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Section sizes

Section size for Tucker Carlson (57 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,137	19,137
Early life and education	18,970	18,970
Career	9,750	99,702
CNN (2000–2005)	2,342	8,962
Jon Stewart debate	6,620	6,620
PBS (2004–2005)	2,775	2,775
MSNBC (2005–2008)	5,395	5,395
Media outside journalism (2006–2008)	2,875	2,875
The Daily Caller (2010–2020)	10,107	10,107
Fox News Channel (2009–2023)	5,899	42,855
Tucker Carlson Tonight (2016–2023)	25,503	25,503
Tucker Carlson Today	2,259	2,259
Departure from Fox News	9,194	9,194
Tucker on Twitter / Tucker on X (since 2023)	8,525	12,328
Vladimir Putin interview	3,803	3,803
The Tucker Carlson Show (since 2024)	4,655	4,655
Writing	6,046	6,046
Political views	11,922	207,589
Parties and candidates	15,437	15,437
Abortion	2,154	2,154
Death penalty	1,951	1,951
Guns	10,157	10,157
Economics	10,291	10,291
Environment	4,296	4,296
Foreign policy	2,529	41,943
Russia	10,647	10,647
Iraq	1,471	1,471
Iran	2,412	2,412
Syria	3,070	3,070
Israel	3,330	3,330
Hungary	3,780	3,780
Mexico	3,213	3,213
El Salvador	1,331	1,331
North Korea	3,407	3,407
China	3,044	3,044
Colonialism	3,709	3,709
Immigration and race	9,845	43,042
Racism and white supremacy	6,249	6,249
Criticisms of racism	3,161	3,161
Views on Islam	2,008	2,008
Immigrants and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory	8,558	8,558
South Africa	6,363	6,363
Ilhan Omar	2,648	2,648
Kanye West interview	4,210	4,210
Gender and sexuality	7,784	7,784
COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines	18,593	18,593
2020 election aftermath	13,135	31,069
2021 U.S. Capitol attack	14,596	14,596
Patriot Purge program	3,338	3,338
Alleged surveillance	8,950	8,950
Rhetorical style	8,457	8,457
Reception	6,545	6,545
Personal life	8,057	8,057
Published works	610	610
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
External links	3,128	3,128
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Tucker hates his mom

He describes her as a San Francisco Liberal which is significant given his hate of liberals and all of san francisco.

https://sfstandard.com/2023/04/24/how-tucker-carlsons-sf-mother-became-a-stand-in-for-everything-he-despises/ 2602:306:BC74:6240:24E2:15CA:B3B7:9264 (talk) 00:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So? Slatersteven (talk) 10:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is not the appropriate place for that response to what was said. Take it to 4chan or Truth Social. 80.193.98.150 (talk) 12:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it is, you asked to make an edit I asked SO? (as in why is this worthy of inclusion), that is what this talk page is for, discussing edits. Slatersteven (talk) 12:05, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, even with IP addresses, you can't tell the difference between one poster and another. They'll love you on Techdirt. 80.193.98.150 (talk) 11:08, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tucker Carlson

Hello I saw there is conflicting reverts about Tucker being a conspiracy theorists. How does consensus work if no one agrees. Why can’t people write that he is a conspiracy theorist when it’s obvious at this point 212.33.76.183 (talk) 08:53, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lead sentence again

The lead sentence recently had "conspiracy theorist" added to it. There needs to be consensus for this rewrite. Wasn't there a RFC on this? Malerooster (talk) 16:22, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i'm actually in shock that they allowed far-right to be removed from the lead! now we just have to add far-left to antifa and wikipedia will have a great start to be a more honest platform! 96.80.105.165 (talk) 21:37, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed addition to COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines section

I propose the following addition to the "COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines" section, near the beginning of the paragraph addressing Carlson's criticism of mask mandates:

In February 2022, Carlson interviewed neurologist and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Russell Surasky on Tucker Carlson Tonight regarding a New York school that required a medically exempt, autistic child to wear a face mask. Dr. Surasky argued that the mandate constituted medical overreach and psychological harm to vulnerable children.^[1]

References

^ "Neurologist rips 'medical tyranny' after NY school forces medically exempt autistic child to wear mask". Fox News. February 17, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2025.

This would fit well at the start of the section’s paragraph discussing Carlson's vocal criticism of mask usage, especially in schools.

8.25.157.160 (talk) 18:56, 2 April 2025 (UTC) 8.25.157.160 (talk) 18:56, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The OP has also made this request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#Request: Add sourced mention of Dr. Russell Surasky interview to COVID-19 section of Tucker Carlson article.

I do not think that singling out any particular interview is appropriate. Carlson interviewed a lot of people who criticized masks. There's nothing special about this interview.

I note in passing a possible Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, as the OP appears to be posting from one of the hospitals that the neurologist on the TV show is affiliated with. Even if the OP isn't that neurologist, I encourage everyone to visit Special:CreateAccount so they can post from a name of their choice, rather than having their edits attributed to a bare internet address. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:15, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

concur w/ WAID--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 23:15, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Neurologist rips 'medical tyranny' after NY school forces medically exempt autistic child to wear mask". Fox News. February 17, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2025.

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