ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about 'replacement' theory

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Source: CNN




By Brian Stelter, Updated 7:15 PM ET, Fri April 9, 2021


New York (CNN Business)The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson.
"Given his long record of race-baiting, we believe it is time for Carlson to go," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says.
There is zero indication that Fox will take such a step -- or even reprimand Carlson. But the ADL's call, delivered in a letter to Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott, underscores the extreme and unsettling nature of Carlson's anti-immigration commentary.

Carlson, the highest-rated host on Fox News, drew condemnations for his comments about "replacement" on another Fox show Thursday evening.

In the ADL's ensuing letter on Friday, first obtained by CNN Business, Greenblatt accused Carlson of an "open-ended endorsement of white supremacist ideology."

Appearing with his friend Mark Steyn, who was filling in at 7 p.m. ET, Carlson invoked "white replacement theory," a racist conspiracy theory that imagines White people are being intentionally replaced by immigrants.
"No, no, no," Carlson said, insisting that he wasn't parroting the theory.........................................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/media/adl-letter-fox-news-tucker-carlson/index.html

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[TwilightZone]

1. "it was shocking to hear this kind"

Not really. This is Carlson's shtick. It might be slightly more overt than his usual pandering to white supremacists, but only slightly if even that.

[Major Nikon]

8. This is the same guy who got busted twice for hiring no-shit white supremecists as writers

[elleng]

2. 'There is zero indication that Fox will take such a step -- or even reprimand Carlson. '

Thanks SO MUCH for that, CNN.

[TwilightZone]

6. Well, they're right

He's their cash cow. Until he does something that will cost them significantly financially (see: Bill O'Reilly), they're unlikely to say or do anything to him.

They're clearly condoning his behavior. They have been for years. What he said is nothing new - it's just a slightly different spin on the act.

[Marcuse]

17. The Fox lawyers have their "No reasonable people believe Tucker" defense locked and loaded.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. FOX News: We'll get right on that! A replacement coming soon.

Yeah. It's just anti-Semitism so...yeah.

ETA: OAN headline: Jews call to REPLACE good white, Christian Anchor for speaking truth to power

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. The Murdoch's are tacitly endorsing

Nazi ideology. Openly. Proudly.

[NCjack]

24. ?ucker sees himself every morning dropping off a quart of his semen

at the local sperm bank.

[dchill]

5. Tucker Carlson, White washer.

[NNadir]

7. Why would a news network dedicated wholly and solely dedicated to white supremacy...

...fire someone who reflects the network's values entirely. It is a station for, by, and about White Supremacy, and there is no good reason to suppose anything else.

I'm not afraid to go full Godwin here: Fox News is a nothing more than a modern day Der Stürmer.

The Allies executed Julius Streicher, but no one is going to execute Rupert Murdoch, who appropriately has been designated here as the most dangerous immigrant ever allowed into the United States.

[Tndem615]

9. We

need new Fairness Doctrine legislation. Immediately.

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. Boy, ain't that the truth!

[dsc]

14. It never applied to cable

the entire reason it was ever a thing is that it applied to the world of over air TV which is a limited quantity.

[RVN VET71]

21. So just make it apply to cable

I know it won’t happen because money. But I don’t think there’s a constitutional bar against it.

Maybe just make networks like Fox issue a disclaimer at the beginning of it’s “news” shows -- Hannity, Ingraham, Carlson, of course, but all the rest of them, as well -- notifying viewers that the courts have decided that no reasonable viewer can believe anything these entertainment personalities say.

I’d like that: "The Tucker Carlson program is replete with dubious claims and specious allegations often transecting the line of logic and reason, deliberately fabricating stories with no credible supporting evidence, and twisting facts and events to fit a dubious message of fear and anger. You are advised that it is not to be taken seriously."

Do the same for Hannity -- please! -- and that Nazi-saluting Ingraham.

It probably wouldn’t have much of an effect on the bulk of their viewership because they would discount it as nothing more than a blur of polysyllabic words. Hmmm. Maybe lead into commercial breaks with a P.A. featuring a kindly old person reiterating that “This show is largely fiction and always has been. The speaker is not to be believed or trusted.”

(I’m dreaming, of course. But it’s such a nice dream!)

[dsc]

23. It won't happen because of the 1st amendment

The only justification for having it for over the air broadcasting was that the supply of that is limited and govt controlled, cable doesn't work that way.

[RVN VET71]

25. IThat's why it's only a dream.

It is not out of the question for a law to be written that would include cable broadcasts under the same rubric as over-the-air. But I concede that such a law would never be passed and, if passed, would be quickly squelched by SCOTUS.

[ShazzieB]

11. Tucker Carlson needs to be fired...

out of a cannon.

[KT2000]

12. he wants to replace Rush Limbaugh

and his salary. Being fired is what he is after so he can be a martyr and have a ready-made audience. Seems he has been escalating.

[ancianita]

13. FOX SILENCE IS COMPLICITY. FOX should lose its license not as a platform, but as a white supremacy

message amplifier. FOX has never been neutral in its choices of conspiracy over ideology over news over information.

[cstanleytech]

15. Long as he brings in the other racists to become Fox watchers it is highly unlikely

that they will fire him.

[tavernier]

16. Jon Stewart ripped a big hole in the crotch of his pants

a few years back and eviscerated his testicles. Tucker used to wear a bow tie but now relies on the other kind, in case Stewart returns and he requires a tourniquet.

Please Please Please Jon come back!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. And to think I used to regard him as just a weak and craven POS.

I feel bad for misjudging him. He is much more toxic and dangerous than that. I'm sure he's quite proud of that, too.

[certainot]

19. hundreds of ignorant racist assholes like carlson on rw radio and tv are lost without limbaugh

they could read his transcripts if they couldnt hear his 3 hours of repetitive bullshit, and all be on the same page. that is the story of rw messaging for 30 yrs, and it's all free paid by advertisers and coordinated by GOP and russian think tanks

carlson is a stupid sex on the wrong brain bozo

[Layzeebeaver]

20. with this kind of publicity, FOX will extend his contract!

Like most people, I can't stand this nut-job.

[twodogsbarking]

22. Censorship is not the answer.

Let him speak. Speak out against what he says.

[SouthBayDem]

27. Not when that kind of language has led to actual real world violence.

It's easy to say "let him speak" when you aren't the one paying the price.

[christx30]

26. My imagined response from Fox News:

“Mr. Carlson’s anti-semitism is a feature, not a bug. This is who we are.

Blood and soil,
Fox News”

[ck4829]

28. Kick