Tucker Carlson

• CNN's "Crossfire," co-host
• PBS's "Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered," host and managing editor
• "The Chris Matthews Show," panelist
• Editorial staff, Policy Review

Carlson Quotes:

• Criticising 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]