[1][38] He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (19452011) and Dick Carlson (1941), a former "gonzo reporter"[1][39][40] who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles,[41] and more recently a director at the lobbying firm Policy Impact Strategic Communications. Society is built on their differences. [12][13][14][15] He is known for circulating far-right ideas into mainstream politics and discourse. 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. [380], 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. Ryan was asked why he, as a Fox board member, did not stand up to people spreading disinformation. [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". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, The investigative series documents Carlson's rise to prominence and his rhetoric on immigration, race relations and the COVID-19 pandemic. [127] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. Watch all episodes now on Fox Nation Join Tucker Carlson and his team. [429][430], Later that month, Carlson cast doubt on unfounded conspiratorial claims made by former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell, who alleged that Venezuela, Cuba and unidentified communist interests had used a secret algorithm to hack into voting machines and commit widespread electoral fraud. [105] Brian Stelter, writing for The New York Times, wrote that "during Mr. Carlson's tenure, MSNBC's evening programming moved gradually to the left. [295][third-party source needed] He criticized LeBron James for speaking out against Daryl Morey, the latter having tweeted in support of the 20192020 Hong Kong protests,[296][297] and referred to the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, as a "propagandist" for the Chinese Communist Party. [413], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. Be the first one to add a plot. RISING CRIME AND MURDERERS WALKING FREE: 'TUCKER CARLSON ORIGINALS' EXPOSES WINDY CITY CRISIS Outside of the prison walls, military and police with automatic weapons and bulletproof vests patrol. [186][183] 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. [441], 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. Stream full episodes of Tucker Carlson Originals only on Fox Nation. [23], In February 2021, Carlson announced a multiyear deal with Fox News to host a new weekly podcast and series of monthly specials dubbed Tucker Carlson Originals on sister streaming service Fox Nation, which released on March 29. [4][41][53][478][479], In arguments, Carlson can quickly shift between personas as a devil's advocate and a moralizing truth teller, and simultaneously appear outraged and blas employing a "joking/not-joking loophole" that radio shock jocks have often used, according to Lili Loofbourow of Slate. Tucker Carlson Originals Join Tucker Carlson and his team as their cameras take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals' English General Seasons Cast & Crew Artwork Lists Notes TheTVDB.com Series ID 404841 Status Continuing First Aired April 23, 2021 Recent February 15, 2023 Network Fox Nation [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". [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? [93][94], 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. 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. Paul Ryan blamed Tucker Carlson for pushing toxic and racist content on Fox News. I try never to lie on TV. [38] Carlson is of English, German and one sixteenth Swiss-Italian ancestry. [360], On August 18, 2017, during a debate about whether web hosting companies should do business with racist sites like The Daily Stormer, Carlson said "I'm not defending white supremacy. [31] In 2021, he was included in the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. We have to ban this. Floyd had drugs in his system when he died, but medical professionals determined this did not cause his death. The episode featured Raw Egg Nationalist,[369] a pseudonymous author affiliated with Neo-Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill. "[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. [236][26] 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. [128][129] There were calls to fire Carlson from Fox News in March 2019 after Media Matters resurfaced remarks he had made over several years to the radio show Bubba the Love Sponge concerning women (calling them "like dogs" and "extremely primitive") and statutory rape,[18][130] Iraqis, and immigrants. ", "Tucker Carlson on why conservatives should crack down on "vulture capitalism", "Romney To Biden? Mother Jones further observed Carlson was the only Western media pundit the Kremlin adopted in this way. But if they're sending children into irreparable surgeries and castrating them and sterilizing them for life, then we have a moral obligation to say, no, you're not allowed to do that. I don't like lying. [44][45], Carlson's paternal grandparents were Richard Boynton and Dorothy Anderson, who were teenagers when they placed his father at The Home for Little Wanderers orphanage where he was fostered by Carl Moberger of Malden, near Boston, a tannery worker of Swedish descent, and his wife Florence Moberger. 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. [437][438][439] The following February, Dominion's legal team released texts and other products of discovery against Fox, revealing that Carslon privately doubted the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and mocked Trump advisors, including Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell. "[269], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. He quoted Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker (who was executed in Bush's state of Texas) and frequently using the word "fuck". ", "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? Tucker Carlson Originals Patriot Purge Documentary: Part 1 The domestic war on terror is here and it's coming for half of the country. In September 2020, federal judge Mary Kay Vyskocil[135] dismissed the lawsuit, citing her acceptance of Fox News' defense that Carlson's extortion claims were opinion based and not "statements of fact". He was criticized by Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador during the Obama administration, who said, "You are wrong Mr. Carlson. 