Tucker Carlson Says Racism ‘Is Not a Crime’ in New Biography: ‘If I Was Racist, I Would Just Say So’
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson denies being racist in his new biography, “Tucker,” after being accused of pushing racist rhetoric live on air and in private.
According to excerpts of the new biography, obtained by The Guardian, Carlson told biographer Chadwick Moore that he is not racist — and if he was, “he would just say so.”
“Being racist is not a crime,” he said. “Maybe [it is] a moral crime, but not a statutory crime.”
Moore’s biography, titled “Tucker,” will be released in the U.S. on Aug. 1. Carlson was interviewed extensively, and Moore was given “unprecedented access to Carlson’s professional and personal life,” according to the publisher, All Seasons Press.
According to The Guardian, these comments from Carlson come from a section of the book that focuses on the ex-Fox host’s belief that the network twisted his departure narrative against him.
In May, the New York Times...
According to excerpts of the new biography, obtained by The Guardian, Carlson told biographer Chadwick Moore that he is not racist — and if he was, “he would just say so.”
“Being racist is not a crime,” he said. “Maybe [it is] a moral crime, but not a statutory crime.”
Moore’s biography, titled “Tucker,” will be released in the U.S. on Aug. 1. Carlson was interviewed extensively, and Moore was given “unprecedented access to Carlson’s professional and personal life,” according to the publisher, All Seasons Press.
According to The Guardian, these comments from Carlson come from a section of the book that focuses on the ex-Fox host’s belief that the network twisted his departure narrative against him.
In May, the New York Times...
- 7/27/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson, who was fired from Fox News in April, told his biographer Chadwick Moore that the reason for his departure was the network’s landmark settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
The former Fox News host said in Moore’s “Tucker,” a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian, that his ouster was a specific condition of the $787.5 million defamation settlement, a claim both Dominion and Fox News have denied on multiple occasions.
“They agreed to take me off the air,” Carlson said in the book, due on U.S. shelves Aug. 1, “as a condition of the Dominion settlement.”
The former Fox News anchor continued, saying, “They had to settle this; Rupert [Murdoch] couldn’t testify. I think that deal was made minutes before the trial started.”
“I mean, I know it was,” Carlson concluded.
According to All Seasons Press, the book’s publisher, Moore was “granted unprecedented access to...
The former Fox News host said in Moore’s “Tucker,” a copy of which was obtained by The Guardian, that his ouster was a specific condition of the $787.5 million defamation settlement, a claim both Dominion and Fox News have denied on multiple occasions.
“They agreed to take me off the air,” Carlson said in the book, due on U.S. shelves Aug. 1, “as a condition of the Dominion settlement.”
The former Fox News anchor continued, saying, “They had to settle this; Rupert [Murdoch] couldn’t testify. I think that deal was made minutes before the trial started.”
“I mean, I know it was,” Carlson concluded.
According to All Seasons Press, the book’s publisher, Moore was “granted unprecedented access to...
- 7/26/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
A guest on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Tuesday offered a unique explanation of the ongoing saga surrounding Jussie Smollett, tying the “Empire” star to communists, the Black Panthers and California Senator Kamala Harris, plus billionaire financier George Soros and even the Obamas.
“Not only did Smollett grow up in a communist household with ties to the Black Panthers, but he also works with Kamala Harris … one of the first Democrats to jump on this hoax — this obvious hoax — to use it to advance her own political agenda,” right wing journalist Chadwick Moore said.
“And then also on the other side of the political spectrum, you have [Cook County State’s Attorney] Kim Foxx … Kamala Harris was her mentor. Kim Foxx’s campaign was funded by George Soros — we know this now — and all it takes was a phone call from the Obamas to drop this prosecution,” he continued.
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“Not only did Smollett grow up in a communist household with ties to the Black Panthers, but he also works with Kamala Harris … one of the first Democrats to jump on this hoax — this obvious hoax — to use it to advance her own political agenda,” right wing journalist Chadwick Moore said.
“And then also on the other side of the political spectrum, you have [Cook County State’s Attorney] Kim Foxx … Kamala Harris was her mentor. Kim Foxx’s campaign was funded by George Soros — we know this now — and all it takes was a phone call from the Obamas to drop this prosecution,” he continued.
