Has Putin ever called me a racist? [98][99] He appeared live from Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon[100][101] and reported the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting and Johnson Space Center shooting in 2007. "[32] Mediaite named Carlson the most influential person in news media in 2021. We believe Martin Luther King Jr. We don't think your skin color is the most important thing about you. Tucker Carlson's father is Richard Warner Carlson Tucker Carlson's mother was Lisa Lombardi Vaughan Tucker Carlson's step-father is Michael Vaughan Tucker Carlson's step-mother is Meanwhile, a remarkable number of the companies are now bankrupt or extinct. 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'"[312][313], Carlson has criticized Islam and has hosted guests on his show who do the same. This came in the wake of Carlson's remarks criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement, which had caused some companies to pull their advertising from the show, including The Walt Disney Company, T-Mobile, and Papa John's. [288][289][290][291], Carlson has said normalization of relations with China following President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit led to unforeseen consequences, and that America became progressively worse off for it. [286], Carlson suggested that a similar attack that occurred the year before (the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack), which was attributed to Assad's forces and which the OPCW JIM indicated was carried out with sarin that bore the regime's signature, was a false flag attack perpetrated to falsely implicate the Assad government. Ask anyone at Fox." "[260] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. "[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. [8][9][10][11][12] Carlson has been described as a leading voice of white grievance politics. [54][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020. 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Carlson (In re Estate of Vaughan), F077628 | Casetext Search + Citator", "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller", "Tucker Carlson 2024? Greenblatt responded that Carlson's saying this made it "worse, because he's using a straw man voting rights to give an underhanded endorsement of white supremacist beliefs while ironically suggesting it's not really white supremacism". The incident drew renewed scrutiny to Carlson's program, already under pressure from sponsors because of Carlson's remarks about Black Lives Matter. [415][416] Public health officials rejected the claims; CDC Director Rochelle Walensky responded that vaccinated and boosted individuals are 68 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. While, his mother, Lisa McNear was an artist. [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. The premiere episode of the show, which replaced On the Record,[120] was the network's most watched telecast of the year in the time slot, with 3.7million viewers. [123], 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. Dorothy was born in Massachusetts, to Swedish parents. [409], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. Carlson later said in an interview that his South Africa segment made "an argument against tribalism". They later shared the wedding vows on 10 August 1991 in the school chapel. 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". Bush claimed that "Mr. Carlson misread, mischaracterized me. In 2010, Carlson co-founded and served as the initial editor-in-chief of the right-wing news and opinion website The Daily Caller, until selling his ownership stake and leaving in 2020. [335][336][337][338][339] CBS News, Associated Press, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal described Carlson's segment (with guest Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute) as false or misleading, because violence against farmers had reached an all-time low and the reforms had yet to pass and were primarily aimed at land that had fallen into disuse. [443][35] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. As an example, Alter wrote that Carlson did not endorse Sidney Powell's specific claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, but he did say, "The people now telling us to stop asking questions about voting machines are the same ones who claim that our phones weren't listening to us". In the 2554 demographic, the show maintained an average viewership of just over a million, with 670,000 being between 18 and 49. [22] 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. [87] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, the highest-rated program in US cable news history that averages a nightly audience of 4.33 million viewers. "[62][71] Among liberals, Carlson's piece received praise, with Democratic consultant Bob Shrum calling it "vivid". He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. No, no, this is a voting rights question." [184] 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". In February, Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with the streaming service Fox Nation. The Washington Post called these comments racist. Carlson has stated he was only a registered Democratic voter to be able to vote in Democratic primaries in Washington, D.C. Carlson has said he did not vote for Trump in either. [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. [337], The evening after the segment, Carlson acknowledged that the proposed amendment was still being debated and added that no farms had yet been expropriated, though he did not admit to having made errors. 