[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. 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". Meanwhile, Tucker's father, Richard Carlson, was once the President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to WNYC, a banker, investigative journalist, Carlson said, "When the United States is attacked by a hostile foreign power it must strike back, and make no mistake Mexico is a hostile foreign power. [42] Carlson and Begala later recalled that Stewart and one of the book's co-authors, Ben Karlin, stayed at CNN for more than an hour after the show to discuss the issues he had raised on the air, with Carlson saying, "It was heartfelt. "[436] PolitiFact rated Carlson's claim false, because several rioters had known ties to white supremacist groups, according to court records and congressional testimony by law enforcement leaders, and video and photos from the incident showed white supremacist symbols prominently displayed. [455][456][457] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. [205] Former Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential primary contender Tulsi Gabbard was a substitute host on Tucker Carlson Tonight in 2022; she appeared on the show the night she left the Democratic Party in October 2022, to Carlson's praise. [284][285] In November 2019, Carlson repeated this claim and queried whether the attack had happened at all. Has Putin ever called me a racist? [39] Carlson is of English, German and one sixteenth Swiss-Italian ancestry. "[28] From 2009 through 2015, Carlson was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. In February, Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with the streaming service Fox Nation. 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See the sources for this fact-check. According to businessinsider.com, Tucker Carlson was born in San Francisco into a wealthy family. His mother McNear began life as a Bohemian, traveling the world and having adventures in France. The judge also agreed with Fox News' defense that reasonable viewers would have "skepticism" over statements Carlson makes on its show, as he often engages in "exaggeration" and "non-literal commentary", and that Carlson is not "stating actual facts" on its show. I don't believe it in. >> tucker: good evening. 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After Heated Clash on Guns: 'Don't Demagogue it With Me', "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Claims Australia Has 'No Freedom' During Gun Control Discussion [Video]", "Tucker Carlson hits Trump due process comments: Obama would've been called a dictator for that", "Tucker Carlson Shreds Trump Over Gun Control: If 'Obama Had Said That,' We'd Be 'Talking Impeachment', "Will the G.O.P. [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. One commentator, Jennifer Rubin, characterized these remarks as an example of white supremacy. [472] James Carville, a Democratic strategist and friend of Carlson who has appeared on his shows, called Carlson "one of the world's great contrarians", with a gift for making his views sound rebellious even when they are widespread or advantageous. Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson Credit: C-Span He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. [277][278][279] That month, as reported by Mother Jones,[280] the Kremlin sent a memo to state-friendly media outlets saying it was "essential" to use video clips of Carlson "as much as possible". Carlson was born Tucker McNear Carlson in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on May 16, 1969. [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. 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. [284], When President Trump met the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the country's border with the South in June 2019, Carlson, who was touring with Trump, defended Trump's friendship with Kim. [196] Carlson said in an interview, "by my criteria, Bush isn't much of a conservative". "[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. CovidMisinformation. [253] In late February 2022, on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Carlson described the preceding crisis as a "border dispute" and said it was "not treason, it is not un-American" to support Putin, "it's the whole point of America." [226][227][228] At trial Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. In an interview a month before the show began, he lamented that he would miss classes during a two-week-long MSNBC assignment in Lebanon, saying, "It's hard for me to remember the moves. A system like that is the enemy of a healthy society. Tuckers father, Richard Warner Carlson had forged his career in journalism and later in politics. [74], 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". [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. Richard married the wealthy heiress Patricia Swanson. 