Tucker Carlson Biography
Tucker Carlson is an American television broadcaster and conservative political pundit who has presented Tucker Carlson Tonight, a nightly political talk show on Fox News, since 2016.
Tucker Carlson Age
Carlson is 52 years old as of 2021. He was born Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson on 16 May 1969 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Tucker Carlson Family
Carlson is the older son of Lisa McNear, a San Francisco-born artist, and Dick Carlson, a former “gonzo reporter” who went on to become the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the United States ambassador to Seychelles. Buckley Peck Carlson, subsequently Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson, Carlson’s younger brother, is roughly two years Carlson’s junior and has worked as a communications manager and Republican political operative.
Carlson was adopted when he was two years old by a Massachusetts couple and grew up in San Diego’s La Jolla district. Carlson is a distant descendant of Massachusetts lawmakers Ebenezer R. Hoar and George M. Brooks, as well as California rancher Henry Miller. His maternal great-great-grandfather Cesar Lombardi moved to New York from Switzerland in 1860. Carlson’s parents split in 1976, and after the marriage reportedly “went sour,” his father was granted custody of Tucker and his brother. In the 1984 mayoral election, his father ran against incumbent Mayor Roger Hedgecock but lost. He met his future wife Susan Andrews at St. George’s School, a boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island. Carlson earned a BA in history from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1991.
Tucker Carlson Wife
Carlson is married to Susan Thomson Carlson (née Andrews). They first met at St. George’s School, where she was the headmaster’s daughter, and married in the school chapel on August 10, 1991. They are the parents of four children. Carlson is an Episcopalian who “loves the ritual, while he abhors the leftists who control the denomination,” according to The New Yorker.
Tucker Carlson Rhetorical style
Carlson, a conservative Fox News personality, has been dubbed “one of the world’s great contrarians,” having a knack for seeming rebellious even when his ideas are popular or advantageous. Carlson may easily switch between devil’s advocate and moralizing truth teller in debates, appearing furious and blasé at the same time. His signature scowl allows viewers to “feel his disgust” for opposing viewpoints, hinting at a “scathing retort” to his critics. Carlson stated in September 2020 that, unlike TV newscasters who he claims lie on a regular basis, he will only lie if he is “really cornered or something,” adding, “I lie.” I make every effort to avoid that. I try not to lie in front of the television.
Tucker Carlson Salary
Carlson earns an annual salary of $6 Million.
Tucker Carlson Net Worth
Carlson has an estimated net worth of $30 Million.
Tucker Carlson Alleged surveillance
After documents containing embarrassing information on Joe Biden’s son were displaced by the United Parcel Service and then promptly located, Tucker Carlson stated on his show in October 2020 that someone was monitoring his text conversations. The Daily Mail revealed emails from Hunter’s laptop in November 2021, which appear to show a friendship between him and Carlson. In August 2021, the National Security Agency’s inspector general’s office said that it was looking into claims by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson that the NSA had unmasked his identity. Carlson had been in contact with US-based Kremlin agents to organize an interview with Vladimir Putin, according to Axios on July 7.
Carlson was not informed that the contents of the email had been shared with him, according to the reporter who broke the story. Carlson’s identity was discovered after he was mentioned by other parties under monitoring, according to cybersecurity news website The Record on July 23.
Tucker Carlson COVID-19
In the early months of 2020, Carlson aired pieces warning about COVID-19, which apparently pushed then-President Trump to take the virus more seriously. Carlson began to doubt the virus’s lethality and oppose social separation measures by May 2020. He routinely aired episodes in 2021 questioning the safety of masks and vaccines. Tucker Carlson broadcast episodes in 2021 in which he exaggerated the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and claimed that US officials were “lying” about them. Carlson compared door-to-door vaccines to Jim Crow-style passport requirements, calling them “the worst scandal of my lifetime.”
People who wear masks outside are termed “zealots and neurotics” by Carlson, who also claims that children wearing masks is child abuse. Carlson backed the Canada caravan protesting COVID-19 limitations in 2022. It was “the most effective human rights protest in a generation,” he said.
Tucker Carlson aftermath of 2020 election
Despite the state’s election results being certified via both manual and machine recounts, Carlson indicated in July 2021 that “there actually was serious voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia.” Carlson’s conclusion was not supported by any of the information presented by PolitiFact.
Other anchors include Forrest Sawyer, Joan Lunden, Jim Avila, Joan Lunden, Cecily Tynan, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee, David Muir, Amy Robach, Kendis Gibson, Diane Macedo, Rob Nelson, Paula Faris, and Reena Ninan.
