Tucker Carlson 
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SOURCE: CNN
4/25/2023
With Tucker, Fox Painted Itself Into a Corner
by Nicole Hemmer
Carlson was the key figure that allowed Fox News to avoid being eclipsed by MAGA and the ability of Donald Trump to command media attention without the network's help. Now the network must reckon with the costs – in legal settlements and journalistic legitimacy—of letting Carlson run the show.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
4/26/2023
Tucker Carlson Embodies the GOP's Cynicism
by Tom Nichols
"If you were trying to undermine a nation and dissolve its hopes for the future, you could hardly design a better vehicle than Tucker Carlson Tonight."
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
4/24/2023
Does Tucker's Path Lead to (Alex) Jonestown?
Like Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson's success hinged on smuggling far-right conspiratorial views into the mainstream through incredulity and absurdity to encourage viewers to accept an alternate, grievance-driven reality.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
3/16/2023
Like the Klan, January 6 Deniers Will Lose
by Adam Serwer
During Reconstruction, the rapid growth of partisan media outlets made it impossible to tell whether stories of Klan atrocities were true or "fake news." Elaine Frantz Parsons explains how the reality of the Klan became established.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/8/2023
Fox News Texts Show Long History of Ideological Media
The revelation that Fox hosts promoted what they knew were lies about the 2020 election reflects what Nicole Hemmer calls a 70-year effort by the right to sow distrust in mainstream media.
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
5/20/2022
Is the Left Involved in its Own "Great Replacement"?
by Cathy Young
No – while the Democrats have been publicly (and perhaps unjustifiably) confident that demographic change favors their electoral interests, the right is bringing a racist conspiracy theory from the fringes to the mainstream.
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
4/20/2022
Tucker Carlson Heralds Yet Another "Crisis of Masculinity"
by Mona Charen
Tucker Carlson's recent examination of testicular tanning as a boost to manliness shows the need for societies to support pathways to male expression that don't lead to violence or painful sunburns.
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SOURCE: Know Your Enemy Podcast
10/25/2021
John Ganz and Lauren Stokes on the American Right's Hungary Hearts
Historian Lauren Stokes helps to explain the American right's embrace of Viktor Orban and the right-wing regime in Hungary.
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SOURCE: CNN
8/5/2021
Why Tucker Carlson went to Hungary
by Nicole Hemmer
Tucker Carlson's PR visit to Orban's Hungary echoes the tribute paid by leaders of the American right to racist regimes in Rhodesia and South Africa in the 1970s, and reflect the ongoing fantasy of the right to rule free of constraints of law and democratic norms.
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SOURCE: Heather Cox Richardson
8/2/2021
Letters from an American: The Rising Appeal of Hungary on the US Right
by Heather Cox Richardson
Tucker Carlson's fawning visit to Viktor Orban's Hungary, at a time when the right is mobilizing to subvert future American elections, is an ominous signal of the growing contempt for democracy on the right.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
7/14/2021
How Tucker Carlson Became the Voice of White Grievance
"What emerges is a portrait of an ambitious television personality who came of age in privilege — having grown up in an upper-class enclave and attended private schools — but who, by his own telling, is a victim."
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
5/17/2021
Tucker Carlson’s Cries about Immigrants
by Zachary M. Schrag
Before Tucker Carlson, Samuel Morse was the nation's leading anti-immigrant troll. And, like Carlson, he attributed evils to Catholic immigrant voters that simply reflected the day's political culture, shared by native-born and immigrant Americans.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
4/20/2021
The Derek Chauvin Verdict Won’t Stop Cops Murdering Black People. We Still Aren’t Safe
by Kellie Carter Jackson
Historical reflection shows that Derek Chauvin's killing of George Floyd was not an anomaly. His conviction won't purge policing of racial bias.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
11/12/2020
Me, Tucker Carlson and the Danger to Democracy Posed by False Allegations
by Danielle Allen
A Harvard political theorist takes the Fox News host to task for allowing his conservative guest to make inflammatory and unfounded statements about her in-class speech, which led to her receiving death threats.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
2/21/19
Tucker Carlson Attacks Dutch Historian and Defends His Words on Show
Fox News host Tucker Carlson responded Wednesday to a now-viral video of an unaired interview in which he swore at a guest, calling him a “moron” and a “tiny brain."
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1-31-18
Are Puerto Ricans White?
by Jonathan Harrison
That’s what Tucker Carlson claimed when defending Trump from charges he neglected the island because he’s racist. Here’s the backstory.
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