[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. [143][144] Carlson's program saw a dip in viewership following the aftermath of the 2020 election, losing out to Anderson Cooper 360 in the 2554 demographic which Carlson had maintained a hold of the prior month. "[202], Carlson supported Trump's expansion of the MexicoUnited States barrier, saying a wall was needed to "restore sovereignty" to the border. 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Carlson is the eldest son of Lisa McNear, an artist, and journalist Richard Warner Carlson. "[449], After Carlson criticized Senator Ted Cruz for calling the Capitol storming a "terrorist attack", Cruz appeared on Carlson's show January 6, 2022, the anniversary of the event, and apologized for his words. Throughout his career as a journalist, Richard has worked as a [330], In September 2021, Carlson again invoked the Great Replacement theory on his program, this time by name. [454], In October 2020, Carlson alleged on his show that someone was reading his text messages, after documents he claimed had compromising information on Joe Biden's son, Hunter, were lost by the United Parcel Service and then quickly located. [56][486] Carlson is left-handed and dyslexic. [455][456][457] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. [450], In late October 2021, "Patriot Purge", a three-part series produced by Carlson, was released on the Fox Nation streaming service. [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". I don't approve of it". [111], In May 2009, Fox News announced that Carlson was being hired as a Fox News contributor. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson, Tucker Carlson's mother Lisa McNear died in October 2011, due to cancer, Tucker Carlson has a new podcast series on Fox Nation, In February, Tucker Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with Fox's streaming service Fox Nation, Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). The Washington Post called these comments racist. Tuckers father, Richard Warner Carlson had forged his career in journalism and later in politics. [187][184] 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. [315] In 2017, he opined that terrorism in Europe had become inevitable because of Muslims living there. Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Carlson's show. Carlson has stated he was only a registered Democratic voter to be able to vote in Democratic primaries in Washington, D.C. Carlson has said he did not vote for Trump in either. [206], Carlson opposes abortion and has said it is the only political issue he considers non-negotiable. The investigative series documents Carlson's rise to prominence and his rhetoric on immigration, race relations and the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. [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. [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". "[261] According to The New York Times, Carlson played an influential role in dissuading Trump from launching military strikes against Iran in response to the shooting down of an American drone in June 2019. [136][137], Beginning the week of June 814, 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight became the highest-rated cable news show in the U.S., with an average of four million viewers, beating out the shows hosted by fellow Fox News pundits Hannity and Ingraham. 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. "[122] In March 2017, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable program in the 9:00p.m. time slot. Both the three-times-a-week podcast and the Tucker Carlson Originals are set to debut in April on Fox Nation. [178][179] [b] In 2021, Time magazine said Carlson "may be the most powerful conservative in America". [163] Carlson had earlier attempted to join the forum on May 25, 2010, but was denied by Klein. [31][51][328][329] In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson, arguing that the talk about demographic replacement "was not just a dog whistle to racists it was a bullhorn". So, eventually, Dorothys mom and dad started dating since their high school days. [328], Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch defended Carlson, writing that Carlson had "decried and rejected replacement theory" when he said, "White replacement theory? tucker carlson up is next! Trump retweeted a clip of Carlson's segment. Carlson stated on-air that the government had "launched a new war" on American citizens and characterized his series as "rock-solid factually". ", "Did Fox News host Tucker Carlson name-drop Harvey Milk's killer in his yearbook? [115][118], In April 2013, Carlson replaced Dave Briggs as a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, joining Alisyn Camerota and Clayton Morris on Saturday and Sunday mornings. ", "Tucker Carlson's misleading claim about deaths after COVID-19 vaccine", "Tucker Carlson's Fox News colleagues call out his dangerous anti-vaccination rhetoric", "Despite Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated, Fox News Hosts Smear Shots", "GOP and Fox News rush to turn vaccine door-knockers into terrifying straw men", "Tucker Carlson under fire for calling workplace vaccine requirement 'medical Jim Crow', "Suddenly, Conservatives Care About Vaccines", "Tucker Bizarrely Claims Military Vax Mandate Is Plot to Root Out 'Men With High Testosterone', "Sean Hannity Urges Viewers to Get COVID Vaccine: 'Enough People Have Died', "Fox News owner Fox Corp reveals that 90% of staff are fully vaccinated", "Fox News backs Covid vaccination a pity no one told Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson vows he won't read N.Y. 