Know what this is about? Tucker explores how the Biden regime is using the Capitol riots on January Sixth to paint Americans as terrorists. [280][281][282] That month, as reported by Mother Jones,[283] the Kremlin sent a memo to state-friendly media outlets saying it was "essential" to use video clips of Carlson "as much as possible". [457] Fact-checkers found the series contained numerous falsehoods and conspiracy theories. [192] In his 2018 book, Ship of Fools, Carlson wrote that he had adopted some of Buchanan's views. Why should I sit back and take that?" I certainly do it, you know, out of weakness or whatever. 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' host previews Fox Nation special 'Transgressive', Tucker Carlson joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to preview his "Tucker Carlson Originals" Fox Nation special "Transgressive: Cult of Confusion," which examines the transgender movement in America and exposes the dangers and threats to children. Tucker Carlson: We're being told to shut up about this Tucker Carlson joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to preview his "Tucker Carlson Originals" Fox Nation special "Transgressive: Cult of. [19], In a guest appearance with Alex Jones in 2015, Carlson criticized the Obama administration for "making excuses for" rioters in racially-charged anti-police protests in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, saying, "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. Tucker Carlson: We're being told to shut up about this. [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. [36][14][35][37][15], Carlson was born Tucker McNear Carlson in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on May 16, 1969. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. "[107] Carlson said he accepted ABC's invitation to perform because "I don't do things that I'm not good at very often. "Anyone who resists the gang is killed," Carlson added. [302][303][304] White grievance politics is a persistent theme in Carlson's commentary. ", "Tucker Carlson defends Russia again as Ukraine crisis mounts", "Tucker Carlson: What the Fox News host is doing in Hungary", "Soros group pushes back on Tucker Carlson documentary", "Tucker Carlson-fueled Republicans drop tough-on-Russia stance", "Tucker Carlson, downplaying Russia-Ukraine conflict, urges Americans to ask, 'Why do I hate Putin? [71] While working on a story for New York covering the Taliban, Carlson, alongside his father, was involved in a plane crash as it made its landing on a runway in Dubai on October 17, 2001. I don't even know how. Michael Jensen, a senior researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, called it "political propaganda that is meant to rally a support base that has shown a willingness to mobilize on the basis of disinformation and lies. 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. "[166], In June 2017, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), a liberal watchdog organization, said The Daily Caller was paid $150,000 by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign for its list of subscribers, whom the Trump campaign then emailed at least 25 times. That's a lie. Tucker Carlson and his team take you inside the issues for a new documentary news magazine, 'Tucker Carlson Originals', See production, box office & company info, Self - Field Reporter & Independent Journalist, Self - VP, Texas Public Policy Foundation, The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM, Tucker Carlson Tonight: Episode dated 10 November 2021. While in the nations capital, San Salvador, Carlson took part in a ride-along with the citys police, toured a Salvadorian prison housing members of the MS-13 gang, and snagged an exclusive interview with the countrys new president - whos cracking down on the "death cult.". 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. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. [314] Carlson also stated that he had "zero sympathy" for the people of Iraq. [449][34] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. "[17] Terry Smith, a law professor at St. Thomas University, has called Carlson's rhetoric an example of white identity politics. According to Vox, it promoted conspiracy theories about Soros and suggested that criticism of the Hungarian government was a function of jealousy from the political left. [41][490] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. "[391] Sources in the White House said Carlson's statements caused Trump to reconsider his position. [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. [261] The Open Society Foundations, a group founded by Soros, called the film "anti-American propaganda," and its Vice President Laura Silber stated that "Carlson appears to prefer authoritarian rule, state capture of media and the courts, crony corruption and rigged elections. [12] Sources such as CNN and The Washington Post have said Carlson promotes racism,[13][304][20][305][306] a charge he denies, saying in 2018, "I'm not a racist. [351][352][353][354], Carlson claimed in 2021 that "there was no physical evidence that George Floyd was murdered by a cop" and "the autopsy showed that George Floyd almost certainly died of a drug overdose", even though two autopsies found that Floyd died from homicide caused by former police officer Derek Chauvin's kneeling on his neck for more than eight minutes. "[91], Carlson was hired to helm a new program for PBS in November 2003, Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered, which ran synchronously with Carlson's Crossfire gig on CNN. [469] Carlson responded on-air that the NSA did not deny reading his emails. [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. [384] Carlson defended protests against lockdowns in rural areas, saying, "The threat to rural America from this virus is minuscule, so why are we punishing the people who live outside the cities? [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. "How long were you in the United States?" [456], In late October 2021, "Patriot Purge", a three-part series produced by Carlson, was released on the Fox Nation streaming service. Im actually shocked It needs to stop immediately, like tonight. Fox Nationprograms are viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. Streaming only @foxnation Get free account: http://TuckerCarlson.com Media PersonalityJoined March 2022 3Following 73.2KFollowers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Tucker Carlson Originals's Tweets [86] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. 