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Tucker Carlson recently visited Russia to interview the country’s president/dictator Vladimir Putin and Jon Stewart has some thoughts. The Daily Show host addressed the Carlson incident after explaining the backlash he received about his show last week from Democrats. “It was never my intention to say out loud what I saw with my eyes and then brain,” Stewart said, apologizing to those he upset with his “both sides rhetoric.” He added, “I can do better. I can haz learning. I can haz it. But I don’t even know where…

Russian President Vladimir Putin was apparently itching for a verbal wrestling match with Tucker Carlson when the former Fox News host interviewed him earlier this month. He was disappointed not to get one. Speaking to Russian state TV anchor Pavel Zarubin earlier this week, Putin said that he “thought he would behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions. I wasn’t just prepared for this, I wanted it!” During his more than two-hour-long interview with Carlson, which aired on Feb. 8, Putin dominated…

On Christmas Eve, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released a “surprise” collaboration with disgraced actor Kevin Spacey. During the interview, Spacey, who earlier this year was acquitted on charges of sexual assault brought against him by several young men, embodied his House of Cards character Frank Underwood and delivered the annual holiday message he’s continued to produce despite having been out of the role since 2017.  At one point, Spacey turned to the camera and, in a callback to the…

Tucker Carlson launched his streaming service on Monday, charging users $9 a month for five original shows starring the former Fox News host. Carlson explored launching the subscription service on X, where he’s been hosting a show for several months, but Elon Musk’s platform couldn’t develop the technology quickly enough, according to the Wall Street Journal.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI Unlocked“Tucker Carlson Network is the new streaming platform that is home to exclusive all-new content from…

A former Fox News employee is suing the network and a producer for former host Tucker Carlson, accusing the ex-staffer of sexual assault 15 years ago.In the lawsuit filed in New York State Court, Andrew Delancey alleged that after Justin Wells had promised to help advance his career, Wells assaulted him in 2008, according to The Washington Post. Wells, who was a producer for Greta Van Susteren at the time, later became the senior executive producer of Tucker Carlson Tonight, and was fired alongside Carlson amid the…

Tucker Carlson and Public Square, a shopping app with conservative ideals, have come to an agreement on a seven-figure ad deal for the former Fox host’s new Twitter show, marking the first major ad deal for the venture. After Carlson and Fox parted ways in April, the host launched a show on Twitter, which is already drawing millions of viewers. Carlson’s departure from Fox came abruptly after the network settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over a landmark defamation suit.  Omeed Malik, the…

Fox News’s Tucker Carlson-free primetime lineup has been revealed, as has Carlson’s replacement: Jesse Watters. If you’re a Fox News watcher, Watters is a familiar face to you. His appeal beyond Fox News loyalists is an open question. And we’ll get an answer to it pretty soon. Watters, 44, was raised in Philadelphia, to “aging hippies” who vehemently disagree with his political views. (His mother’s disappointed texts to her son have been featured on his shows.) Like Carlson, Watters graduated from Trinity University…

Photo: L.E.MORMILE (Shutterstock)It’s not exactly clear what’s going to happen with Tucker Carlson’s new show. It’s possible that Fox may sue him for his breach of contract. It’s possible they won’t. As previously stated, Carlson is an immensely popular figure. Disaffection with mainstream and legacy media is at an all time high, and audiences are casting about for alternative sources of information. Tucker, unfortunately, is one of those alternative sources, and he has made a name for himself by drawing a big, brassy…

On Tuesday night, the New York Times revealed a text message that reportedly played some role in Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News. And, on the surface, it simply doesn’t seem much worse than the things he said on air. In the text, Carlson describes watching a video of several Trump supporters beating up an (alleged) antifa member on the streets of Washington, DC. His reaction is nuanced: He confesses to feeling a certain vicious bloodlust while watching the video — “I really wanted them to hurt the kid” — but…

The day after Tucker Carlson lost his job at Fox News, he got some praise from a surprising source: the progressive magazine The American Prospect. The piece may have been titled “The Smuggest Man on Air,” but its thrust was decidedly more admiring of the host. Journalists Lee Harris and Luke Goldstein wrote that Carlson was “skilled at skewering comfortable pieties on the left and right” and that his “insistent distrust of his powerful guests acts as a solvent to authority.” They praised Carlson’s criticisms of free…