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[323][324], Several days after the 2019 El Paso shooting, which was committed by a man who released an anti-immigrant manifesto complaining of a "Hispanic invasion", Carlson described white supremacy as a hoax and "a conspiracy theory used to divide the country and keep a hold on power". [44][53] Carlson's father was granted custody of Tucker and his brother. Lisa McNear is best known as the mother of Tucker Carlson, an American television host and conservative political commentator who has hosted the nightly political talk [42][484] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. [195], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". [217][218][219] In 2015 he said Australian gun laws were "insane" and "childish". A system like that is the enemy of a healthy society. >> tucker: good evening. and jesse will be back tomorrow night. The episode featured Raw Egg Nationalist,[367] a pseudonymous author affiliated with Neo-Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill. The incident drew renewed scrutiny to Carlson's program, already under pressure from sponsors because of Carlson's remarks about Black Lives Matter. [358][359][360] Footage of the omitted answers, leaked to Vice News, was scrutinized in light of West's tweets shortly after the interview that he was "going death con 3" against Jewish people. Putin does hate America", urging him to "stop attacking Americans & defending Putin". Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? Richard married the wealthy heiress Patricia Swanson. [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". Both were in love with one anothers style and behavior. [96], Carlson's early evening show Tucker (originally titled The Situation With Tucker Carlson) premiered on June 13, 2005, on MSNBC. Carlson used language such as "defile", "humiliate", and "degrade" in reference to the nomination's effect on the court, likening the nomination to affirmative action and the Rwandan genocide due to Biden's public pledge to nominate a Black woman. Ask anyone at Fox." "[108] Carlson said he accepted ABC's invitation to perform because "I don't do things that I'm not good at very often. Initially, his parents met at St. Georges School. [427] Prominent defenders of Trump criticized Carlson for his skepticism, though Powell was dropped from Trump's legal team shortly afterward. "Tucker Announces New Book That Includes Section Grilling His Own Publisher", "For Fox News, Life After Bill O'Reilly Will Feature Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson: A Buckley for Our Time? [378][377] Carlson blamed China for causing the pandemic. I try never to lie on TV. He took birth in San Francisco, California, United States. Fox News host Tucker Carlson reacts to a growing movement to limit parental rights when it comes to children's 'gender identity.'. 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. McNear. "[28] From 2009 through 2015, Carlson was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. My wife said people are going to think you're hunting for a job in the Bush campaign. [385][395][396] 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. [147][148] It remained the most-watched news-related cable show as of mid-2021. [377][378] But by May 2020, Carlson began to publicly question the severity of the virus[379] and oppose social distancing measures. "[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. In February, Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with the streaming service Fox Nation. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. [301] In May 2019 he said, "The flood of illegal workers into the United States has damaged our communities, ruined our schools, burdened our healthcare system and fractured our national unity. Mother Jones further observed Carlson was the only Western media pundit the Kremlin adopted in this way. [347] The Daily Beast commented that Carlson had devoted numerous segments to criticizing Omar, and that largely due to "right-wing attacks that have then been amplified by members of Congress and the president", Omar had been receiving death threats since her election to Congress. [192][13] Separately, he criticized the party's eventual nominee, Pat Buchanan. The reporter of the Axios exclusive story, Jonathan Swan, later confirmed he had contacted Carlson seeking pre-publication comment, but said he had not told Carlson that anyone had shared the email contents with him. [332] Carlson was criticized for abbreviating a clip of Biden in 2015 describing "an unrelenting stream of immigration, nonstop" in U.S. history to remove its context. 