1x09 Blown Away: The People vs Wind Energy. Tucker Carlson Originals are a series of short "documentaries" on the Fox Nation streaming service. [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. According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. Derek Reimer, pastor at Mission 7 Ministries in Calgary, was arrested and charged on Thursday for mischief and causing a disturbance after he was . A system like that is the enemy of a healthy society. The teaser trailer for an episode in a new season of Tucker Carlson Originals, called "The End of Men," features plenty of shots of shirtless, muscly men. [61], In 1999, Carlson interviewed then-Governor George W. Bush for Talk magazine. As a means of extortion, the gang taxes residents, imposes curfews, kills bus drivers when they dont pay fees, and even enforces their own laws including mask mandates according to the special. [186][183] In 2017, Carlson said his registration as a Democrat was to gain the right to vote in the primaries for mayoral elections in the district, and that he nevertheless "sincerely despise[s]" the Democratic party and "always vote[d] for the more corrupt candidate over the idealist" in order to favor the status quo and stem progressivism. "[35][458] 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". In the full episode entitled "Hunting MS-13," Fox Nation subscribers can witness as Carlson speaks with a Long Island police officer who had a hit placed on him by the gang, the shows producers travel with the country's paramilitary forces to raid crime rings, and much more. [61][491] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. [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". "[397][409] Carlson refused to say whether he has been vaccinated, responding to a reporter, "When was the last time you had sex with your wife and in what position? [116] An anonymous user going by the name "Sore Throwt" (a pun on famous Watergate informant Deep Throat) had been looking for a buyer of the tape for a week before Carlson distributed it. [197], He expressed his disappointment with the Republican nominee for the 2012 election, Mitt Romney, and the healthcare reform he signed in 2006 as governor of Massachusetts, which contained an individual mandate, saying, "out of 315 million Americans, the Republican Party managed to find the one guy who couldn't run on Obamacare". S1, Ep3. The Backlash Was Quick", "Tucker Carlson was attacked by Trump supporters for questioning the outlandish claims of the president's lawyer Sidney Powell before she was fired", "Sidney Powell: Trump team cuts ties with lawyer who made voter fraud claims", "MyPillow Guy Peddles Crazy Twitter Conspiracies in Tucker Carlson Interview", "Tucker Carlson suddenly gives a welcome ear to election conspiracy theories when they come from his major sponsor", "Tucker Carlson spins web of misleading claims as he alleges 'meaningful voter fraud' in Georgia", "Fox News stars questioned by election tech company in defamation case", "Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit", "Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity among Fox News stars deposed in voting machine lawsuit", "Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. [4][26] In 2004, he renounced his initial support for the Iraq War,[27][28] and has since been skeptical of U.S. foreign interventions. [195] Carlson said in an interview, "by my criteria, Bush isn't much of a conservative". Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.Watch full episodes of your favorite showsThe Five: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-the-five/Special Report with Bret Baier: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-special-report/Fox News Primetime: https://video.foxnews.com/playlist/on-air-fox-news-primetime/Tucker Carlson Tonight: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-tucker-carlson-tonight/Hannity: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-hannity/The Ingraham Angle: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-the-ingraham-angle/Fox News @ Night: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/longform-fox-news-night/Follow Fox News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/Follow Fox News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoxNews/Follow Fox News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foxnews/ He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (1945-2011) and Dick Carlson (1941-), a former "gonzo reporter" who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles. [389][399][400] Carlson's argument was called misleading because the federal database he cited, VAERS, consists of unverified public reports, some of which have been false; post-vaccine deaths can be from unrelated causes; and the CDC had found no connection between COVID-19 vaccinations and deaths based on VAERS.