1 In Total Viewers", "Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the U.S. 'dirtier' and it cost Fox News an advertiser", "Tucker Carlson thinks libertarians run the economy. [27][28], Carlson was reportedly floated as a potential candidate for the Libertarian nomination in the 2008 presidential election. Tucker Carlson Originals S1. [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. It's insane" and "Our viewers are good people and they believe it. Testosterone levels in American men are collapsing. [151][152][153] In spring of 2021 he began hosting a show on Fox Nation called Tucker Carlson Today. [43] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. [220][221][222] In 2015 he said Australian gun laws were "insane" and "childish". [487], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". Legal Statement. Tucker Carlson Originals Full Episode00:01:57 Season Two: A detransitioner's escape from gender confusion April 15, 2022 Tucker Carlson Originals Full Episode00:02:13 Season Two: The End of Men April 15, 2022 Tucker Carlson Originals Full Episode00:01:17 Season Two: A one of a kind UFO investigation into cattle mutilations April 15, 2022 [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". [169], 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. [239][third-party source needed], In August 2021, Carlson traveled to Hungary, broadcasting from Budapest. Meanwhile, a remarkable number of the companies are now bankrupt or extinct. [41] By February 2010, The Daily Caller was part of the White House rotating press pool. No, no, this is a voting rights question." The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and others said that Carlson was endorsing the Great Replacement, a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims white people are being systemically replaced through declining white birth rates and high rates of immigration. [61], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. 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'? For example, because Trump and Biden ballots were sorted into separate piles during the hand recount, tally sheets with votes exclusively for either candidate are not indicative of fraud. [270][271], Peter Beinart of The Atlantic said Carlson has been an "apologist for Donald Trump on the Russia scandal". [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. I hate racism. "[61], 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. Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Think. Im actually shocked It needs to stop immediately, like tonight. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. [376] Carlson's promotion of inflammatory rhetoric about LGBTQ controversies[377] was scrutinized after the Colorado Springs nightclub mass shooting in November 2022. [337][338][339] The South African government responded that Trump's tweet was "misinformed" and said it would address the matter through diplomatic channels. [308][333] In response, the ADL reiterated its call for Carlson to be fired from the network. [41][490] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. [148][149][150] Through May 2022 it was a close second to The Five, while leading in the 25-54 demographic. [132][133] At the close of 2019, Carlson's Nielsen ratings among all viewers 2554 placed him second only to Fox's The Sean Hannity Show among cable news shows. One gang member, who is serving a 25-year sentence, agreed to sit down with Carlson for an interview. "Gangs are only 1% of our population herebut they control a lot of territories," Bukele told Carlson. When asked how he entered the U.S., the man casually explained that he just took the train., RISING CRIME AND MURDERERS WALKING FREE: 'TUCKER CARLSON ORIGINALS' EXPOSES WINDY CITY CRISIS. "[91], 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. [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. All rights reserved. [10], Carlson called the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani a "quagmire". [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. [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. 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. I don't even know how. [181][182][16][15] More virulent versions of the conspiracy theory have been cited by gunmen in several mass shootings targeting minorities; Carlson has denounced the attacks. That's how we got Jan. 6 in the first place. [47] Carlson's maternal great-great-grandfather Cesar Lombardi immigrated to New York from Switzerland in 1860. [31] 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. "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. "[385], In 2021, Carlson ran segments that misrepresented the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and asserted that U.S. officials were "lying" about them. His monologue was described by The Guardian as "racially loaded" and "full of anti-immigrant rhetoric". [363][360] 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". #FoxNews #tucker Subscribe to Fox News! The End of Men: With Tucker Carlson. 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". [156] 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. [88] CNN announced that it was ending its relationship with Carlson and would soon cancel Crossfire. You can't do this to kids. Testosterone levels and fertility in American men are drastically declining. [41] Carlson and Begala later recalled that Stewart and one of the book's co-authors, Ben Karlin, stayed at CNN for more than an hour after the show to discuss the issues he had raised on the air, with Carlson saying, "It was heartfelt. And they call other people traitors because they're mouthing the talking points of Putin." [261] The Open Society Foundations, a group founded by Soros, called the film "anti-American propaganda," and its Vice President Laura Silber stated that "Carlson appears to prefer authoritarian rule, state capture of media and the courts, crony corruption and rigged elections.