It's insane" and "Our viewers are good people and they believe it. [370][371][372][373], Carlson has highlighted what he considers excesses of LGBT people on the political left. He was criticized by Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador during the Obama administration, who said, "You are wrong Mr. Carlson. ", "Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations", "Trump Campaign Secretly Paid Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller $150k for Email Blasts", "Analysis | Charity doubles as a profit stream at the Daily Caller News Foundation", "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Cuts Ties With Conservative Media Site The Daily Caller", "Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News", "Nonfiction Book Review: POLITICIANS, PARTISANS, AND PARASITES: My Adventures in Cable News", "Tucker Carlson Gets Two-Book, Eight-Figure Deal", "Fox News star Tucker Carlson exposes 'elites' in new book". He asked Max Boot to "tell me how many Americans in the United States have been murdered by terrorists backed by Iran since 9/11? The episode featured Raw Egg Nationalist,[369] a pseudonymous author affiliated with Neo-Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill. He supported Ron Paul's 1988 presidential candidacy, when Paul ran as the candidate for the Libertarian Party, along with his 2008 presidential candidacy, when Paul ran as a Republican. [199][189][c] During the Trump presidency,[c] Carlson was described in Politico as "perhaps the highest-profile proponent of 'Trumpism' a blend of anti-immigrant nationalism, economic populism and America First isolationism". 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. [110], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor. But what exactly happened on 1/6 and how much of what we were told was a lie? The GOP is buzzing", "Urged to Launch an Attack, Trump Listened to the Skeptics Who Said It Would Be a Costly Mistake", "Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone in Case He Long Denounced", "Trump, tweeting a Tucker Carlson segment, hints of possible pardon for Roger Stone", "Tucker Carlson took a victory lap over John Bolton's ousting, after reports he lobbied Trump to fire him", "Inside Trump and Bolton's spectacular split", "How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance", "How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable", "The Hate Report: What white nationalists think about Tucker Carlson", "Why Do White Supremacists Love Tucker Carlson So Much? [195] Carlson said in an interview, "by my criteria, Bush isn't much of a conservative". [256][257], In 2019 Carlson criticized Mitt Romney for supporting, in Carlson's words, "an internationalist style" of foreign policy. I caught her. "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. [445] Carlson has also inaccurately stated that "[n]ot a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. 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.". I don't believe it in. [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". [24][25] Formerly an economic libertarian, he now supports protectionism. [473] The NSA inspector general's office announced in August 2021 that it was examining Carlson's allegation. [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. S1, Ep3. This otherworldly episode of Tucker Carlson Originals takes the team across the country to find out if the truth is out there. [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. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [384] Carlson defended protests against lockdowns in rural areas, saying, "The threat to rural America from this virus is minuscule, so why are we punishing the people who live outside the cities? [56][39] In 1984, his father unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Republican Mayor Roger Hedgecock in the San Diego mayoral race. "[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. Fox Nation's latest installment of 'Tucker Carlson Originals' sees the host traveling to Sal Salvador, El Salvador, to learn all he can about the 'death cult.'. [114][117], 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. Thriving families make market economies possible. [96] Rachel Maddow and Jay Severin featured as guests on a rotating panel. [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. "[269] In December 2019, he falsely claimed that immigrants were responsible for making the Potomac River "dirtier and dirtier". In an illuminating new episode of "Tucker Carlson Originals," Tucker and his Fox Nation documentary team dive deep into the psychology and science of transgender people, highlighting the. ", "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? "[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". [192] In his 2018 book, Ship of Fools, Carlson wrote that he had adopted some of Buchanan's views. [34][450] Carlson also said Russian president Vladimir Putin raised "fair questions" when Putin mentioned the fatal police shooting of a rioter inside the Capitol while denying involvement in the poisoning of a Russian politician. [308][333] In response, the ADL reiterated its call for Carlson to be fired from the network. [144] 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. We have confirmed that. [191][12] Separately, he criticized the party's eventual nominee, Pat Buchanan. [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. "[41], On February 23, 2017, The Atlantic wrote that "Carlson's true talent is not for political philosophizing, it's for televised partisan combat. [53][210][211] Carlson has described Roe v. Wade as "the most embarrassing court decision handed down in the last century". Stream all episodes of the new documentary news magazine. [381][382] But by May 2020, Carlson began to publicly question the severity of the virus[383] and oppose social distancing measures. