After being a major voice of American conservatives on television for over a decade, Tucker Carlson has been let go by Fox News, days after the outlet paid a huge settlement to end a defamation case.
Blue eyes locked on viewers for an hour, five nights a week, Mr Carlson discussed current events on a show billed as "the sworn enemy of lying," and which promised to "ask the questions that you would ask, and demand answers."
He also faced fierce criticism for downplaying the severity of the 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol by Trump supporters, misrepresenting the riot as a peaceful protest. A billboard put up by progressive activist group MoveOn that read “I Hate [Trump] Passionately - Tucker Carlson” is seen on 3 April 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida.He embraced a far-right notion that Democratic politicians and other elites were trying to replace whites through immigration, during more than 400 episodes of his show, according to a tally by The New York Times.
It is a lesson learned from what he has called his "weird childhood", marked by the departure of his artist mother when he was only six years old. She moved to France and never saw her children again. Mr Carlson was raised by his journalist father and followed in his footsteps after trying unsuccessfully to join the CIA.
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