He also criticized "lunatic Muslims who are behaving like animals", and said that any presidential candidate who vowed to "kill as many of them as [they] can" would be "elected king". 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. [274], Carlson asserted in December 2019 that "Putin, for all his faults, does not hate America as much as many of these people do", referring to liberals. [313], In call-in segments Carlson made from 2006 to 2009 on the radio show Bubba the Love Sponge, Carlson said Iraq was not worth invading because it was a country made up of "semi-literate primitive monkeys" who "don't use toilet paper or forks". The Washington Post called these comments racist. [183][184][185] He was previously registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2020. Both the. [312] 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". [31] In September 2020, on The Rubin Report, Carlson said that, unlike TV newscasters who he said "systematically lie", he will only lie "if I'm really cornered or something", saying, "I lie. [194] Carlson told Salon in 2003 that some Washington conservatives suspected he was "secretly liberal" because he liked John McCain. [53] A few years earlier he quit smoking cigarettes (a habit dating to eighth grade) and took up nicotine gum, which he "chews constantly", and nicotine pouches. "[268], In May 2019, Carlson defended Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless Mexico stopped illegal immigration to the United States. [96] He also hosted a late-afternoon weekday wrap-up for the network during the 2006 Winter Olympics. [61], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. I try never to lie on TV. 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". 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. [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. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. 1x09 Blown Away: The People vs Wind Energy. [477], Carlson's rhetorical style and debating tactics have drawn close attention from writers and other public figures. [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. And the rest of us have been so intimidated by the screaming of the activists and the highly funded lobbies they have in Washington. [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. [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". His go-to weaponsthe smirky sarcasm, the barbed comebacks, the vicious politenessseem uniquely designed to drive his sparring partners nuts, frequently making for terrific television". In the full episode entitled "Hunting MS-13," Fox Nation subscribers can witness as Carlson speaks with a Long Island police officer who had a hit placed on him by the gang, the shows producers travel with the country's paramilitary forces to raid crime rings, and much more. [491][53], Carlson quit drinking alcohol in 2002. [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. Carlson wrote that Trump was "the single most repulsive person on the planet" and that the Reform Party consisted of "a bunch of wackos". Get 30 days FREE at checkout with promo code ORIGINALS [431] Carlson said "what Powell was describing would amount to the single greatest crime in American history", but that Powell became "angry and told us to stop contacting her" when he asked for evidence of widespread voter fraud. Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals', See production, box office & company info, Self - Field Reporter & Independent Journalist, Self - VP, Texas Public Policy Foundation, The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM, Tucker Carlson Tonight: Episode dated 10 November 2021. Carlson served as editor-in-chief, and occasionally wrote opinion pieces with Patel. Most Americans don't care. 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. [346] Carlson's driveway was vandalized with a spray-painted anarchist symbol, and Carlson stated that his front door was cracked. Tucker explores how the Biden regime is using the Capitol riots on January Sixth to paint Americans as terrorists. [295][third-party source needed], On November 20, 2020, The New York Times reported that Steve Bannon and Chinese businessman Guo Wengui had brought Li-Meng Yan to America to promote the COVID-19 lab leak theory, a theory which states covid was made in a Chinese laboratory and then escaped for the lab. The Tucker Carlson Originals series will also debut in April, and continue monthly. [24][25] Formerly an economic libertarian, he now supports protectionism. "[121] In March 2017, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable program in the 9:00p.m. time slot. He said that the NSA had unmasked his identity and that "the contents of my emails left that building at the NSA and wound up with a news organization". [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. PolitiFact found that none of the evidence provided by Carlson substantiated his conclusion. Fox News host Tucker Carlson looks back on President Biden's gaffes on 'Tucker Carlson Originals' Christmas special. One commentator, Jennifer Rubin, characterized these remarks as an example of white supremacy. [34][450][452] Carlson's guest, Darren Beattie of Revolver News,[d] whose writing the segment was primarily based on, had been fired as a Trump speechwriter in 2018 after CNN asked the White House about his attendance at a gathering of white nationalists. [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. [131] His ratings rose eight percent that week despite the boycotts. 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 As Carlson mocks other men maybe he should look in the mirror. 'TUCKER CARLSON ORIGINALS' TACKLES CRIME IN CHICAGO, MS-13, AND AR-15'S IN NEW INVESTIGATIVE SERIES. I hate racism. Testosterone levels and fertility in American men are drastically declining. [12][154] In a December 2021 segment despairing the falling labor participation rate of U.S. men, Carlson said, "Men and women are very different, extremely different. [355][356][357], After jurors found Chauvin guilty of murder, Carlson argued that they were intimidated into doing so by Black Lives Matter protests rather than being swayed by witness testimony or video of the killing of Floyd. "The Tucker Carlson Originals" host noted that MS-13 controls "entire neighborhoods" within the country, extorting citizens in order to remain in business. 