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Loud Opinions, Misinformation, Public Outrage, and Monumental Success: The Tucker Carlson Story

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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0:00.0

Tucker Carlson started his career as a writer, but his true rise to fame came when he joined American television cable networks like CNN, MS NBC, and most recently Fox News.

0:11.5

His quick-witted, loud and opinionated disposition quickly won the hearts

0:16.2

of millions of viewers and he has his own show on the Fox News channel since 2016.

0:22.0

The show has become the most popular on cable and boasts over 3 million

0:25.7

concurrent viewers. Despite his outrageously high ratings on the Fox News channel,

0:30.3

Tucker Carlson has been no stranger to public outrage throughout the years

0:34.1

resulting in a loss of advertisers on multiple occasions and calls for him to be

0:38.5

fired. His comments on immigration, white supremacy, COVID-19, and beyond have sparked outrage on both

0:44.9

sides of politics and he shows no signs of slowing down.

0:48.1

Hello and welcome to another episode of the corporate casket. I'm the

0:54.6

aluminati and today we will be talking about Tucker Carlson. He has not

0:59.4

always been the massively successful cable television host that he is today and his rise to fame has been

1:04.9

one full of controversial opinions and public outrage. As always we're going to start today's

1:10.0

episode with a little bit of background, so let's get into it.

1:16.1

Tucker McNair Swanson Carlson was born in 1969.

1:19.8

His parents were media executive Richard Dick Carlson and Lisa McNear Carlson.

1:25.2

When Tucker was six years old, his mother left the family and never returned.

1:29.1

Her sons never saw her again after she settled down in France and died a few years later.

1:33.6

Tucker says his parent separation was a quote totally bizarre situation which I

1:38.2

never talk about because it was actually not really a part of my life

1:42.1

end quote. In 1976 Dick Carl actually not really a part of my life."

1:42.6

In 1976 Dick Carlson faced controversy after publicly outing tennis player Renee Richards

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