted the nightly program Tucker on MSNBC. [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. [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. [170], Carlson authored the memoir Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, published by Warner Books in September 2003, about his television news experiences. [184][185][186] He was previously registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2020. "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? Tucker Carlson also has cash reserves in excess [261] 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). [346] Congresswoman Omar responded on Twitter, saying that "advertisers should not be underwriting this kind of dangerous, hateful rhetoric". [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. He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. 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 [102][103][104], Tucker was canceled by the network on March 10, 2008, owing to low ratings;[105] the final episode aired on March 14, 2008. No, no, no, this is a voting rights question. [419] After Joe Biden won the election in November, Carlson raised false allegations of fraud in the election. [457] 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. [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. ", "Tucker Carlson on why conservatives should crack down on "vulture capitalism", "Romney To Biden? "[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. [229], Early in his career, Carlson supported libertarian economics. [295], After the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Carlson opined that the British Empire, although "not perfect", had brought civilization to regions it occupied with "decency unmatched by any empire in human history". [157] Carlson reportedly offered his employees free junk food, an unmonitored keg, provided them with a ping pong table, and allowed them to sleep under their desks. [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. Keep calling until someone arrives. [42][62] John F. Harris of Politico would later remark on how Carlson was "viewed as an important voice of the intelligentsia" during this period. [472] 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. [261] 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". [284], When President Trump met the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the country's border with the South in June 2019, Carlson, who was touring with Trump, defended Trump's friendship with Kim. [163] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. "[122] In March 2017, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable program in the 9:00p.m. time slot. 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WebTucker Carlson Parents And Ethnicity. Finally Make a Deal on Guns? [87] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. [309] Neoconservative pundit Bill Kristol described Carlson's commentaries in 2018 as "close now to racism" and "ethno-nationalism of some kind, let's call it". He then worked as an opinion writer at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas, before joining The Weekly Standard news magazine in 1995. [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. [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. 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[60], Carlson was briefly enrolled at Collge du Lman, a boarding school in Switzerland, but said he was "kicked out". Tucker Carlson: This is propaganda aimed at children. [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. Richard Warner Carlson, a former gonzo reporter who has been the owner of the Voice of America, president of the ", "Opinion | What Does Tucker Carlson Know That the Republican Party Doesn't? [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. [56][486] Carlson is left-handed and dyslexic. [455][456][457] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. 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. 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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. That's how we got Jan. 6 in the first place. [80], In 2000, Carlson co-hosted the short-lived show The Spin Room on CNN. [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. Carlson took four-hour-a-day ballroom dance classes to prepare. [217][218][219] In 2015 he said Australian gun laws were "insane" and "childish". [272][273], As Russia threatened a military incursion into Ukraine in December 2021, Russian state television broadcast remarks Carlson had made on his program in which he asserted "NATO exists primarily to torment Vladimir Putin", that the United States fomented the 2014 overthrow of the pro-Russia Ukrainian government and that President Joe Biden sought "a hot war with Russia". For other inquiries, Contact Us. [358][359][360] Footage of the omitted answers, leaked to Vice News, was scrutinized in light of West's tweets shortly after the interview that he was "going death con 3" against Jewish people. [5], During remote interviews, Carlson's producers will keep his face close-up onscreen so viewers can watch him react, often in disbelief. [287] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". [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". 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. AMERICAN conservative television host Tucker Carlson has been apart of Fox News for over a decade. [311] Carlson also stated that he had "zero sympathy" for the people of Iraq. 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