Former Fox News top host Tucker Carlson has become a leading mainstream amplifier of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, extremist voices, and anti-Israel disinformation.
Deplatform Tucker Carlson and the "Great Replacement" Theory
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In the wake of the horrific racist massacre in Buffalo, NY, Stop Hate for Profit is calling on mainstream social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, and Reddit to immediately stop the spread of hateful white supremacist rhetoric that has incited acts of violence by permanently banning repeat perpetrators like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and others from their platforms and enforcing their own hate speech policies with regard to the Great Replacement theory and white supremacy. This article describes the forms that the Great Replacement Theory takes on these platforms and the platform policies they are violating.
Tucker Carlson’s Dangerous Propaganda: The Government is Coming for You
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November 03, 2021 Tucker Carlson’s special “documentary” series, “Patriot Purge,” which aired online the first week of November, 2021, via the Fox Nation streaming service, promotes many of the false conspiracy theories Carlson promotes on his regular show on Fox News—the Biden Administration is on a “manhunt” for conservatives; the FBI played a role in the January 6 insurrection; the military wants to purge any soldier whose point of view…
White Supremacists Applaud Tucker Carlson’s Promotion of Replacement Theory
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April 22, 2021 Image: Fox News
In the days following Tucker Carlson’s vitriolic, xenophobic commentary about demographic change, most white supremacist reactions were supportive of the Fox News personality and praised him for railing against “white genocide.” Some suggested that Carlson is finally showing his true colors and fully embracing white nationalism. One 4Chan poster wrote: “As predicted, Carlson is our guy.”
Other extremists argued Carlson is not…
Torah Desecrated at Fraternity; Fire Set at Austin Synagogue Following Antisemitic Incidents; Tucker Carlson Pushes Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theories
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November 04, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 A fraternity house at George Washington University was vandalized over the weekend, including desecration of a Torah scroll. A day after a fire was set outside a Jewish synagogue in Central Austin, more than two dozen faith leaders and clergy members from across Austin were joined by community leaders at a rally as they called for unity following a recent spate of antisemitic incidents against across the city. Fox News personality Tucker Carlson…