Editing Tucker Carlson

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Tucker Carlson 2020 (cropped).jpg
|fullname = Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson
|origin = San Francisco, California, United States 
|occupation = Political commentator
|crimes = [[Racism]]<br>[[COVID denialism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]] <br> [[Defamation]] <br> [[Sexual harassment]] (allegedly) <br> [[Propaganda]] <br> Conspiracy Theories <br> Genocide Denial<br>[[Ukrainophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Hispanophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Transphobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]
|hobby=Rallying conspiracies<br>Propaganda spreading via taking whatever information is out there and twisting it badly<br>Enabling other political villains
|type of villain = Far-Right Propagandist}}
{{Quote|The second you think that all your good fortune is a product of your virtue, you become highly judgmental, lacking empathy, totally without self-awareness, arrogant, stupid - I mean, all the stuff that our ruling class is.|Tucker Carlson}}

'''Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson''' (born May 16, 1969) is an American far-right political commentator. He is well known for his work on Fox News. He is the host of his daily talk show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight'', infamous for being a far-right propagandist.

== Biography ==
Carlson began his journalism career with a stint at CNN from 2000 to 2005, before moving to PBS from 2004 to 2005, then to MSNBC from 2005 to 2008, and finally moving onto Fox News in 2009.

== Villainy ==
*On the radio program Bubba the Love Sponge, Carlson defended [[Warren Jeffs]] and [[FLDS]], arguing that Jeffs should not be imprisoned for facilitating child marriage because "arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old and a 27-year-old is not the same as a stranger pulling a woman off the street and raping her" and "the rapist in this case has made a lifelong commitment to live and take care of the person", among other misogynistic remarks.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1WnL070hc Tucker Carlson makes misogynistic and perverted comments], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>
*He has argued that underage boys who are sexually abused by older women are not victims and are "whiny" if they report their abusers to the police.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/foxs-tucker-carlson-reporting-statutory-rape-whiny To Fox's Tucker Carlson, Reporting Statutory Rape Is “Whiny”], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>
*He has been accused of sexual harassment on multiple occasions.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/20/fox-news-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-ed-henry-tucker-carlson-sean-hannity Fox News hit by new claims of sexual misconduct by stars in lawsuit], ''The Guardian''</ref>
*He has perpetuated [[COVID denialism]] and [[Anti-vaxxers|vaccine denialism]], accusing the Democratic Party of "manufacturing" the COVID pandemic,<ref name=Putin/> falsely suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine does not work,<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-casually-suggests-to-viewers-maybe-covid-19-vaccine-doesnt-work-and-theyre-simply-not-telling-you-that/ Tucker Carlson Casually Suggests to Viewers Maybe Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Doesn’t Work and They’re Simply Not Telling You That’], ''Mediaite''</ref> repeatedly inviting anti-vaxxer [[Alex Berenson]] on his show<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/26/tucker-carlson-airs-his-most-dishonest-dangerous-pandemic-segment-yet/ Tucker Carlson airs his most dishonest and dangerous pandemic segment yet], ''The Washington Post''</ref>, comparing mandatory vaccination to the racist [[Jim Crow laws]]<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-says-businesses-requiring-people-be-vaccinated-is-medical-jim-crow/ Tucker Carlson: Businesses Requiring People Be Vaccinated Is 'Medical Jim Crow'], ''Mediaite''</ref> and opposing the wearing of face masks to prevent COVID infection to the point of calling for parents who have their children wear masks to be arrested for child abuse.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tucker-carlson-masks-child-abuse/2021/04/27/aa7c0844-a752-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html Tucker Carlson’s latest idiocy on masks is dangerous and hypocritical even by his usual standards], ''The Washington Post''</ref>
*He has engaged in historical denialism relating to [[Christopher Columbus]]' treatment of Native Americans in the Caribbean by stating that the majority of the natives' deaths were attributed to disease, despite the evidence refuting these claims.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/10/10/tucker_carlson_progressive_war_on_christopher_columbus_really_about_western_civilization.html Tucker Carlson: To Left, Christopher Columbus Only Immigrant In History Who Had No Right To Come To America], ''Right Clear Politics''</ref>
*He has been accused of promoting the racist [[Great Replacement]] conspiracy theory,<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-racist-great-replacement-theory-video/ Tucker Carlson endorses racist Great Replacement theory], ''The Wrap''</ref> accusing the Democratic Party of “trying to replace the current electorate with more obedient voters from the Third World”<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/tucker-carlson-s-great-replacement-fox-news-segment-uses-newer-ncna1263880 Fox News star Tucker Carlson's 'great replacement' segment used a new frame for an old fear], ''NBC News''</ref> and claiming that immigration is dangerous to the country because immigrants “values are simply antithetical to ours”.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-living-proof-way-we-practice-immigration-has-become Tucker Carlson: “Ilhan Omar is living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country”], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>
*He has publicly supported Russian dictator [[Vladimir Putin]] and defended his [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]], repeating Putin's false claims that Ukraine is a threat to Russia's borders.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-justifying-invasion-ukraine-221440645.html Tucker Carlson justifying an invasion of Ukraine is where he has been heading all along], ''Yahoo News''</ref> He has also argued that there is no reason for the American public to oppose Putin: "Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him?"<ref name=Putin>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-hate-putin-americans-suffer Americans have been trained to hate Putin, and will suffer because of it], ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''</ref>
*A supporter of the [[Stop the Steal movement]], Carlson has argued that the perpetrators of the [[2021 United States Capitol storming]] are being unjustly persecuted and that many of them "did nothing wrong"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5NO-n0e64w Did Dorsey admit Twitter's role in Capitol riot?], ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''</ref>, including several who had clear violent intent and were carrying weapons and tactical gear.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-fox-capitol-riot-b1827929.html Tucker Carlson slammed for ‘full-throated’ defence of Capitol rioters including ‘zip tie guy’], ''The Independent''</ref> In his documentary ''Patriot Purge'' he advanced the conspiracy theory that the Capitol riot was a false flag operation by the Democratic Party to provide them with an excuse to persecute the American right.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/tucker-carlson-fox-news-january-6-fascism-1251277/ Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ Is Too Crazy to Believe — and Too Dangerous to Ignore], ''Rolling Stone''</ref>

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