Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Tucker Carlson is one of the most powerful individuals in the American mediascape today. He models himself as a voice of normal working Americans; or as he calls it "real America" or sometimes "legacy America." But really, he's from an immensely privileged and politically connected family. Carlson has won his place in the United States frontal lobe through bold opinions that he voices strongly, not least that the attack on Congress on January the 6th was a good thing, or at least not a bad one, and that Trump really won the 2020 election. Private text messages from the same time reveal that really, in his own words, Tucker Carlson hates Trump, and knows the election outcome was fair. He says these things that he knows will get attention, improve his ratings, and make him money- but he doesn't believe them. This is Tucker Carlson: Opportunist.
Patreon: patreon.com/GeorgRockallSchmidt
Twitter: twitter.com/grockallschmidt
Sources:
Kaus Quits Daily Caller - Politico
politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/mickey-kaus-quits-daily-caller-after-tucker-carlson-pulls-critical-fox-news-column-204135
McDougal VS Carlson defamation – Find Law
findlaw.com/legalblogs/greedy-associates/tucker-carlson-successfully-argues-nobody-really-believes-tucker-carlson-is-reporting-facts
Charity Doubles As Profit Stream For Daily Caller – WAPO
washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/02/charity-doubles-as-a-profit-stream-at-the-daily-caller-news-foundation
Carlson Text Messages – WAPO
washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/07/fox-news-dominion-tucker-carlson-texts
Carlson to lose MSNBC Show - Variety
variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/tucker-carlson-to-lose-msnbc-show-1117982150
Megyn Kelly To Replace Carlson - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2017/01/05/business/media/tucker-carlson-megyn-kelly-fox.html
Tucker leaving Crossfire – TV Week
tvweek.com/in-depth/2005/01/tucker-carlson-leaving-cnn-cro
Oliver Lombardi Photo – UC Irvine
oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1r29n7vm/?brand=oac4
Lisa Lombardi Profile – Business Insider
businessinsider.com/meet-tucker-carlsons-mother-the-artist-lisa-mcnear-lombardi-2022-5
USC News – Gordon Luce
https://news.usc.edu/19968/in-memoriam-gordon-luce/
Look Magazine Cover
wolfgangs.com/vintage-magazines/look/vintage-magazine/OMS24904.html
Richard Carlson Viktor Obran – NYT (Paywall)
nytimes.com/2021/08/07/world/europe/tucker-carlson-hungary.html
Policy Impact – Richard Carlson lost/unfinished page
policyimpact.com/?attachment_id=5070
Tucker Carlson's visit to Hungary
bylinetimes.com/2021/08/04/tucker-carlsons-visit-to-hungary-lobbying-free-speech-and-far-right-conspiracy
Gordon Luce Obituary – SF GATE
sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Gordon-Luce-ex-S-L-executive-2490553.php
Tucker Carlson Ships Of Fools Teacher Dispute – The Hill
thehill.com/homenews/media/563245-tucker-carlsons-first-grade-teacher-disputes-his-description-of-her-in-book
Tucker Carlson White Grievance – WAPO (Paywall)
washingtonpost.com/politics/tucker-carlson/2021/07/13/398fa720-dd9f-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html
Dan White Society Yearbook – SF Chronicle
datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/did-fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-name-drop-harvey-milks-killer-in-his-yearbook
Talk Magazine GW Bush Interview – Internet Archive
archive.org/details/TuckersFirstInterview/Image1.jpeg
The Tucker Carlson Origin Story – Business Insider
businessinsider.com/the-tucker-carlson-origin-story-2022-5
Daily Caller Snopes
snopes.com/news/2016/10/26/daily-caller-alicia-machado
Daily Caller Politifact
politifact.com/personalities/daily-caller
Carlson Bubba Love Sponge Audio – Media Matters
mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/unearthed-audio-shows-tucker-carlson-using-white-nationalist-rhetoric-and-making
Tucker Carlson Jon Stewart - Atlantic
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/the-problem-with-jon-stewart-tucker-carlson/629608
Daily Caller Email Scam - Observer
observer.com/2017/06/trump-tucker-carlson-daily-caller
Carlson text Messages - BBC
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64895964
Carlson Text Messages – NBC
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/private-fox-news-text-messages-emails-released-dominion-suit-rcna72693
1979 NYT Article about Swansons
nytimes.com/1979/09/09/archives/swanson-saga-end-of-a-dream-they-were-the-pride-of-omaha-but-today.html
La Jolla Tuition Fees 2023
bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/737/misc/misc_264889.pdf
The Mystery of Tucker Carlson - CJR
cjr.org/the_profile/tucker-carlson.php
James Ray Epps – NYT
nytimes.com/2022/07/13/us/politics/jan-6-conspiracy-theory-ray-epps.html
Tucker Carlson is one of the most powerful individuals in the American mediascape today. He models himself as a voice of normal working Americans; or as he calls it "real America" or sometimes "legacy America." But really, he's from an immensely privileged and politically connected family. Carlson has won his place in the United States frontal lobe through bold opinions that he voices strongly, not least that the attack on Congress on January the 6th was a good thing, or at least not a bad one, and that Trump really won the 2020 election. Private text messages from the same time reveal that really, in his own words, Tucker Carlson hates Trump, and knows the election outcome was fair. He says these things that he knows will get attention, improve his ratings, and make him money- but he doesn't believe them. This is Tucker Carlson: Opportunist.