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Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the sight of kids wearing masks "repulsive" and a form of "child abuse." "[18] Terry Smith, a law professor at St. Thomas University, has called Carlson's rhetoric an example of white identity politics. [11], Carlson called the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani a "quagmire". The CMD said Carlson had a conflict of interest and had violated journalistic standards. [24], 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. [414], In a January 2022 show, Carlson's guest Alex Berenson made misleading claims that the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 are "dangerous and ineffective" and "need to be withdrawn from the market now", claims that Carlson left unchallenged. >> tucker: good evening. That's a lie. [287] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". "[266], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. I don't approve of it". My wife said people are going to think you're hunting for a job in the Bush campaign. [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". AfriForum, a South African non-governmental organization focused mainly on the interests of Afrikaners, took credit for Carlson's and Trump's statements, saying it believed that its campaign to influence American politics had succeeded. [296][297][298], Carlson is a frequent critic of immigration,[25] and has been described by multiple writers as demonizing both legal and illegal immigrants. Tucker Carlson has over 13 real estate properties. [62], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. They married some years later in 1991 and welcomed their four kids, Dorothy being Shock first photos inside Serena Williams' crumbling childhood home, Ana Walshe's pals reveal what 'delayed her fate' after husband charged, Child's body found in search for missing girl, 4, who was 'beaten to death', Missing woman's husband charged with murder after blood found in basement, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson, Tucker Carlson's mother Lisa McNear died in October 2011, due to cancer, Tucker Carlson has a new podcast series on Fox Nation, In February, Tucker Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with Fox's streaming service Fox Nation, Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight. [32] 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. [143][144] Carlson's program saw a dip in viewership following the aftermath of the 2020 election, losing out to Anderson Cooper 360 in the 2554 demographic which Carlson had maintained a hold of the prior month. Who are Tucker Carlson's parents? [378][377] Carlson blamed China for causing the pandemic. 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. [384][382] Fauci called Carlson's remarks a "crazy conspiracy theory". This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. [328], Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch defended Carlson, writing that Carlson had "decried and rejected replacement theory" when he said, "White replacement theory? [195], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". [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. [62][485] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. "[16] 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. "[327], In April 2021, Carlson argued that the Democratic Party "is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World". 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[35][444] 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. [163] Klein offered to form a bipartisan forum with Carlson, but Carlson declined. [307] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. [430][431], 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. [31][51][328][329] In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson, arguing that the talk about demographic replacement "was not just a dog whistle to racists it was a bullhorn". [220][221] In March 2018 he criticized Donald Trump for comments supporting gun control after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. [121], Tucker Carlson Tonight aired at 7:00p.m. each weeknight until January 9, 2017, when Carlson's show replaced Megyn Kelly at the 9:00p.m. time slot after she left Fox News. [270] Trump commuted Stone's sentence on July 10, 2020. See the sources for this fact-check. 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[146], In the week following the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, Tucker Carlson Tonight remained the only cable news program not to see a drop in viewership, slightly increasing from where it stood one week prior and reclaiming its lead among the 2554 demographic. 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". [20], In a guest appearance with Alex Jones in 2015, Carlson described the Obama administration: "They categorize people by race in a way that, you know, you can't even imagine 30 years ago you would have said, 'Wait a second, that's like Nazi stuff. [262][12][11] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. [487], Carlson was baptized as an Episcopalian but has said he grew up with secular beliefs; he credits his wife for his religious faith. Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. [264] 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? [136][137], 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. [115][116][117] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. "[38] In October 2022, Carlson interviewed Kanye West, with the latter's statement that he had received the COVID-19 vaccine being omitted from two days of segments. [490][491], American political commentator (born 1969), Immigrants and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory (20182022), Black Lives Matter and George Floyd (20202021), Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination (2022), Responses to allegations of racism and comments about race. The family lives a happy and life of luxury in a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America. [42], Charlotte Alter of Time wrote in July 2021 that Carlson sometimes tells "outright falsehoods", but generally "avoids assertions that are factually disprovable, instead sticking to innuendo". He also claimed to have taken positions unpopular with his audience, saying, "Most of the big positions I've taken in the past five years against the neocons, the vax and the war [in Ukraine] have been very unpopular with our audience at first. [202] Carlson said in June 2020 that Trump had let Black Lives Matter protests go too far. [467] The NSA inspector general's office announced in August 2021 that it was examining Carlson's allegation. [292][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,[293][294] and referred to the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, as a "propagandist" for the Chinese Communist Party. Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. [42] 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. The Fox host calls his relationship with his mother a totally bizarre situation - which I never talk about, because it was actually not really part of my life at all.. [224][225] He has a concealed carry permit in the District of Columbia. Artist Tucker Carlson: This is propaganda aimed at children. Mr Carlson began his interview with the congressman by wondering aloud: So you have to kind of wonder, why is tobacco so dangerous.. "[440], In June 2021, Carlson promoted a conspiracy theory alleging that the Capitol storming was a "false flag" FBI operation intended to "suppress political dissent". [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. [55][56] Carlson attended La Jolla Country Day School and grew up in a home overlooking the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. ", "Did Fox News host Tucker Carlson name-drop Harvey Milk's killer in his yearbook? "[233][235] He cited parallels between the problems of inner cities and rural areas as evidence that the "culture of poverty" cited by conservatives as the cause of urban decline "wasn't the whole story", and that "Certain economic systems allow families to thrive. Richard is a retired American journalist and diplomat who served as the director of the Voice Of American during the last six years of the Cold War. However Carlson still hosted her on his show for a second appearance. ", "Why is the far right so against US intervention in Syria? Throughout his career as a journalist, Richard has worked as a newspapers reporter, a wire service reporter, magazines writer, TV and radio correspondent and documentary filmmaker. For other inquiries, Contact Us. According to businessinsider.com, Tucker Carlson was born in San Francisco into a wealthy family. [149][150][151] Through May 2022 it was a close second to The Five, while leading in the 25-54 demographic. [163] 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",[165] 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. Carlson is the eldest son of Lisa McNear, an artist, and journalist Richard Warner Carlson. [481], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". [332] 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. [257] In January 2022, Carlson released the film Hungary vs. Soros on Fox Nation. [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. Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson[5] (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. The top-ratedFox Newschannel host will be featured in a video podcast series and a monthly specialTucker Carlson Originals, which will drill down on a single topic or issue. [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". "[36][452] Conservative writers Jonah Goldberg and Steve Hayes responded to the series by severing their ties to Fox News, declaring that the series was "a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions". [24], Carlson is a vocal opponent of progressivism and critic of immigration, and has been described as a nationalist. [93] 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". So, eventually, Dorothys mom and dad started dating since their high school days. [163] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. "[85][86] 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. 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Has Putin ever called me a racist? [98][99] He appeared live from Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon[100][101] and reported the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting and Johnson Space Center shooting in 2007. "[32] Mediaite named Carlson the most influential person in news media in 2021. We believe Martin Luther King Jr. We don't think your skin color is the most important thing about you. Tucker Carlson's father is Richard Warner Carlson Tucker Carlson's mother was Lisa Lombardi Vaughan Tucker Carlson's step-father is Michael Vaughan Tucker Carlson's step-mother is Meanwhile, a remarkable number of the companies are now bankrupt or extinct. 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'"[312][313], Carlson has criticized Islam and has hosted guests on his show who do the same. This came in the wake of Carlson's remarks criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement, which had caused some companies to pull their advertising from the show, including The Walt Disney Company, T-Mobile, and Papa John's. [288][289][290][291], Carlson has said normalization of relations with China following President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit led to unforeseen consequences, and that America became progressively worse off for it. [286], Carlson suggested that a similar attack that occurred the year before (the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack), which was attributed to Assad's forces and which the OPCW JIM indicated was carried out with sarin that bore the regime's signature, was a false flag attack perpetrated to falsely implicate the Assad government. Ask anyone at Fox." "[260] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. "[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. [8][9][10][11][12] Carlson has been described as a leading voice of white grievance politics. [54][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020. 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Carlson (In re Estate of Vaughan), F077628 | Casetext Search + Citator", "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller", "Tucker Carlson 2024? Greenblatt responded that Carlson's saying this made it "worse, because he's using a straw man voting rights to give an underhanded endorsement of white supremacist beliefs while ironically suggesting it's not really white supremacism". The incident drew renewed scrutiny to Carlson's program, already under pressure from sponsors because of Carlson's remarks about Black Lives Matter. [415][416] Public health officials rejected the claims; CDC Director Rochelle Walensky responded that vaccinated and boosted individuals are 68 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. While, his mother, Lisa McNear was an artist. [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. The premiere episode of the show, which replaced On the Record,[120] was the network's most watched telecast of the year in the time slot, with 3.7million viewers. [123], 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. Dorothy was born in Massachusetts, to Swedish parents. [409], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. Carlson later said in an interview that his South Africa segment made "an argument against tribalism". They later shared the wedding vows on 10 August 1991 in the school chapel. 