# What the fuck is wrong with Tucker Carlson (this time)? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433 "2020-12-20T01:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/61 "2023-04-24T17:05:12Z")
He still exists, but he’s no longer the household name that he was in his Fox days. His current company has a revenue of [2.1 million](https://www.apollo.io/companies/Blaze-Media/5569db547369642569b2a900?chart=count) before expenses, while when he was at Fox he was pulling in a [$2.5 million](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-glenn-beck-got-a-40-million-payday-by-walking-away-from-fox-2012-3) salary. Similarly Carson will still exist in one form or another, but I doubt that he’ll ever be as influential as he was before. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/62 "2023-04-24T17:06:44Z")
Maybe he’ll switch over to talk radio. There has been an opening there for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/63 "2023-04-24T17:20:32Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m sure that Tucker will land on his feet somehow. Snakes got feet? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/64 "2023-04-24T17:33:45Z")
(Seen elsewhere and stolen by me) He’s left to spend more time with his fascism. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/65 "2023-04-24T18:10:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Anybody remember Glen Beck, and know what he’s up to? Me neither. I think he’s employed sucking the farts out of the rump roasts at Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/66 "2023-04-24T21:01:04Z")
The Lincoln Project speaks on the firing. 2 minutes long. Tucker Carlson has a frantic laugh. [All Tuckered Out - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjqJdSqoPY) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/67 "2023-04-24T22:43:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Dude did not disappear. If you read the article detailing what has happened to his company, he kind of did though. It has been a failure. His company still exists, but read through the Wikipedia article and it sounds like there should be a “sad trombone” sound effect after every other sentence. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/68 "2023-04-25T05:21:51Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Jackmannii](#): > > > > Plenty of opportunities exist for Tucker Carlson. > > No doubt, but none of them have nearly the reach that he got under Fox. Anybody remember Glen Beck, and know what he’s up to? Me neither. As I mentioned in another thread, he tried riding the never-Trump train for a little while, probably figuring there was a few bucks to be made by pandering to what he assumed was a growing movement of anti-Trump conservatives. When he realized that said movement was a) not very big and b) not all that interested in being pandered to by him, he shifted gears and became a full-on MAGAt. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/69 "2023-04-25T05:34:37Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > When he realized that said movement was a) not very big and b) not all that interested in being pandered to by him, he shifted gears and became a full-on MAGAt. As I pointed out (maybe in the same thread), Beck opposed Trump when he won in 2016. He was full-on MAGA, supporting Trump when he lost in 2020. Just about everything Beck tries to do is a failure. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/70 "2023-04-25T19:24:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Fantasy follows… not to be taken too seriously. > > What if… Tucker told Fox news that he wanted to come clean… that on his next week of shows he was going to tell the truth about how Fox pressured and demanded that hosts sucked up to Trump, lie about Dominion and otherwise just promote garbage news. All for the sake of grifting the rubes and making money. That Fox really was afraid of losing viewership to the further right wing up and coming networks. That he (Tucker) KNEW that Fox was spreading lies, but was told to shut up and lie or lose his job. > > So Tucker was going to be a whistleblower. So Fox shitcanned him. > And now he’s going to tell the world what a despicable pile of lying crap Fox News is, and how they promoted and helped with an insurrection based on a lie. > > /fantasy Off-topic, but did I ever tell you what a great job you did on the screenplay of _Maleficent_? Turning the villain from _Sleeping Beauty_ into the good guy was certainly a challenge, but you rose to it admirably! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/71 "2023-04-27T15:44:10Z")
So he released a videotaped statement yesterday, as reported by [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tucker-carlson-re-emerges-targets-us-media-political-system-2023-04-27/), criticizing the US political system and media. My favorite quote from the article: > “Where can you still find Americans saying true things?,” Carlson asked. “There aren’t many places left, but there are some.” And I’m sure one of those places will hire you soon, so you can continue saying all your true things. Actually, to paraphrase someone else’s quote about another someone else\*, “Every single word out of your mouth is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’.” \*Mary McCarthy about LIllian Hellman. ---
**Author:** ![MethidManTMA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MethidManTMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MethidManTMA)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/72 "2023-04-27T22:28:11Z")
Fucker Carlson can go tuck himself. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/73 "2023-04-28T03:17:30Z")
I turned the sound off, but I saw what other people had said. What was that behind him? A sauna? Didn’t his face look puffy as if from crying? Lastly, was he broadcasting fromhis mother’s basement…? “Tucker…? That better not be pot that I smell burning down there…!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/74 "2023-04-28T12:33:50Z")
“It’s just my testicles, Ma! I’m taking a treatment!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/75 "2023-04-28T12:38:56Z")
“New From Infowars! _Tucker Carlson’s Testicle Pot!_ Get high and get hard!” Yes, I know that’s not how testicles work, but we’re making money here, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/76 "2023-05-01T17:16:32Z")
Carlson will probably end up on Newsmax. The faithful think Fox is too liberal anyway. Don’t forget he has plenty of Fuck You money. He’s not exactly a Murdoch but he was already wealthy before he ever stepped foot in front of a camera. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/77 "2023-05-01T19:15:56Z")
FWIW Keith Olberman says he will be paid by FOX but only if he makes no political commentary. Would explain why he hasn’t said anything since he was fired. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/78 "2023-05-01T20:04:41Z")
> [@"Roderick\_Femm](#): > > “Where can you still find Americans saying true things?,” Carlson asked. “There aren’t many places left, but there are some.” Yes, Tucker was widely loved because he spoke Truth to Power. (do I need to insert the appropriate smilie here? Well OK then. 🙄 ) Moreover, Tucker appealed to the “working class” because he shared and amplified their fear and derision of The Elites. “Elite” can be defined as “anyone with appropriate training and experience who dares to attempt to base policies on evidence and good science, and in doing so annoys or inconveniences me”. > **[Why they hate Tucker Carlson](https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/29/why-they-hate-tucker-carlson/)** > > The liberal elite’s fear of Fox News is really a fear of the white working class. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/79 "2023-05-01T20:44:09Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > FWIW Keith Olberman says he will be paid by FOX but only if he makes no political commentary. Would explain why he hasn’t said anything since he was fired. A non-compete clause is pretty common. How long is his contract for? Meanwhile TMZ is saying Newsmax is willing to hand over programming of the station to him to get him on board. As a news source I trust TMZ more than many but that’s not saying a lot. > **[Newsmax Beating Down Tucker Carlson's Door, Wants Him to Run Entire Channel](https://amp.tmz.com/2023/04/28/newsmax-interested-hiring-tucker-run-entire-channel/)** > > Newsmax is interested in hiring Tucker Carlson and the network is prepared to hand him the keys to the kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/80 "2023-05-01T21:01:08Z")
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