Tucker Carlson has a grand plan
And I don't think we're going to like it very much
By HEATHER DIGBY PARTON

Last week the highest-rated show on cable news was Fox News' show "The Five," a gossipy round table of smart-alec right-wingers led by the network's recently promoted to primetime pundit Jesse Watters, best known as Bill O'Reilly sidekick who stalked people on the streets and harassed them for profit. But last week was unusual. Normally, the highest-rated show on Fox News is "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

I doubt, however, that Carlson has anything to worry about. His is the most popular Fox News show most weeks and his influence on Republican Party politics is matched only by former president Donald Trump himself. And lately, Carlson's been outdoing himself with appalling, provocative commentary that must make Trump feel very much off of his game.

This week he hosted COVID crank Alex Berenson, who shared this outrageous lie with the Fox News audience:


Carlson didn't refute that blatant lie. In fact, he said it was demonstrably true that the vaccines don't work. It doesn't get any more shockingly irresponsible than that.

Of course, Carlson's long history of racist rhetoric is well known. He has relentlessly pushed the "Great Replacement Theory" lamenting that ...

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