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- 3/27/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson is facing heat from GLAAD after the Fox News host dedicated a segment of his show Monday evening to attacking Pulse nightclub survivor, Brandon Wolf.
The gay rights organization said the Fox News host’s segment on Wolf led to “death threats” against the survivor.
“Last night Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson laughed and smiled during a discussion about the Pulse nightclub shooter and in doing so, unleashed a fury of online hate against Brandon Wolf,” the organization said in a blog post Tuesday. “Within minutes of Carlson’s on-air attack, Brandon’s social feeds were populated with Carlson viewers who wished violence and harm on Brandon.”
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“Now he is receiving death threats from Fox News Channel viewers and others on social media,” they added.
Wolf earned Carlson’s ire for an appearance he made on the Saturday morning episode of the MSNBC program “Am Joy.” The segment focused on old blog posts in which host Joy Reid made the number of disparaging comments towards Lgbt individuals.
In the segment — designed ostensibly around the premise of exonerating Reid of responsibility for her past statements — Wolf used a bit of Mike Pence “whataboutism” to put Reid’s comments in context. On set, Wolf said “homophobic psychopaths” were running the country and suggested that if Mike Pence ever became president of the United States he would put gay people in “concentration camps.”
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The harsh critique — which raised eyebrows in conservative media — went uncorrected and unchallenged by Reid on set.
On his program, Carlson, and noted Lgbt troll Chadwick Moore, gleefully filled that void.
‘It’s almost become a kind of a depraved fantasy on their part. They actually believe this could happen, that Mike Pence wants to do this,” said Moore. “I feel very bad for Mike Pence. He handles these attacks with such grace and such decorum. I really don’t think that there’s anything homophobic about Mike Pence.”
“Pulse nightclub was not attacked by the radical Amish,” Moore continued, as Carlson grinned. “The person who attacked Pulse nightclub did not pledge his allegiance to the Episcopalian caliphate.”
In statement provided to us after publication, Carlson defended the segment and offered a swipe at TheWrap.
“Brandon Wolf told MSNBC viewers that if Mike Pence became president, he would put gay people in concentration camps. That is false, and I said so,” he said. “TheWrap’s headline is dishonest. I didn’t ‘attack a survivor of the Pulse nightclub massacre.’ I fact-checked a talking head on Joy Reid’s show who was lying. That’s still allowed, I think.”
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The gay rights organization said the Fox News host’s segment on Wolf led to “death threats” against the survivor.
“Last night Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson laughed and smiled during a discussion about the Pulse nightclub shooter and in doing so, unleashed a fury of online hate against Brandon Wolf,” the organization said in a blog post Tuesday. “Within minutes of Carlson’s on-air attack, Brandon’s social feeds were populated with Carlson viewers who wished violence and harm on Brandon.”
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“Now he is receiving death threats from Fox News Channel viewers and others on social media,” they added.
Wolf earned Carlson’s ire for an appearance he made on the Saturday morning episode of the MSNBC program “Am Joy.” The segment focused on old blog posts in which host Joy Reid made the number of disparaging comments towards Lgbt individuals.
In the segment — designed ostensibly around the premise of exonerating Reid of responsibility for her past statements — Wolf used a bit of Mike Pence “whataboutism” to put Reid’s comments in context. On set, Wolf said “homophobic psychopaths” were running the country and suggested that if Mike Pence ever became president of the United States he would put gay people in “concentration camps.”
Also Read: Tucker Carlson Says Joy Reid Is Lying: 'You'd Have to Be a Moron' to Believe She Was Hacked'
The harsh critique — which raised eyebrows in conservative media — went uncorrected and unchallenged by Reid on set.
On his program, Carlson, and noted Lgbt troll Chadwick Moore, gleefully filled that void.
‘It’s almost become a kind of a depraved fantasy on their part. They actually believe this could happen, that Mike Pence wants to do this,” said Moore. “I feel very bad for Mike Pence. He handles these attacks with such grace and such decorum. I really don’t think that there’s anything homophobic about Mike Pence.”
“Pulse nightclub was not attacked by the radical Amish,” Moore continued, as Carlson grinned. “The person who attacked Pulse nightclub did not pledge his allegiance to the Episcopalian caliphate.”
In statement provided to us after publication, Carlson defended the segment and offered a swipe at TheWrap.
