We knew that Fox News talking head Tucker Carlson was one of the worst human beings this world has to offer. But a bombshell new, multi-part investigative report from the New York Times has just blown the lid off the Conservative television personality and exposed just how bad he truly is. And believe me, itโs even worse than you think, as the thundering report labels Tucker Carlsonโs Fox show โthe most racist show in the history of cable news.โ
Times reporter Nick Confessore produced the detrimental piece that was published by the popular publication over the weekend, bearing the brutal headline: โHow Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable.โ
Confessore, who serves as both a Times reporter and a contributor on MSNBC, detailed one particular meeting between Carlson and Fox tycoon Rupert Murdoch, regarding the brutal controversy Carlson was swimming in over his remark that undocumented immigrants are making America โpoorer and dirtier and more divided.โ
Confessore reports that Murdoch didnโt exactly discourage Carlsonโs disgusting rhetoric, and soon the ultra Right-wing network began to see its ratings flourish as Tuckerโs show doubled down on similar themes. The Timesโ investigative report reads:
When โTucker Carlson Tonightโ aired, Mr. Carlson doubled down, playing video of his earlier comments and citing a report from an Arizona government agency that said each illegal border crossing left up to eight pounds of litter in the desert. Afterward, on the way to the Christmas party, Mr. Carlson spoke directly with Mr. Murdoch, who praised his counterattack, according to a former Fox employee told of the exchange.
โWeโre good,โ Mr. Carlson said, grinning triumphantly, as he walked into the restaurant.
In the years since, Mr. Carlson has constructed what may be the most racist show in the history of cable news โ and also, by some measures, the most successful. Though he frequently declares himself an enemy of prejudice โ โWe donโt judge them by group, and we donโt judge them on their race,โ Mr. Carlson explained to an interviewer a few weeks before accusing impoverished immigrants of making America dirty โ his show teaches loathing and fear. Night after night, hour by hour, Mr. Carlson warns his viewers that they inhabit a civilization under siege โ by violent Black Lives Matter protesters in American cities, by diseased migrants from south of the border, by refugees importing alien cultures, and by tech companies and cultural elites who will silence them, or label them racist, if they complain. When refugees from Africa, numbering in the hundreds, began crossing into Texas from Mexico during the Trump administration, he warned that the continentโs high birthrates meant the new arrivals might soon โoverwhelm our country and change it completely and forever.โ Amid nationwide outrage over George Floydโs murder by a Minneapolis police officer, Mr. Carlson dismissed those protesting the killing as โcriminal mobs.โ Companies like Angieโs List and Papa Johnโs dropped their ads. The following month, โTucker Carlson Tonightโ became the highest-rated cable news show in history.โ
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Mediaite obtained a statement from Tucker Carlson Tonight senior executive producer Justin Wells on the heels of the bombshell Times report, reading, โTucker Carlson programming embraces diversity of thought and presents various points of view in an industry where contrarian thought and the search for truth are often ignored. Stories in Tucker Carlson Tonight broadcasts and Tucker Carlson Originals documentaries undergo a rigorous editorial process. Weโre also proud of our ongoing original reporting at a time when most in the media amplify only one point of view.โ
You can read Confessoreโs full, damning investigative report from the New York Times here.
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