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". Bush claimed that "Mr. Carlson misread, mischaracterized me. In 2010, Carlson co-founded and served as the initial editor-in-chief of the right-wing news and opinion website The Daily Caller, until selling his ownership stake and leaving in 2020. [335][336][337][338][339] CBS News, Associated Press, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal described Carlson's segment (with guest Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute) as false or misleading, because violence against farmers had reached an all-time low and the reforms had yet to pass and were primarily aimed at land that had fallen into disuse. [443][35] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. As an example, Alter wrote that Carlson did not endorse Sidney Powell's specific claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, but he did say, "The people now telling us to stop asking questions about voting machines are the same ones who claim that our phones weren't listening to us". In the 2554 demographic, the show maintained an average viewership of just over a million, with 670,000 being between 18 and 49. [22] 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. [87] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, the highest-rated program in US cable news history that averages a nightly audience of 4.33 million viewers. "[62][71] Among liberals, Carlson's piece received praise, with Democratic consultant Bob Shrum calling it "vivid". He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. No, no, this is a voting rights question." [184] 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". In February, Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with the streaming service Fox Nation. The Washington Post called these comments racist. Carlson has stated he was only a registered Democratic voter to be able to vote in Democratic primaries in Washington, D.C. Carlson has said he did not vote for Trump in either. [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. [337], The evening after the segment, Carlson acknowledged that the proposed amendment was still being debated and added that no farms had yet been expropriated, though he did not admit to having made errors. 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Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the sight of kids wearing masks "repulsive" and a form of "child abuse." "[18] Terry Smith, a law professor at St. Thomas University, has called Carlson's rhetoric an example of white identity politics. [11], Carlson called the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani a "quagmire". The CMD said Carlson had a conflict of interest and had violated journalistic standards. [24], 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. [414], In a January 2022 show, Carlson's guest Alex Berenson made misleading claims that the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 are "dangerous and ineffective" and "need to be withdrawn from the market now", claims that Carlson left unchallenged. >> tucker: good evening. That's a lie. [287] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". "[266], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. I don't approve of it". My wife said people are going to think you're hunting for a job in the Bush campaign. [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". AfriForum, a South African non-governmental organization focused mainly on the interests of Afrikaners, took credit for Carlson's and Trump's statements, saying it believed that its campaign to influence American politics had succeeded. [296][297][298], Carlson is a frequent critic of immigration,[25] and has been described by multiple writers as demonizing both legal and illegal immigrants. Tucker Carlson has over 13 real estate properties. [62], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. They married some years later in 1991 and welcomed their four kids, Dorothy being Shock first photos inside Serena Williams' crumbling childhood home, Ana Walshe's pals reveal what 'delayed her fate' after husband charged, Child's body found in search for missing girl, 4, who was 'beaten to death', Missing woman's husband charged with murder after blood found in basement, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson, Tucker Carlson's mother Lisa McNear died in October 2011, due to cancer, Tucker Carlson has a new podcast series on Fox Nation, In February, Tucker Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with Fox's streaming service Fox Nation, Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight. [32] 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. [143][144] Carlson's program saw a dip in viewership following the aftermath of the 2020 election, losing out to Anderson Cooper 360 in the 2554 demographic which Carlson had maintained a hold of the prior month. Who are Tucker Carlson's parents? [378][377] Carlson blamed China for causing the pandemic. 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. [384][382] Fauci called Carlson's remarks a "crazy conspiracy theory". This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. [328], Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch defended Carlson, writing that Carlson had "decried and rejected replacement theory" when he said, "White replacement theory? [195], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". [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. [62][485] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. "[16] 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. "[327], In April 2021, Carlson argued that the Democratic Party "is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World". 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[35][444] 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. [163] Klein offered to form a bipartisan forum with Carlson, but Carlson declined. [307] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. [430][431], 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. [31][51][328][329] In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson, arguing that the talk about demographic replacement "was not just a dog whistle to racists it was a bullhorn". [220][221] In March 2018 he criticized Donald Trump for comments supporting gun control after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. [121], Tucker Carlson Tonight aired at 7:00p.m. each weeknight until January 9, 2017, when Carlson's show replaced Megyn Kelly at the 9:00p.m. time slot after she left Fox News. [270] Trump commuted Stone's sentence on July 10, 2020. See the sources for this fact-check. 