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. [45][46], Carlson's paternal grandparents were Richard Boynton and Dorothy Anderson, who were teenagers when they placed his father at The Home for Little Wanderers orphanage where he was fostered by Carl Moberger of Malden, near Boston, a tannery worker of Swedish descent, and his wife Florence Moberger. [271], 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. [8][9][10][11][12] Carlson has been described as a leading voice of white grievance politics. [54], Carlson has said he especially targets the "moral preening" of people he sees as having a sensibility of "I'm a really good person, and you're not. He was also a news anchor at LA and ambassador to Seychelles. [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. The Washington Post called these comments racist. [15][17][18][16] His remarks on race, immigration, and women including slurs he said on air between 2006 and 2011 (which resurfaced in 2019)[19][20] have at times been described as racist and sexist, and have provoked advertiser boycotts of Tucker Carlson Tonight. [182], Carlson is a Republican. "[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". Here you have an employee of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school, sending an invitation apparently on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to recruit [189][190], In public correspondence in Slate with Texas Monthly's Evan Smith on November 29, 1999, Carlson agreed with Smith's low opinion of Donald Trump,[191] who was then running for president with the Reform Party. "[254] Carlson changed his tone after the invasion, telling his viewers on February 24, 2022, that "what Russia has done is awful" and that Putin "clearly does deserve to be punished" for invading Ukraine, while warning that the conflict could turn into a world war. 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. I consider that heroic at a time like this.. [330], In September 2021, Carlson again invoked the Great Replacement theory on his program, this time by name. [152][153][154] In spring of 2021 he began hosting a show on Fox Nation called Tucker Carlson Today. [261] He called for the United States to work with Russia in the Syrian Civil War against a common enemy like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). 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We think all people were created by God and should therefore be judged by what they do, not by how they look. [463] Carlson responded on-air that the NSA did not deny reading his emails. [360] Ben Samuels of Haaretz wrote that the episode "brings Carlsons history of providing a platform for antisemitism further into focus". [155] He was rebuked by the U.S. military in March 2021 after he ridiculed maternity flight suits for U.S. women soldiers and described a decision by the Chinese military to build ships as "more masculine". AMERICAN conservative television host Tucker Carlson has been apart of Fox News for over a decade. [62] He then went to Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, graduating in 1991 with a BA in history. [13][194], Carlson voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. According to reports, Richard Warner Carlson and Lisa McNear are Tucker Carlsons parents. [119], On November 14, 2016, Carlson began hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. Carlson is also keeping his post as the host of his weekly primetime show, Tucker Carlson Tonight. Carlson's parents divorced after their nine year-marriage reportedly "turned sour.". [458], On June 28, 2021, Carlson said on his program that "a whistleblower within the U.S. government" informed him that the National Security Agency (NSA) was "monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air", adding, "The Biden administration is spying on us. [30] Carlson is known for some defenses of authoritarian foreign leaders, including Viktor Orbn of Hungary and Vladimir Putin of Russia;[249][250][16] Carlson's praise for Orbn included a visit and his online film Hungary vs. Soros,[251][252] and Carlson was noted for defending Putin in the lead-up to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. From 2005 to 2008, he hosted the nightly program Tucker on MSNBC. I hate racism. [453][454] Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, prominent anchors in the network's news division, raised objections to the series to top executives of the Fox organization. [44] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. [443][35] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. 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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. [276] However, in March 2022, Carlson started to amplify baseless Russian state propaganda that the U.S. and Ukraine were purportedly developing biological weapons in Ukraine. [62], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born". [6] He has written three books: Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites (2003), Ship of Fools (2018), and The Long Slide (2021). [427] 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. According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. [224][225] He has a concealed carry permit in the District of Columbia. [164] Daily Caller employees later impersonated an editor of the Arkansas Times to gain entry into JournoList. 1 commentator mainstreaming bedrock principles of white nationalism in [the U.S.]. Meanwhile, a remarkable number of the companies are now bankrupt or extinct. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. and jesse will be back tomorrow night. [487], Carlson was baptized as an Episcopalian but has said he grew up with secular beliefs; he credits his wife for his religious faith. Why should I sit back and take that?" [57][40] In 1984, his father unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Republican Mayor Roger Hedgecock in the San Diego mayoral race. [115][116][117] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. His mother, Lisa 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". 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He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. Tucker Carlsons date of birth is 16 May 1969. Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? [257] In January 2022, Carlson released the film Hungary vs. Soros on Fox Nation. He took birth in San Francisco, California, United States. Recordings of these segments were released online in March 2019 by the progressive nonprofit Media Matters for America. [397][385][398][390][399] In July 2021, Carlson said plans by the government to provide door-to-door vaccinations were "the greatest scandal in my lifetime, by far" and falsely described them as an attempt to "force people to take medicine they don't want or need". [322] Talking about Hazleton, Pennsylvania, where Hispanics had quickly become a majority of the population, Carlson said it was "more change than human beings are designed to digest". [339], In November 2018, a group of antifa activists associated with the "Smash Racism D.C." group protested outside Carlson's Washington, D.C., home. 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. [305][331] In response, the ADL reiterated its call for Carlson to be fired from the network. 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". [417] In July 2022, Carlson stated that "it's looking likely that the vaccine might suppress the immune system," citing a widely-criticized review of VAERS data in Food and Chemical Toxicology and a misrepresented data table from a study in The Lancet; the lead author of the latter study, Dr. Peter Nordstrm, clarified that the paper did not show any of what Carlson claimed. [409], Carlson mentioned the anti-parasite medication ivermectin as a possible COVID-19 treatment, though the FDA warned against its use. [195] Carlson told Salon in 2003 that some Washington conservatives suspected he was "secretly liberal" because he liked John McCain. 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[334][182] He accused Democrats and "the left" of "pushing replacement theory", saying "there is a strong political component to the Democratic Party's immigration policy". "[365] He has alleged that feminists want girls to make gains at the expense of boys. Tucker Carlson Father People searching for Tucker Carlson s Fathers [363], In 2022, in response to The New York Times publishing a report criticizing Carlson and his show, Carlson said that his show did not have a controversial opinion on race, saying "Our view of race is really simple. [335][336][337] The South African government responded that Trump's tweet was "misinformed" and said it would address the matter through diplomatic channels. [428][429] 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. He also said his viewers should ask themselves, "Why do I hate Putin so much? That's a lie. Carlson stated on-air that the government had "launched a new war" on American citizens and characterized his series as "rock-solid factually". [147][148] It remained the most-watched news-related cable show as of mid-2021. [128] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. [479][480], Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and a former colleague of Carlson, said: "Tucker is a tremendously good writer and I always thought it was a real shame that he kind of got sucked into this TV mania thing. [261] Carlson described the controversy over revelations that Donald Trump Jr. was willing to accept anti-Clinton information from a Russian government official as a "new level of hysteria" and said that Trump Jr. had only been "gossiping with foreigners". WebTucker Carlson has four children in total with his wife, Susan Carlson. Susan Andrewss Husband: Tucker Carlson; Susans Children: Lillie Carlson, Buckley Carlson, Hopie Carlson, and Dorothy Carlson; Susan Andrewss Parents: Lillian Taggart Andrews (Mother), Reverend George E. Andrews II (father) Susan Carlsons Net Worth: $30 Million (with Tucker Carlson) Famous for: Being the wife of Tucker Carlson His fathers name was Richard Warner Carlson. "[236][237][238] In January 2019, Carlson used a Washington Post op-ed by Romney to criticize what he described as the "mainstream Republican" worldview, consisting of "unwavering support for a finance-based economy. [24], Carlson is a vocal opponent of progressivism and critic of immigration, and has been described as a nationalist. But for everyone else, it's infuriating", "What happens when Tucker Carlson makes sense? So we made it official". [236], Carlson has criticized hedge funds (singling out the Republican donor Paul Singer in 2019) and private equity (in criticizing Mitt Romney, former CEO of Bain Capital). A year after the invasion of Iraq, he began criticizing the war, telling The New York Observer: "I think it's a total nightmare and disaster, and I'm ashamed that I went against my own instincts in supporting it. [1][39] He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (19452011) and Dick Carlson (1941), a former "gonzo reporter"[1][40][41] who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles,[42] and more recently a director at the lobbying firm Policy Impact Strategic Communications. [310], 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". [481], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". [63][64][65] After college, Carlson tried to join the Central Intelligence Agency, but his application was denied, after which he decided to pursue a career in journalism with the encouragement of his father, who advised him that "they'll take anybody". [199], 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". He's not just a pig, he's stupid! [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. 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