Wednesday wasnt such a great day for Tucker Carlsons credibility.
First, the White House slammed the Fox News host for spreading lies about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and then #TuckerCarlsonIsALiar became a trending hashtag on Twitter.
But the biggest insult to his reputation may be a resurfaced video from 2003 showing Carlson being interviewed on C-SPAN about his book, Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, and, in particular, Bill OReilly, who was at the time the biggest name on Fox News.
Carlson claimed to admire OReilly, but also sounded out a possible warning to the Fox News host, who was later fired in 2017 after a series of sexual harassment accusations against him.
Bill OReilly is really talented, hes more talented than I am, hes got a lot more viewers, hes a better communicator than I am, Carlson, who at the time was a commentator on CNN s Crossfire , said, but I think there is a deep phoniness at the center of his schtick, and again as I say the schtick is built on the perception that he is the character he plays.
Heres a link courtesy of Twitter user Ron Filipowski.
Its a good time to revisit what Tucker Carlson said in 2003 about Bill OReilly: OReilly success is built on the perception that he really is who he claims to be. If he ever gets caught out of character, its over. Theres a deep phoniness at the center of his shtik. pic.twitter.com/Y1mJ9PFSFX
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If he ever gets caught out of character, its over. Theres a deep phoniness at the center of his shtik. pic.twitter.com/Y1mJ9PFSFX
Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 8, 2023
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Although Carlsons comments could be seen as slightly critical of OReilly, Politico columnist Jack Shafer noted that with a little tweaking, this assessment of OReilly could be cut and tapered to dress Carlson.
Twitter users seemed to agree with that take.
This is great! Thanks for sharing this! Not surprising that Tucker Carlson is a giant hypocrite when it comes to authenticity! He's no different from that swaggering charlatan Bill O'Reilly. Two plutocrats who pretend to be populists. Carlson deserves a similar forced exile. pic.twitter.com/63YjvlJ73N
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Carlson deserves a similar forced exile. pic.twitter.com/63YjvlJ73N Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) March 8, 2023\n\n","options":{"_hide_media":{"label":"Hide photos, videos, and cards","value":false},"_hide_thread":{"label":"Hide previous Tweet in conversation thread","value":true},"_maxwidth":{"label":"Adjust width","placeholder":"220-550, in px","value":""},"_theme":{"value":"","values":{"dark":"Use dark theme"}}},"provider_name":"Twitter","thumbnail_height":370,"thumbnail_url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/FquHjpTWIAAC7G1.jpg:large","thumbnail_width":498,"title":"Russell Drew on 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Thanks for sharing this! Not surprising that Tucker Carlson is a giant hypocrite when it comes to authenticity! He's no different from that swaggering charlatan Bill O'Reilly. Two plutocrats who pretend to be populists. Carlson deserves a similar forced exile. pic.twitter.com/63YjvlJ73N
Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) March 8, 2023
Tucker predicting his own future, sadly.
But the difference is much of the base wont even hear about how fake he is cuz our media is afraid to speak against him. You think influencers want to be banned from his show? Doubt it. https://t.co/PR9wr8sIJe
Tucker predicting his own future, sadly.
Joshua Fontanilla (@joshfontanilla) March 8, 2023
But the difference is much of the base wont even hear about how fake he is cuz our media is afraid to speak against him. You think influencers want to be banned from his show? Doubt it. https://t.co/PR9wr8sIJe
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Really amazing, its like he was exactly talking about his future self.
By his own words, it should be over for him, after he got caught out of character, saying he passionately hates the greatest populist president in U.S. history, and called him a demonic force https://t.co/nfVEH1M2o1
Really amazing, its like he was exactly talking about his future self.
MAGA (@MAGAoriginalist) March 8, 2023
By his own words, it should be over for him, after he got caught out of character, saying he passionately hates the greatest populist president in U.S. history, and called him a demonic force https://t.co/nfVEH1M2o1
Projection of the highest order.
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Christine King (@ckwest542) March 8, 2023
Not only does TC play a character, but he stole it from Stephen Colbert who created it for the Daily Show/Colbert Report by mocking and exaggerating the Bill OReilly character TC accurately accuses OReilly of creating.
Is there a parallel on the left?
Not only does TC play a character, but he stole it from Stephen Colbert who created it for the Daily Show/Colbert Report by mocking and exaggerating the Bill OReilly character TC accurately accuses OReilly of creating.
EdgeOfTheMidwest (@EdgeMidwest) March 8, 2023
Is there a parallel on the left?
Tucker wanted to be the next George Will and bring a sense of professorial, intellectual legitimacy to conservatism.
Instead, he became the next Rush Limbaugh -- a demagogue who built a big following, made a lot of money, and did a lot of damage, whom nobody... /1
Tucker wanted to be the next George Will and bring a sense of professorial, intellectual legitimacy to conservatism.
Langdon Grant (@langdongrant2) March 8, 2023
Instead, he became the next Rush Limbaugh -- a demagogue who built a big following, made a lot of money, and did a lot of damage, whom nobody... /1
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Truth is, Carlson is sometimes honest about lying.
In September 2021, the Fox News host admitted to conservative media host Dave Rubin that he sometimes lies on his show.
I mean, I lie if Im really cornered or something, Carlson admitted. I lie. I really try not to. I try never to lie on TV. I just dont I dont like lying. I certainly do it, you know, out of weakness or whatever.
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In 2020, Fox News won a defamation lawsuit against Carlson by successfully arguing that given Mr. Carlsons reputation, any reasonable viewer arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism about the statement he makes, according to NPR .
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