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Tucker Carlson is a prominent conservative political commentator who hosted a popular show on Fox News. He has been described as the ‘most influential voice in right-wing media’ and a leading proponent of Trumpism. Carlson has stirred controversy with his views on race, immigration, and other topics, and has recently been fired by Fox News amid a lawsuit settlement.
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About the Tucker Carlson
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlsonis an American conservative political commentator and writer who hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023. Since his contract with Fox News was terminated, he has hosted Tucker on X. An advocate of the former U.S. president Donald Trump, Carlson has been described as “perhaps the highest-profile proponent of Trumpism”, “the most influential voice in right-wing media, without a close second,” and a leading voice of white grievance politics.
Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and a co-host of Crossfire, the network’s prime-time news debate program, from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he hosted the nightly program Tucker on MSNBC. In 2009, he became a political analyst for Fox News, appearing on various programs before launching his own show. 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. He has written three books: Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites (2003), Ship of Fools (2018), and The Long Slide (2021).
Carlson is known for circulating far-right ideas into mainstream politics and discourse. He has promoted conspiracy theories on topics such as demographic replacement, COVID-19, the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and Ukrainian bioweapons; and has been noted for false and misleading statements about these and other topics. Carlson’s remarks on race, immigration, and women – including slurs he said on air between 2006 and 2011 – have been described by some as racist and sexist, and provoked advertiser boycotts of Tucker Carlson Tonight.
In April 2023, Fox News dismissed Carlson and canceled his show without any explanation. It was Lachlan Murdoch who made the decision to fire him. Tucker Carlson Tonight had at that point been one of the most-watched cable news shows in the country. Carlson was among the hosts named in the Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company’s voting machines that Fox News settled for $787.5 million and required Fox News to acknowledge that the broadcast statements were false.
Carlson is a critic of immigration. Formerly an economic libertarian, he now supports protectionism. In 2004, he renounced his initial support for the Iraq War, and has since been skeptical of U.S. foreign interventions. He was said to have influenced some of Trump’s decisions as president, including the cancellation of a military strike against Iran in 2019, the dismissal of John Bolton as National Security Advisor the same year, and the commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence in 2020, and would criticize Trump when he believed he was straying from “Trumpism”. Carlson has often defended the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin. In February 2024, he became the first Western journalist to interview Putin since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Tucker Carlson is an American conservative political commentator and writer who hosted the nightly political talk show ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ on Fox News from 2016 to 2023.
In April 2023, Fox News dismissed Tucker Carlson and canceled his show ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ without any explanation. The decision was made by Lachlan Murdoch.
Carlson has been described as a leading voice of white grievance politics, known for circulating far-right ideas into mainstream politics and discourse. His remarks on race, immigration, and women have been criticized as racist and sexist.
Tucker Carlson was named in the Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company’s voting machines. Fox News settled the lawsuit for $787.5 million and acknowledged the statements were false.
Carlson is a critic of immigration and has shifted from being an economic libertarian to supporting protectionism. He has also been skeptical of U.S. foreign interventions and has defended the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Tucker Carlson began his media career in the 1990s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and hosted a program on MSNBC from 2005 to 2008 before joining Fox News in 2009.
Tucker Carlson has written three books: ‘Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites’ (2003), ‘Ship of Fools’ (2018), and ‘The Long Slide’ (2021).
28 Quotes by Tucker Carlson
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Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I am really only interested in new information, not freelance opinion. I don’t really care what you think off the top of your head.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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Who laughs less than feminists?
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I have never been one to look beyond today.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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It is increasingly important to be open-minded.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I am not insecure about being a journalist.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I try to tell the truth.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn’t be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year’s resolution is not to bark back.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I don’t care what anybody thinks.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don’t call you back, parts of the story you can’t get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter’s kindergarten class.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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If it was up to the U.N., Saddam Hussein would still be killing his own people.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn’t seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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In the absence of evidence, superstition. It’s a Middle Ages thing. That’s my theory anyway.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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Canadians are so easily wounded.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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Living in Washington, you can’t take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don’t believe because they get paid to.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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I can’t wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He’s a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would produce it.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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It’s hard to be ambitious if you’re content, isn’t it?
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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To politicize a man’s tragic death is about as low as you can go, isn’t it?
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration’s foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in the end, not all that sensational.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)
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The one thing I’m convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It’s clearly something he enjoys personally.
Tucker CarlsonAmerican political commentator (born 1969)