"[107] Carlson said he accepted ABC's invitation to perform because "I don't do things that I'm not good at very often. [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. Fox News called the reported act "unacceptable". [61][491] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. 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. The premiere episode of the show, which replaced On the Record,[119] was the network's most watched telecast of the year in the time slot, with 3.7million viewers. [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". For example, because Trump and Biden ballots were sorted into separate piles during the hand recount, tally sheets with votes exclusively for either candidate are not indicative of fraud. That's how we got Jan. 6 in the first place. [81][82], In October 2004, comedian and The Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Crossfire, ostensibly to promote America (The Book), but he instead launched into a critique of Crossfire, saying the show was harmful to political discourse in the U.S.[41][83] Carlson was singled out by Stewart for criticism, with Carlson in turn criticizing Stewart for being biased toward the left. [311] University of Michigan professor Alexandra Stern has written that Carlson propagates demographic fear. 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". Call the police immediately, contact child protective services. Bannon and Wengui set up appearances for Yan on Carlsons show to promote the theory. ", "Begala: The day Jon Stewart blew up my show", "Megyn Kelly Being Replaced by Tucker Carlson at Fox", "How Tucker Carlson went from a CIA reject to the most-watched person on cable news, accused of peddling prejudice to millions", "PBS hires conservative commentator Tucker Carlson for weekly talk show", "PBS's new weekly standard: Tucker Carlson; An unfiltered Media Matters for America analysis of the new PBS host", "Carlson 'sorry' to be walking away from PBS", "Talk Shows Consumed by Virginia Tech Tragedy", "Virginia Tech killer: Using media for his message", "David Gregory Replaces Tucker Carlson on MSNBC Evening Shift", "Tucker Carlson turns 40, moves to Fox News", "47 celebrities you forgot guest-starred on '30 Rock', "The King of Queens what time is it on TV? It means killing people". [183][184][185] He was previously registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2020. [302][303][304] White grievance politics is a persistent theme in Carlson's commentary. Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals'Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals'Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals'. [101][102][103], Tucker was canceled by the network on March 10, 2008, owing to low ratings;[104] the final episode aired on March 14, 2008. [445] Carlson has also inaccurately stated that "[n]ot a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. [47] Carlson's maternal great-great-grandfather Cesar Lombardi immigrated to New York from Switzerland in 1860. [378] Carlson has strongly criticized the transgender rights movement,[379] including saying hospitals that provide gender-affirming healthcare to minors are criminals who harm children, and that they should not be surprised to receive threatening phone calls. [29] Carlson is known for some defenses of authoritarian foreign leaders, including Viktor Orbn of Hungary and Vladimir Putin of Russia;[252][253][15] Carlson's praise for Orbn included a visit and his online film Hungary vs. Soros,[254][255] and Carlson was noted for defending Putin in the lead-up to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. [42] Carlson's brother, Buckley Peck Carlson, later Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson, is nearly two years younger[43] and has worked as a communications manager and Republican political operative. [453][454] Republican House members Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene quickly embraced Carlson's story about FBI involvement in the Capitol attack, and Republican congressman Paul Gosar entered the Revolver News story into the Congressional Record during a House Oversight Committee hearing. [287][288] In November 2019, Carlson repeated this claim and queried whether the attack had happened at all. [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. 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". 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. [406][407] He claimed that a vaccine mandate in the U.S. Armed Forces was designed to oust "the sincere Christians in the ranks, the free thinkers, the men with high testosterone levels, and anyone else who doesn't love Joe Biden". [418], 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. [404][405] He also likened vaccine passports to segregationist Jim Crow laws. "[121] In March 2017, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable program in the 9:00p.m. time slot. [491] In 2013, Carlson said, "We still go to the Episcopal Church for all kinds of complicated reasons, but I truly despise the Episcopal Church in a lot of ways," citing his opposition to the church's support for same-sex marriage and abortion rights. [480][481] Charlotte Alter of Time wrote that Carlson "sanitizes and legitimizes right-wing conspiratorial thinking, dodges when you try to nail him down on the specifics, then wraps it all in an argument about censorship and free speech". [413], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. [41][53], When Carlson was in first grade, his father moved Tucker and his brother to the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, and raised them there. [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". [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. [9] Carlson also met with Jared Kushner at the White House and demanded clemency for Stone. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. "[263] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. 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[391] Carlson also told Vanity Fair that he spoke to Trump about COVID-19. My wife said people are going to think you're hunting for a job in the Bush campaign. "They really dislike our country. ", "Tucker Carlson on why conservatives should crack down on "vulture capitalism", "Romney To Biden? [53][210][211] Carlson has described Roe v. Wade as "the most embarrassing court decision handed down in the last century". 0%. He remained with the network as a senior campaign correspondent for the 2008 election. 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