Tucker Carlson has become the face of his own media brand, the Tucker Carlson Network. Photo: Reuters
Tucker Carlson has become one of America's most controversial media personalities.
Best known for his work on Fox News, the 54-year-old host rose to fame in the 2010s as host of Tucker Carlson Tonight, the controversial news program, which was one of the network's most popular programs.
Carlson attracted record viewership on Fox News, became a key figure in Republican politics and frequently interviewed Donald Trump. He has also been widely criticized for spreading misinformation on his programs.
He has unleashed a firestorm of conspiracy theories, including the idea of a «great replacement» for white Americans, and has rushed to spread Trump's baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
His show contained extensive discussion of the pandemic, including claims that were called misleading, and focused on immigration as a major topic of conversation.
Carlson was later removed from office following a defamation case in which Dominion Voting Systems accused Fox News of spreading false claims after the election.
Tucker Carlson frequently interviewed Donald Trump Photo: Seth Wenig/AP
The host said he doesn't know why he was fired from the network, but said he's not «angry» about it. Other news outlets reported that his contract was terminated after he was found to have made unflattering comments about Fox News executives.
After his public hiatus, Carlson became the face of his own alternative media brand, Tucker. Carlson Network, which streams on its own website and streams content on X.
The platform has published interviews with major figures on the American right, including Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy and Javier Miley, the new president of Argentina.
< p>Fox News has launched a legal battle to end his show, claiming they are violating the terms of their contract.
The son of Voice of America journalist Dick Carlson, Tucker Carlson began his career in local and national newspapers and magazines , and then moved to CNN as a commentator in 2000.< /p>
In 2003, he interviewed Britney Spears, prompting the pop star's response about the Iraq War: «We should just trust our president in every decision.» which he accepts.”
After working for the American networks PBS and MSNBC, he took part in the series “Dancing with the Stars”, and then took a job at Fox News in 2009.
Tucker Carlson in the Fox News studio in 2017 Photo: AP
Tucker Carlson Tonight, one of the channel's show hosts, debuted in 2016.
Carlson has been throughout his career criticized the mainstream media, often accusing them of deliberately hiding facts in order to present readers and viewers with a partial view of events.
In a video to launch his new channel in May 2023, he said: “Actually at a basic level, the news you consume is a lie, the most hidden and insidious lie.
“The facts, as well as the proportions and perspectives, have been hidden deliberately. You are being manipulated.”
His net worth is estimated at $370 million and he owns real estate in Florida. In 1991, he married his high school sweetheart, Susan Andrews. The couple has four children.
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