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| − | * [[CNN]]'s Crossfire, co-host | + | * [[CNN]]'s "Crossfire", co-host |
| − | * [[PBS]]'s | + | * [[PBS]]'s "Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered", host and managing editor |
| − | * | + | * The Chris Matthews Show, panelist |
* Editorial staff, [[Policy Review]] | * Editorial staff, [[Policy Review]] | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 16 June 2004
- CNN's "Crossfire", co-host
- PBS's "Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered", host and managing editor
- The Chris Matthews Show, panelist
- Editorial staff, Policy Review
Contents
Carlson Quotes
Criticising Grover Norquist
Carlson has broken ranks with some conservatives, calling fellow conservative Grover Norquist a "mean-spirited, humorless, dishonest little creep ... the leering, drunken uncle everyone else wishes would stay home."[1]
Democrats love crossdressers...
Introducing a story on Crossfire:
- CARLSON: "... the Democratic Party has announced a new affirmative action plan for gays, lesbians, and cross-dressers. According to the Associated Press, the party has set sexuality-based quotas ..." [2]
But the AP article said exactly the opposite: "Officials are quick to point out that the goals aren't quotas. Neither a state nor a presidential campaign is penalized if they do not reach these goals." It also noted the plan was not affiliated with the national party, but state parties.
... but hate churchgoers
Commenting during The Chris Matthews Show:
- CARLSON: "People who run the Democratic party, its activist wing have contempt for churchgoers, and my experience is they absolutely do have contempt for churchgoers." [3]
Carlson provided no evidence for the claim. However, a CBS News/New York Times poll conducted two months earlier showed that 67% of Democrats think religion is very or extremely important, while only 9% consider it not at all important. [4]
Shant Mesrobian, "Tucker Carlson on Dems' outreach to "gays, lesbians, and cross-dressers"", Media Matters for America, May 26, 2004.
Nicole Casta, et. al., "It's not just the cable guys: conservative misinformation on Sunday morning", Media Matters for America, May 24, 2004.
Against the 'do not call' list, but don't call me
Carlson denounced the federal government's do-not-call list, which allows people to opt-out of receiving phone calls from telemarketers, saying: "Score one for any yuppie community. They've won the right to trample on free speech" and calling it "special interests legislation". [5] When the audience dared Carlson to give out his home phone number, he pretended to comply but actually gave out the number of Fox News's Washington switchboard. [6]
