http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/tucker_carlson This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Tucker Carlson en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270001 On MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>, Tucker Carlson said of Sen. Hillary Clinton, "Look, she's a trapped animal, there's absolutely no question about it. As I've thought to myself many times, if you've ever tried to get your cat in a box, you know what Hillary Clinton is doing right now." Carlson then imitated a screeching cat, and added, "with all four paws out, all the hair standing up? Look, she is in feral mode." Later in the segment, Mika Brzezinski referred to Clinton as "the cat in a box, as Tucker so aptly put it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270001 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:09:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270010 On MSNBC, Tucker Carlson described statements on the "pastor's pages" section of Sen. Barack Obama's church's newsletter as "wild," "anti-Israeli statements" and asserted: "I think Obama will feel the need to address that directly fairly soon." Later, Andrea Mitchell asked <em>Chicago Sun-Times </em>Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet: "Does he [Obama] have to do more explaining? Does he have to meet perhaps once again with Jewish leaders to try to reassure them that these are not his views as well?" Sweet responded: "Andrea, yes, yes, yes, and yes on everything you're saying." But no one mentioned Obama's prior condemnation of his pastor's "views on Israel" and the church's republication of an op-ed by a Hamas official. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270010 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:31:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210007 On <em>Hardball</em>, <em>USA Today</em> Washington bureau chief Susan Page asserted of John McCain's admittedly false claim that "[i]t's common knowledge and has been reported in the media that Al Qaeda is going back into Iran and is receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran": "I think it's a verbal error. And, you know, most Americans can't tell you the difference between Sunnis and Shiites, either." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210007 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:00:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200003 MSNBC's Joe Scarborough claimed that when Hillary Clinton said, "[N]o matter where you were born, or how much money you are born into, no matter where you worship, or the color of your skin, it is a bedrock American principle that we are all equal in the voting booth," she was using "code language." Scarborough made the "code" claim two more times on <em>Morning Joe</em>. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200003 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:27:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802250012 Referring to a <em>Newsday</em> article about Hillary Clinton's representation of a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl, Tucker Carlson said on his MSNBC program: "Now their defense is, 'Well, that's what lawyers are supposed to do.' In other words, it's legal, therefore it's allowed. I guess my response would be, it's still repulsive and immoral." In fact, the <em>Newsday</em> article made clear that legal experts agreed that Clinton was simply fulfilling her legal and ethical obligation as the defendant's lawyer, a job she was reportedly assigned by the court. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802250012 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:55:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210006 Discussing recent comments by Michelle Obama, Tucker Carlson said<em>:</em> "I have thought from Day One that Michelle Obama, impressive as she is, clearly intelligent, very handsome, self-possessed -- I think that she's got a chip on her shoulder." Similarly, Slate.com blogger Mickey Kaus wrote of Michelle Obama: "For whatever reason, she sure seems to have a non-trivial chip on her shoulder and it's not a winning quality." Additionally, referring to a February 16 <em>Newsweek </em>profile, VDARE.com contributor Steve Sailer wrote that Michelle Obama "sounds like she's got a log-sized chip on her shoulder from lucking into Princeton due to affirmative action." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210006 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:21:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010002 Discussing a <em><em>New York Times </em></em>article reporting on a trip by former President Bill Clinton to Kazakhstan with Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra, Tucker Carlson stated: "Bill Clinton, the former president, out there, contravening official American foreign policy on behalf of some anti-democratic dictator so his buddy can get rich and he can get rich as a result? It's like unbelievable." In fact, <em>The New York Times</em> did not report that Clinton received money from Giustra for himself; rather, Giustra donated money to Clinton's foundation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010002 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:41:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290014 Discussing what he described as "slavish" and "slobbering" media coverage of Sen. Barack Obama, Tucker Carlson stated: "And I will freely confess that I am absolutely part of the problem. I give the guy a pass at every turn and I'm nice to him even though I disagree with him." In fact, over the past year, Carlson has leveled personal attacks against Obama and spread misinformation about him. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290014 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:47:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230007 After airing a video clip of Sen. Hillary Clinton talking about "gender equality" during a Democratic presidential candidates debate, MSNBC host Tucker Carlson stated: "It takes a lot of guts for a rich, privileged white lady who is one of the most powerful people in the world to claim that she is a victim of gender discrimination." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230007 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:08:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220009 While discussing Hillary Clinton with fellow radio host Jay Severin, Don Imus asked, "Well, why do we think that we -- I mean, why don't we just select [Venezuelan President] Hugo Chavez, then, if we want some rabid nut? I mean, why do we think that that's a face we want to put on America?" Severin answered: "I think you've got that, that's pretty much it. With Hillary Clinton you've got Hugo Chavez in a dress, and about the same size." Separately, discussing John Edwards' performance in the Nevada caucus, MSNBC's Tucker Carlson asserted, "It turns out that Hugo Chavez and his ideas are still not that popular in this country, liberal as it's become. That's the lesson I take away." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220009 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:39:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801150019 On the January 14 edition of MSNBC's <em>Tucker</em>, while discussing Sen. Barack Obama's speech at the Pentecostal Temple Church of God and Christ in Las Vegas, host Tucker Carlson asserted that "many black churches are basically political organizations." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801150019 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:39:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711290001 MSNBC's Tucker Carlson called Sen. Barack Obama a "wuss" and a "BS artist," citing Obama's response to the question, "What does the word 'Clintonian' mean to you?" during a recent ABC News interview. Carlson asserted that "[h]e should just [have] come out and sa[id], 'Yeah, [Sen. Hillary Clinton is] Clintonian.' ... 'That's why they call it Clintonian.' " He later claimed that people "who plan to vote for her know that she is Clintonian in her answers. I mean, that's seen as a good thing a lot of the time. Why doesn't Barack Obama have the gumption, the moxie, the toughness?" <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200711290001 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:37:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711150007 On MSNBC's Tucker, the <em>Politico</em>'s Josephine Hearn stated that if Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee wins the Iowa caucuses, "I think that's very damaging to Mitt Romney, because they're both going after values voters. So they're both trolling in the same areas." Hearn's use of the label "values voters" to characterize the subset of voters being targeted by Huckabee and Romney advanced the myth that this group of voters is the only political constituency that votes its "values." http://mediamatters.org/items/200711150007 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:53:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710240003 Tucker Carlson said he was "outraged" by a statement from Rep. Charlie Rangel critical of Rudy Giuliani's "personal life," adding, "I don't think you should attack Giuliani for philandering." But Carlson has previously asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton's marriage to former President Bill Clinton is "[o]f course" an issue in the 2008 presidential election, discussing the Clintons' marriage in TV appearances, with references to Bill Clinton's "philander[ing]" and "famous appetites." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710240003 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:49:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710110003 On <em>Tucker</em>, discussing the targeting of 17-year-old Iowa voters by Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Tucker Carlson said the practice has "a Khmer Rouge quality to it," adding, "[I]t's scary." He also stated, "[I]f a right-wing candidate came and targeted my kids, I'd be mad about it. I don't want my kids near political candidates. ... They're creepy." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710110003 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:37:45 EST