Tucker Carlson has always been the absolute worst. Back in the day, he used to be the conservative foil on CNN, until CNN canceled his show. Carlson easily found a home on Fox News and other conservative media outlets, where he leaned into all of his worst political inclinations. Carlson is actually pretty typical of the Fox News talking head, in my opinion – he’s like Laura Ingraham with a bow tie, or a fratty ‘80s villain version of Bill O’Reilly. Well, Media Matters compiled a “greatest hits” of Tucker Carlson calling in to speak with Bubba the Love Sponge’s radio show, and the whole thing is just vulgar and misogynistic and rape-normalizing and abhorrent as you would think. NSFW for language and misogyny.
I honestly could only listen to it for about 90 seconds before I was completely done. Media Matters did a good thing by highlighting his casual and disgusting misogyny, even if most of us been knew this whole time. Carlson issued a statement about the video (and I just like how NY Mag frames this):
Carlson says: “Media Matters caught me saying something naughty on a radio show more than a decade ago. Rather than express the usual ritual contrition, how about this: I’m on television every weeknight live for an hour. If you want to know what I think, you can watch. Anyone who disagrees with my views is welcome to come on and explain why.”
The non-apology suggests Carlson might not face much blowback at Fox News, the network that reportedly harbored sexual harassment for years under the dominion of the late Roger Ailes. If Carlson wants his audience to know what he thinks today, here are some of his opinions on women that he’s shared on-air the last few years: In 2017, Carlson said “sexual harassment is a concept made up by Democrats.” Last year, Carlson said that rape survivors who don’t immediately come forward are “part of the problem.” In January, he claimed women earning higher salaries are responsible for “men in decline.” And for International Women’s Month, Carlson counter-programmed his show with a charming series called “Men in America.”
After hearing 90 seconds of Tucker falling all over himself to insult rape victims and victims of human trafficking, I think I can safely say that at some point in the near future, we’re definitely going to hear about all of the women Tucker Carlson has murdered and buried in his backyard. His hatred of women is pathological and it belies a deeper abnormal mind.
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