On Monday, June 28th, Fox host Tucker Carlson dropped a bomb mid-show, announcing he’d been approached by a “whistleblower” who told him he was being spied on by the NSA.
“The National Security Agency is monitoring our electronic communications,” he said, “and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air.”
The reaction was swift, mocking, and ferocious. “Carlson is sounding more and more like
InfoWars host and notorious conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones,” chirped CNN media analyst Brian Stelter.
Vox ripped Carlson as a “serial fabulist” whose claims were “evidence-free.”
The Washington Post quipped that “in a testament to just how far the credibility of
A recent survey by
Punchbowl News and Locust Street Group found that 87 percent of GOP congressional aides considered Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson to be the most influential Republican voice outside of lawmakers and former presidents or vice presidents. The survey highlights the conservative star s meteoric rise in both right-wing media and Republican politics: The GOP has hitched its policy wagon to
Tucker Carlson Tonight at the same time that Fox has gone all-in on branding Carlson as the face of the network. And the result is waves of culture war political posturing by Republicans that is informing everything from their tweets to legislation.
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Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who is expected to enter the Republican race for governor, promised an announcement next week during a Wednesday appearance on Fox News. I have an important announcement for Michigan s future, and I promise you I m going to do it on your show next week, Craig told Tucker Carlson, whose show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, airs weeknights. Craig did not specify which night next week he planned to make an announcement.
Craig announced his June 1 retirement from Detroit police in May and said that he is a Republican. Before returning to Detroit, he worked in policing in Los Angeles and as chief in Portland, Maine, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
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