“Brandon Wolf told MSNBC viewers that if Mike Pence became president, he would put gay people in concentration camps. That is false, and I said so,” he said. “TheWrap’s headline is dishonest. I didn’t ‘attack a survivor of the Pulse nightclub massacre.’ I fact-checked a talking head on Joy Reid’s show who was lying. That’s still allowed, I think.”
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- 5/1/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
What happens when Milo Yiannopoulos accidentally stumbles into a bar full of Democratic Socialists? The question, which almost sounds like the setup to a joke, actually played out in real life in a bar in New York City on Sunday.
The conservative provocateur was sent packing from the unnamed Big Apple bar amid chants of “Nazi scum get out.” Video showing Yiannopoulos and his associate Chadwick Moore fleeing the scene circulated on Twitter Sunday evening.
When Milo shows up to the bar after the @nycDSA Clc meeting pic.twitter.com/37VpC1sPlj
— Annie Shields (@anastasiakeeley) April 22, 2018
Among the crowd of protesters who seemed to join in the chant were several journalists from left-leaning outlets like The Nation and Gizmodo.
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“Me and Milo’s gay lunch in Manhattan was disrupted when a hoard of chanting, screaming leftists wouldn’t let us go back to our table to eat. They blocked us then pushed Milo and it was getting violent. We had no back up on hand and so peacefully left. The staff seemed embarrassed,” said Moore in a tweet.
Me and Milo’s gay lunch in Manhattan was disrupted when a hoard of chanting, screaming leftists wouldn’t let us go back to our table to eat. They blocked us then pushed Milo and it was getting violent. We had no back up on hand and so peacefully left. The staff seemed embarrassed
— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) April 22, 2018
Milo did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap, but offered his side of the conflict on Facebook.
“I was just shoved and screamed at by a big group in a pub in Manhattan and forced out of the place. One of them was a reporter for Gizmodo. They were screaming at the top of their lungs about “Nazis” and “Kkk”. Initially I was going to stay put obviously but they blocked me from my table and my bag and yelled at me to leave and it was about to escalate into something ugly,” he said.
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“It rattled me a little bit (just slightly!), perhaps because I have something to lose in life now. My first thought was John and not getting myself hurt or killed. I don’t know how I’d explain to my black husband that I got hurt for being a “white supremacist”. I didn’t have security with me so I had to just get out of there.”
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The conservative provocateur was sent packing from the unnamed Big Apple bar amid chants of “Nazi scum get out.” Video showing Yiannopoulos and his associate Chadwick Moore fleeing the scene circulated on Twitter Sunday evening.
When Milo shows up to the bar after the @nycDSA Clc meeting pic.twitter.com/37VpC1sPlj
— Annie Shields (@anastasiakeeley) April 22, 2018
Among the crowd of protesters who seemed to join in the chant were several journalists from left-leaning outlets like The Nation and Gizmodo.
Also Read: Black Panther Is So Good Even Milo Yiannopoulos' Website Loves It
“Me and Milo’s gay lunch in Manhattan was disrupted when a hoard of chanting, screaming leftists wouldn’t let us go back to our table to eat. They blocked us then pushed Milo and it was getting violent. We had no back up on hand and so peacefully left. The staff seemed embarrassed,” said Moore in a tweet.
Me and Milo’s gay lunch in Manhattan was disrupted when a hoard of chanting, screaming leftists wouldn’t let us go back to our table to eat. They blocked us then pushed Milo and it was getting violent. We had no back up on hand and so peacefully left. The staff seemed embarrassed
— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) April 22, 2018
Milo did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap, but offered his side of the conflict on Facebook.
“I was just shoved and screamed at by a big group in a pub in Manhattan and forced out of the place. One of them was a reporter for Gizmodo. They were screaming at the top of their lungs about “Nazis” and “Kkk”. Initially I was going to stay put obviously but they blocked me from my table and my bag and yelled at me to leave and it was about to escalate into something ugly,” he said.
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“It rattled me a little bit (just slightly!), perhaps because I have something to lose in life now. My first thought was John and not getting myself hurt or killed. I don’t know how I’d explain to my black husband that I got hurt for being a “white supremacist”. I didn’t have security with me so I had to just get out of there.”
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- 4/23/2018
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