[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". 0%. "[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". [170] It received favorable reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Washingtonian, who both complimented the book for its humor. [135][136][484], According to the Encyclopdia Britannica, Carlson has been "recognized for his success in helping to bring far-right viewpoints and vocabulary into the mainstream of American politics" through his promotion of "extreme positions on a range of political and social issues, for his embrace of white nationalism, for his support of authoritarian leaders of other countries, and for his regular reliance on arguably false or misleading claims, including baseless conspiracy theories" and for "exert[ing] an unusual influence on Republican Pres. [220][221][222] In 2015 he said Australian gun laws were "insane" and "childish". 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. The episode featured Raw Egg Nationalist,[369] a pseudonymous author affiliated with Neo-Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill. He characterized the protests as "nearly a year of burning and looting and murder by BLM". [359], Carlson aired an edited version of his interview with Kanye West over two days in October 2022 in which he called some of West's views "obviously true"; Carlson did not disclose that during his interview, West had made a number of antisemitic remarks and had claimed that his home had been infiltrated by "fake children" (child actors). [110], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor. [461][462][463] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. 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. "[397][409] 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? Testosterone levels and fertility in American men are drastically declining. "[41], On February 23, 2017, The Atlantic wrote that "Carlson's true talent is not for political philosophizing, it's for televised partisan combat. That's a lie. [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". or redistributed. [404][405] He also likened vaccine passports to segregationist Jim Crow laws. [56] His father owned property in Nevada, Vermont, and islands in Maine and Nova Scotia. [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". A band of local Mainers unite to take on the corporations and their corrupt leaders. [279] 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. [330], Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch defended Carlson, writing that Carlson had "decried and rejected replacement theory" when he said, "White replacement theory? [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. [125] By the end of 2018, the show had begun to be boycotted by at least 20 advertisers after Carlson said immigration makes the country "poorer, dirtier and more divided". [54][55] Carlson attended La Jolla Country Day School and grew up in a home overlooking the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. He quoted Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker (who was executed in Bush's state of Texas) and frequently using the word "fuck". He's not just a pig, he's stupid! Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. ", "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? E9 All episodes Cast & crew User reviews IMDbPro All topics Patriot Purge: Part 1 Episode aired Nov 1, 2021 IMDb RATING 4.5 /10 211 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary Short Part 1 of 3: The domestic war on terror is here. [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. [53][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020[202] and said in June 2020 that Trump had let Black Lives Matter protests go too far. "[107] Carlson was the first contestant eliminated, on September 13, 2006. 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Fox News host Tucker Carlson looks back on President Biden's gaffes on 'Tucker Carlson Originals' Christmas special. 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. [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. Legal Statement. [256][257], In 2019 Carlson criticized Mitt Romney for supporting, in Carlson's words, "an internationalist style" of foreign policy. Tucker Carlson Has a Cure for Declining Virility A promo for an upcoming Fox show describes a testosterone "calamity" among American men, along with an unlikely treatment. [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. [191][12] Separately, he criticized the party's eventual nominee, Pat Buchanan. [116] 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. You can't do this to kids. [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. [260] In January 2022, Carlson released the film Hungary vs. Soros on Fox Nation. [214][215], Carlson has opposed gun control and the assault weapons ban. [336], 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. [265][11][10] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. [341], In November 2018, a group of antifa activists associated with the "Smash Racism D.C." group protested outside Carlson's Washington, D.C., home. [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. A year after the invasion of Iraq, he began criticizing the war, telling The New York Observer: "I think it's a total nightmare and disaster, and I'm ashamed that I went against my own instincts in supporting it. 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. "[268], In May 2019, Carlson defended Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless Mexico stopped illegal immigration to the United States. [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. [49][50] Carlson is also a distant relative of Massachusetts politicians Ebenezer R. Hoar and George M. Brooks and is a great-great-great-grandson to Californian rancher Henry Miller. [53][210][211] Carlson has described Roe v. Wade as "the most embarrassing court decision handed down in the last century". "[121] In March 2017, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable program in the 9:00p.m. time slot. [86] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. Join Tucker Carlson and his team as their cameras take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals' Full Episode 00:01:23 The Death of Comedy "[257] Carlson changed his tone after the invasion, telling his viewers on February 24, 2022, that "what Russia has done is awful" and that Putin "clearly does deserve to be punished" for invading Ukraine, while warning that the conflict could turn into a world war. Watch it on The Roku Channel or Fox Nation on your Roku device. 10. [392][393][394][395][396][397] He questioned why the CDC was advising vaccinated people to continue mask-wearing and distancing in April 2021, saying, "maybe [the vaccine] doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that". [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. [21] By August 2019, Media Matters calculated that some companies had fulfilled their media buy contracts and advertising inventory for the time slot and had now begun their purchases for other time slots on Fox News. [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. [335][333], 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. Stream full episodes of Tucker Carlson Originals only on Fox Nation. [89][90] Carlson later said: "I resigned from Crossfire in April [2004], many months before Jon Stewart came on our show, because I didn't like the partisanship, and I thought in some ways it was kind of a pointless conversation. The CMD said Carlson had a conflict of interest and had violated journalistic standards. I don't like lying. Carlson said of the interview, "I thought I'd be ragged for writing a puffy piece. [197], 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". [123] Tucker Carlson Tonight was the third-highest-rated cable news show as of March 2018. 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[368] He used the words pig and cunt to describe several individual women in remarks from 2006 to 2011 on the radio show Bubba the Love Sponge. [146][147] It remained the most-watched news-related cable show as of mid-2021. Carlson broadcast a trailer that suggested the January 6 attack was a government false flag operation to implicate the right wing, with one speaker asserting that "the left is hunting the right". They are seen wrestling, . "[84][85] In 2017, The New York Times referred to Stewart's "on-air dressing-down" of Carlson as an "ignominious career [moment]" for Carlson, leading to the show's cancellation. [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.