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". [239][236] He described the business model of firms like Bain as: "Take over an existing company for a short period of time, cut costs by firing employees, run up the debt, extract the wealth and move on, sometimes leaving retirees without their earned pensions. No, no, this is a voting rights question." [35][441][442] He alleged that unindicted co-conspirators in rioters' indictments were government agents, saying, "FBI operatives were organizing the attack on the Capitol on January 6, according to government documents". [358], On August 18, 2017, during a debate about whether web hosting companies should do business with racist sites like The Daily Stormer, Carlson said "I'm not defending white supremacy. 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. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and others said that Carlson was endorsing the Great Replacement, a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims white people are being systemically replaced through declining white birth rates and high rates of immigration. [158], In interviews, Carlson said The Daily Caller would not be tied to ideology but rather "breaking stories of importance",[159] and "We're not enforcing any kind of ideological orthodoxy on anyone. [142], By October 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight averaged 5.3 million viewers, with the show's monthly average becoming the highest of any cable news program in history at that point. "[266], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. [50][51] Carlson is also a distant relative of Massachusetts politicians Ebenezer R. Hoar and George M. Brooks and is a great-great-great-grandson to Californian rancher Henry Miller. [123], On April 19, 2017, Fox News announced that Tucker Carlson Tonight would air at 8:00p.m. following the cancellation of The O'Reilly Factor. 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. [474][475] 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". 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 "[260] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. 6 killed including kids after throats were slit by strings at kite festival, BBC1's live FA Cup coverage hit by porn noises from mobile hidden by prankster, Major bar chain to close on Mondays and Tuesdays due to rocketing energy bills, Gran's tribute to girl, 4, & mum killed after being hit by racing Audi', News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Carlson said the network had changed a lot and "they didn't have a role for me". This is my 12th year at Fox News and Ive never been more grateful to be here, Carlson said of the announcement and new duties. [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". [170], Carlson authored the memoir Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, published by Warner Books in September 2003, about his television news experiences. [188] Carlson campaigned for Republicans and Republican-affiliated causes during his time as a Democrat. ", "Tucker Carlson suggests teen charged in Kenosha protester killings had to 'maintain order when no one else would', "Here's what Tucker Carlson got wrong about the Kenosha shootings", "Ron Paul Endorsed by Nevada Brothel Owner", "Tucker Carlson Joins the Cato Institute", "Tucker Carlson has sparked the most interesting debate in conservative politics", "Tucker Carlson: Mitt Romney supports the status quo. He's a good reporter, he just misunderstood about how serious that was. Greenblatt responded that Carlson's saying this made it "worse, because he's using a straw man voting rights to give an underhanded endorsement of white supremacist beliefs while ironically suggesting it's not really white supremacism". ", "Tucker Carlson's espousal of 'replacement' theory is both toxic and ahistoric", "Tucker Carlson's Xenophobia Is Horribly Effective", "Column: Long before Fox News, Carlson was a La Jollan", "Does Tucker Carlson's Family Own Swanson? "[381], In 2021, Carlson ran segments that misrepresented the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and asserted that U.S. officials were "lying" about them. Carlson said Bolton was "demented" for seeking a military strike against Iran and accused him of undermining Trump by disagreeing publicly with Trump's decisions. [128] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. [28][29], Carlson was reportedly floated as a potential candidate for the Libertarian nomination in the 2008 presidential election. I take the death penalty very seriously. Following their divorce, Richard was granted custody of Carlson and his younger brother Buckley Peck Carlson. His former time slots, 6:00p.m. and 9:00p.m., were subsequently occupied by two liberals, Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow." [13] Sources such as CNN and The Washington Post have said Carlson promotes racism,[14][301][21][302][303] a charge he denies, saying in 2018, "I'm not a racist. [141] Carlson condemned Neff's posts on the second episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight that aired after the posts were initially reported. He has been a political analyst for Fox News since 2009, appearing as guest or guest host on various programs before the launch of his current show. ", "Tucker Carlson appears to endorse Harvey Milk's murderer in college yearbook", "Tucker Carlson's College Yearbook Says He Belonged to Club for Harvey Milk's Murderer", "Former Dem-Gaz editorial writer Tucker Carlson to succeed Megyn Kelly in Fox prime time", "Why Are Writers and Editors So Obsessed With Tucker Carlson? Tucker Carlson exposes how Attorney General Merrick Garland is making his family rich by directing the DOJ to go after parents who protest school boards. He was a frequent guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld, made frequent appearances on the All-Star Panel segment of Special Report with Bret Baier, was a substitute host of Hannity in Sean Hannity's absence, and produced and hosted a special entitled Fighting for Our Children's Minds in September 2010. [145] In 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight and The Sean Hannity Show became the first cable news programs to finish a full year with viewership in excess of four million. Lombardi and Ethel Rogers Peck). [5], During remote interviews, Carlson's producers will keep his face close-up onscreen so viewers can watch him react, often in disbelief. Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the sight of kids wearing masks "repulsive" and a form of "child abuse." WebTucker Carlson has four children in total with his wife, Susan Carlson. [42][67][68] Carlson sought a role with the publication after hearing of its founding, fearing he would be "written off as a wing nut" if he instead joined The American Spectator. Carlson told Fox & Friends that the North Korean regime was "monstrous" and North Korea was a "disgusting place" but "On the other hand, you've got to be honest about what it means to lead a country. [163] The e-mails leaked by The Daily Caller, which detailed efforts to, according to Carlson, "formulate the most effective talking points in order to defeat Palin and McCain and help elect Barack Obama president",[165] also contained statements by The Washington Post's Dave Weigel "wishing for the death of Rush Limbaugh" among other controversial remarks which The Washington Post considered "untenable", leading to his resignation. In 2010, Carlson co-founded and served as the initial editor-in-chief of the right-wing news and opinion website The Daily Caller, until selling his ownership stake and leaving in 2020. [485] 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. They have three daughters, namely Hopie Carlson, Lilie Carlson, and Dorothy Carlson. He was criticized in India by figures such as the politician and historian Shashi Tharoor, who had written a book detailing atrocities by the British Raj. [5][42][54][472][473], In arguments, Carlson can quickly shift between personas as a devil's advocate and a moralizing truth teller, and simultaneously appear outraged and blas employing a "joking/not-joking loophole" that radio shock jocks have often used, according to Lili Loofbourow of Slate. [348], Carlson cast doubts on the intentions of Black Lives Matter protesters in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, saying in June 2020, "it is definitely not about black lives, and remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will". [362][bettersourceneeded], In July 2020, after Tucker Carlson Tonight writer Blake Neff resigned after he was revealed to have posted several racist blogs, Carlson condemned the blog posts on his show saying "It is wrong to attack people for qualities they cannot control. and jesse will be back tomorrow night. [62][485] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. [76][77][78], In his early television career Carlson wore bow ties, a habit from boarding school he continued on air until 2006. [171] It received favorable reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Washingtonian, who both complimented the book for its humor. [115][116][117] Wright's sermons had been a controversy in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. [272][273], As Russia threatened a military incursion into Ukraine in December 2021, Russian state television broadcast remarks Carlson had made on his program in which he asserted "NATO exists primarily to torment Vladimir Putin", that the United States fomented the 2014 overthrow of the pro-Russia Ukrainian government and that President Joe Biden sought "a hot war with Russia". "[365] He has alleged that feminists want girls to make gains at the expense of boys. [307] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. Fox News U.S. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. [62] He then went to Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, graduating in 1991 with a BA in history. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. [308] University of Michigan professor Alexandra Stern has written that Carlson propagates demographic fear. [161][42], 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. [42], Carlson had cameo appearances as himself in the Season1 episode "Hard Ball" of 30Rock and in a Season9 episode of The King of Queens. [37][15][36][38][16], Carlson was born Tucker McNear Carlson in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on May 16, 1969. [149][150][151] Through May 2022 it was a close second to The Five, while leading in the 25-54 demographic. Tucker Carlson Father People searching for Tucker Carlson s Fathers [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. He is of English, German, and one-sixth Swiss-Italian origin and is his parents oldest son. [195] Carlson told Salon in 2003 that some Washington conservatives suspected he was "secretly liberal" because he liked John McCain. [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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