Patreon: patreon.com/GeorgRockallSchmidt
Twitter: twitter.com/grockallschmidt
Sources:
Kaus Quits Daily Caller - Politico
politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/mickey-kaus-quits-daily-caller-after-tucker-carlson-pulls-critical-fox-news-column-204135
McDougal VS Carlson defamation – Find Law
findlaw.com/legalblogs/greedy-associates/tucker-carlson-successfully-argues-nobody-really-believes-tucker-carlson-is-reporting-facts
Charity Doubles As Profit Stream For Daily Caller – WAPO
washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/02/charity-doubles-as-a-profit-stream-at-the-daily-caller-news-foundation
Carlson Text Messages – WAPO
washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/07/fox-news-dominion-tucker-carlson-texts
Carlson to lose MSNBC Show - Variety
variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/tucker-carlson-to-lose-msnbc-show-1117982150
Megyn Kelly To Replace Carlson - The New York Times
nytimes.com/2017/01/05/business/media/tucker-carlson-megyn-kelly-fox.html
Tucker leaving Crossfire – TV Week
tvweek.com/in-depth/2005/01/tucker-carlson-leaving-cnn-cro
Oliver Lombardi Photo – UC Irvine
oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1r29n7vm/?brand=oac4
Lisa Lombardi Profile – Business Insider
businessinsider.com/meet-tucker-carlsons-mother-the-artist-lisa-mcnear-lombardi-2022-5
USC News – Gordon Luce
https://news.usc.edu/19968/in-memoriam-gordon-luce/
Look Magazine Cover
wolfgangs.com/vintage-magazines/look/vintage-magazine/OMS24904.html
Richard Carlson Viktor Obran – NYT (Paywall)
nytimes.com/2021/08/07/world/europe/tucker-carlson-hungary.html
Policy Impact – Richard Carlson lost/unfinished page
policyimpact.com/?attachment_id=5070
Tucker Carlson's visit to Hungary
bylinetimes.com/2021/08/04/tucker-carlsons-visit-to-hungary-lobbying-free-speech-and-far-right-conspiracy
Gordon Luce Obituary – SF GATE
sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Gordon-Luce-ex-S-L-executive-2490553.php
Tucker Carlson Ships Of Fools Teacher Dispute – The Hill
thehill.com/homenews/media/563245-tucker-carlsons-first-grade-teacher-disputes-his-description-of-her-in-book
Tucker Carlson White Grievance – WAPO (Paywall)
washingtonpost.com/politics/tucker-carlson/2021/07/13/398fa720-dd9f-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html
Dan White Society Yearbook – SF Chronicle
datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/did-fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-name-drop-harvey-milks-killer-in-his-yearbook
Talk Magazine GW Bush Interview – Internet Archive
archive.org/details/TuckersFirstInterview/Image1.jpeg
The Tucker Carlson Origin Story – Business Insider
businessinsider.com/the-tucker-carlson-origin-story-2022-5
Daily Caller Snopes
snopes.com/news/2016/10/26/daily-caller-alicia-machado
Daily Caller Politifact
politifact.com/personalities/daily-caller
Carlson Bubba Love Sponge Audio – Media Matters
mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/unearthed-audio-shows-tucker-carlson-using-white-nationalist-rhetoric-and-making
Tucker Carlson Jon Stewart - Atlantic
theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/the-problem-with-jon-stewart-tucker-carlson/629608
Daily Caller Email Scam - Observer
observer.com/2017/06/trump-tucker-carlson-daily-caller
Carlson text Messages - BBC
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64895964
Carlson Text Messages – NBC
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/private-fox-news-text-messages-emails-released-dominion-suit-rcna72693
1979 NYT Article about Swansons
nytimes.com/1979/09/09/archives/swanson-saga-end-of-a-dream-they-were-the-pride-of-omaha-but-today.html
La Jolla Tuition Fees 2023
bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/737/misc/misc_264889.pdf
The Mystery of Tucker Carlson - CJR
cjr.org/the_profile/tucker-carlson.php
James Ray Epps – NYT
nytimes.com/2022/07/13/us/politics/jan-6-conspiracy-theory-ray-epps.html
