Many may not remember, or are too young to have seen, that 15 years ago Jon Stewart called Tucker Carlson a “dick” on CNN’s Crossfire.
CARLSON: I do think you’re more fun on your show. Just my opinion….
STEWART: You know what’s interesting, though? You’re as big a dick on your show as you are on any show. (LAUGHTER)
CARLSON: Now, you’re getting into it. I like that.
STEWART: It’s not honest. What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. And I will tell you why I know it.
CARLSON: You had John Kerry on your show and you sniff his throne and you’re accusing us of partisan hackery?
STEWART: Absolutely.
CARLSON: You’ve got to be kidding me. He comes on and you…
STEWART: You’re on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. (LAUGHTER) What is wrong with you? … You know, the interesting thing … is, you have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.
At the time, Carlson was one half of the show, Crossfire, playing the right-leaning, bow-tie wearing conservative. On the liberal side was Paul Begala. A few months after the Stewart interview, CNN announced they would not be renewing Carlson’s contract.
After CNN, Carlson did a short stint at MSNBC before becoming one of the Fox News bottom feeders in 2009. Fox has allowed him to dial his dickishness and partisan hackery up to eleven in the years since, and Carlson has used that leeway to sell out his Country, to maintain his fame.
Fired from CNN, MSNBC, Tucker Carlson has no journalist capabilities. He is nothing more than a partisan hack, and I agree with Jon Steward too, he is a DICK!