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[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. Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? [490] They have four children. You want to call yourself whatever you want with a dress however you want. He's a good reporter, he just misunderstood about how serious that was. 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. [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. [31][207], Carlson supported J. D. Vance in the 2022 Republican U.S. Senate primary in Ohio and privately persuaded Donald Trump to endorse him despite Vance's past opposition to Trump. [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". Become a member today for exclusive content & more! [43] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. [28], On September 19, 2017, journalist Stephen Rodrick wrote in a GQ profile of Carlson: "On his show, Carlson mocks and verbally body-slams those who disagree with him, a passel of easy marks such as Democratic politicians, well-meaning liberal activists, and young reporters. [194], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". I don't believe it in. Paul Ryan blamed Tucker Carlson for pushing toxic and racist content on Fox News. [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. "weak men." I've added some old photos of him along with an excerpt of his old "Crossfire" appearance with Jon Stewart. [73], In an interview for a 2021 Time profile of Carlson, a former NewsCorp executive, Alex Azam, described Carlson as having some impunity within Fox News, "because of the signal that touching him would send to the viewers that Fox never wants to lose". 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. [36], Carlson's use of hyperbole as a rhetorical device was cited by Fox News in its successful defense in 2020 of a slander lawsuit by Karen McDougal, after Carlson incorrectly argued in 2018 that Donald Trump had been a victim of extortion by McDougal. [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. Carlson spoke with Tina Glandian, an attorney of Tate's, to discuss her client's situation, but not before prefacing the interview with the claim . [174] His second book, The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism, was released in August 2021. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [47] Carlson's maternal great-great-grandfather Cesar Lombardi immigrated to New York from Switzerland in 1860. Carlson said Bolton was "demented" for seeking a military strike against Iran and accused him of undermining Trump by disagreeing publicly with Trump's decisions. "Maybe like 10 years," the gang member responded. Mother Jones further observed Carlson was the only Western media pundit the Kremlin adopted in this way. [68][69] The piece led to bad publicity for Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. [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". They are seen wrestling, . 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[95] Carlson wanted to focus on his new MSNBC show Tucker and said that although PBS was one of the "least bad" instances of government spending he disagreed with, it was still "problematic". ", "Why is the far right so against US intervention in Syria? [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. [362] Ben Samuels of Haaretz wrote that the episode "brings Carlsons history of providing a platform for antisemitism further into focus". [160][41], In June 2010, The Daily Caller published excerpts from e-mails sent between members of JournoList, an invitation-only liberal forum, consisting of "several hundred journalists, academics and policy experts" launched in 2007 by Ezra Klein. [181], Carlson is a Republican. The incident drew renewed scrutiny to Carlson's program, already under pressure from sponsors because of Carlson's remarks about Black Lives Matter. [432][433] 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. The reporter of the Axios exclusive story, Jonathan Swan, later confirmed he had contacted Carlson seeking pre-publication comment, but said he had not told Carlson that anyone had shared the email contents with him. 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. [264] In May 2019, after Robert Mueller gave a statement saying the Special Counsel investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 election did not exonerate President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, Carlson called Mueller "sleazy and dishonest". [493], Carlson was baptized as an Episcopalian but has said he grew up with secular beliefs; he credits his wife for his religious faith. [280][281][282] That month, as reported by Mother Jones,[283] the Kremlin sent a memo to state-friendly media outlets saying it was "essential" to use video clips of Carlson "as much as possible". [413], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. [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. [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. [370][371][372][373], Carlson has highlighted what he considers excesses of LGBT people on the political left. Carlson accused President Joe Biden of "eugenics" and changing "the racial mix of the country", and said, "this policy is sometimes called the Great Replacement the replacement of legacy Americans, with more obedient people from faraway countries". He quoted Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker (who was executed in Bush's state of Texas) and frequently using the word "fuck". [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. [46][39][47][48] Carlson's father was adopted at the age of two by upper-middle-class New Englanders, the Carlsons, an executive at the Winslow Brothers & Smith Tannery of Norwood (the oldest tannery in America) and his wife.