Tucker Carlson
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson, popularly known as Tucker 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.
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“ | 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 |
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
- He has been accused of sexual misconduct by several, along with fellow hosts Sean Hannity and Howard Kurtz.
- Many of his commentaries support COVID denialism, often downplaying the severity of the pandemic and fighting against vaccines. Fox News as such has been on the verge of getting lawsuits if these statements resulted in the deaths of such due to misinformation.
- He supported Israel's oppression against Palestinians in order to legitimize his ethnonationalist views for the United States to continue having a majority white population.
- 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.
- He was also said to believe in the Great Replacement theory.