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. "[15] 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. [92] The show launched on June 18, 2004, and was, according to The New Yorker, "part of a broader effort to push PBS further to the right ideologically". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. An advocate of former U.S. president Donald Trump, Carlson was described by Politico as "perhaps the highest-profile proponent of 'Trumpism'" and as willing to criticize Trump when he believed that the former president was straying from that ideology. [177][178] [b] In 2021, Time magazine said Carlson "may be the most powerful conservative in America". [232], Early in his career, Carlson supported libertarian economics. [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. [494], In September 2022, Carlson spoke at the funeral of Hells Angels president Sonny Barger. Tucker Carlson Originals S1. 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After Heated Clash on Guns: 'Don't Demagogue it With Me', "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Claims Australia Has 'No Freedom' During Gun Control Discussion [Video]", "Tucker Carlson hits Trump due process comments: Obama would've been called a dictator for that", "Tucker Carlson Shreds Trump Over Gun Control: If 'Obama Had Said That,' We'd Be 'Talking Impeachment', "Will the G.O.P. [162] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. [413], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. Legal Statement. [135][136], Beginning the week of June 814, 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight became the highest-rated cable news show in the U.S., with an average of four million viewers, beating out the shows hosted by fellow Fox News pundits Hannity and Ingraham. [57], In 1979, Carlson's father married divorce Patricia Caroline Swanson, an heiress to Swanson Enterprises, daughter of Gilbert Carl Swanson and niece of Senator J. William Fulbright. [449][34] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. 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. Tucker Carlson Originals presents: 'The Joe Biden Christmas. Watch Tucker Carlson Originals Online | Stream Fox Nation Join Tucker Carlson as he takes you inside the issues of the day. Tucker Carlson Originals (2021- ) Episode List Current Episode (aired 15 Feb. 2023) The Death of Comedy? Carlson said people who disagree with what's happening are being told to "shut up. [108][109] He had a cameo appearance in the 2008 film Swing Vote, again playing himself. 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. The agency denies it", "McCarthy taps Nunes to investigate NSA over claims of spying on Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson sought interview with Putin at time of NSA spying claim", "Watchdog to Scrutinize Fox News Host's Claim the N.S.A. Red light therapy. [155] The website was funded by the conservative activist Foster Friess. [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. [266], 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. [476] 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. 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. Streaming only @foxnation Get free account: http://TuckerCarlson.com Media PersonalityJoined March 2022 3Following 73.2KFollowers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Tucker Carlson Originals's Tweets 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. [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". [9] Carlson also met with Jared Kushner at the White House and demanded clemency for Stone. [434][435], In July 2021, Carlson suggested that "there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November" despite the state's election results being validated via both hand and machine recounts. [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. His monologue was described by The Guardian as "racially loaded" and "full of anti-immigrant rhetoric". "Anyone who resists the gang is killed," Carlson added. [161] The forum barred media reporters and conservatives. His former time slots, 6:00p.m. and 9:00p.m., were subsequently occupied by two liberals, Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow." [376] Carlson's promotion of inflammatory rhetoric about LGBTQ controversies[377] was scrutinized after the Colorado Springs nightclub mass shooting in November 2022. [26][233] Carlson said in 2004, "I hate all nanny-state regulations, such as seat belt laws and smoking bans. Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. [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". [290] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". [310] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. 'TUCKER CARLSON ORIGINALS' TACKLES CRIME IN CHICAGO, MS-13, AND AR-15'S IN NEW INVESTIGATIVE SERIES. He praised the country and its prime minister, Viktor Orbn, for rejecting asylum seekers on its border, and ridiculed the idea that Orbn was authoritarian. ", "Tucker Carlson on why conservatives should crack down on "vulture capitalism", "Romney To Biden? [474][475] On July 23, cybersecurity news website The Record wrote that Carlson had not been targeted by the NSA but had been unmasked after he was mentioned by third parties who were under surveillance, citing two anonymous sources. He characterized the protests as "nearly a year of burning and looting and murder by BLM".