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[146], In the week following the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, Tucker Carlson Tonight remained the only cable news program not to see a drop in viewership, slightly increasing from where it stood one week prior and reclaiming its lead among the 2554 demographic. 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". [20], In a guest appearance with Alex Jones in 2015, Carlson described the Obama administration: "They categorize people by race in a way that, you know, you can't even imagine 30 years ago you would have said, 'Wait a second, that's like Nazi stuff. [262][12][11] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. [487], Carlson was baptized as an Episcopalian but has said he grew up with secular beliefs; he credits his wife for his religious faith. Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. [264] 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? [136][137], 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. [115][116][117] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. "[38] In October 2022, Carlson interviewed Kanye West, with the latter's statement that he had received the COVID-19 vaccine being omitted from two days of segments. [490][491], American political commentator (born 1969), Immigrants and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory (20182022), Black Lives Matter and George Floyd (20202021), Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination (2022), Responses to allegations of racism and comments about race. The family lives a happy and life of luxury in a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America. [42], Charlotte Alter of Time wrote in July 2021 that Carlson sometimes tells "outright falsehoods", but generally "avoids assertions that are factually disprovable, instead sticking to innuendo". He also claimed to have taken positions unpopular with his audience, saying, "Most of the big positions I've taken in the past five years against the neocons, the vax and the war [in Ukraine] have been very unpopular with our audience at first. [202] Carlson said in June 2020 that Trump had let Black Lives Matter protests go too far. [467] The NSA inspector general's office announced in August 2021 that it was examining Carlson's allegation. [292][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,[293][294] and referred to the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, as a "propagandist" for the Chinese Communist Party. Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. [42] 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. The Fox host calls his relationship with his mother a totally bizarre situation - which I never talk about, because it was actually not really part of my life at all.. [224][225] He has a concealed carry permit in the District of Columbia. Artist Tucker Carlson: This is propaganda aimed at children. Mr Carlson began his interview with the congressman by wondering aloud: So you have to kind of wonder, why is tobacco so dangerous.. "[440], In June 2021, Carlson promoted a conspiracy theory alleging that the Capitol storming was a "false flag" FBI operation intended to "suppress political dissent". [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. [55][56] Carlson attended La Jolla Country Day School and grew up in a home overlooking the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. ", "Did Fox News host Tucker Carlson name-drop Harvey Milk's killer in his yearbook? "[233][235] He cited parallels between the problems of inner cities and rural areas as evidence that the "culture of poverty" cited by conservatives as the cause of urban decline "wasn't the whole story", and that "Certain economic systems allow families to thrive. Richard is a retired American journalist and diplomat who served as the director of the Voice Of American during the last six years of the Cold War. However Carlson still hosted her on his show for a second appearance. ", "Why is the far right so against US intervention in Syria? Throughout his career as a journalist, Richard has worked as a newspapers reporter, a wire service reporter, magazines writer, TV and radio correspondent and documentary filmmaker. For other inquiries, Contact Us. According to businessinsider.com, Tucker Carlson was born in San Francisco into a wealthy family. [149][150][151] Through May 2022 it was a close second to The Five, while leading in the 25-54 demographic. [163] 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",[165] 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. Carlson is the eldest son of Lisa McNear, an artist, and journalist Richard Warner Carlson. [481], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". [332] 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. [257] In January 2022, Carlson released the film Hungary vs. Soros on Fox Nation. [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. Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson[5] (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. The top-ratedFox Newschannel host will be featured in a video podcast series and a monthly specialTucker Carlson Originals, which will drill down on a single topic or issue. [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". "[36][452] Conservative writers Jonah Goldberg and Steve Hayes responded to the series by severing their ties to Fox News, declaring that the series was "a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions". [24], Carlson is a vocal opponent of progressivism and critic of immigration, and has been described as a nationalist. [93] 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". So, eventually, Dorothys mom and dad started dating since their high school days. [163] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. "[85][86] 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. 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