Tucker Carlson

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A big fan of Jair Bolsonaro, whose ecocide in the Amazon Rainforest[1] made way for beef cattle ranching through Indigenous dispossession, Tucker Carlson met with the former Brazilian President for this questionable photoshoot.

Background

Tucker Carlson is the great-great-great-grandson of Henry Miller, the "Cattle King of California."[2]

During radio appearances over the last decade, Carlson has boasted about the wealth he amassed as a trust-fund kid. When asked in 2008 how he pays his bills, Carlson replied that he’s “extraordinarily loaded” just from “inheritance from my number of trust funds.”[3]

News Career

CNN

Fox News

Carlson has worked for Fox News since 2009, first as an analyst and then as a host of the weekend show “Fox & Friends.” In 2016, he got his own weeknight show on the cable network, where he reportedly rakes in millions of dollars a year.[4]

Rupert Murdoch

“I’M 100 PERCENT HIS BITCH” - Tucker Carlson[5]

Climate Denial

Recent segments on Fox News include:

  • March 23, 2023: "What is the science behind this?"[6]
  • February 10, 2023: "The Climate Cult has Grown Stronger"[7]

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