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WHO IS TUCKER CARLSON?
He was rejected by the CIA, came to journalism by chance and ended up being the most watched anchor in the United States, Who is Tucker Carlson?
After more than ten years at Fox News, he announced that he is ending his contractual relationship with the company and will seek new challenges. April 25, 2023
Tucker Carlson will leave Fox News after 14 years. The news shook both the journalistic and political worlds, as the popular anchor enjoyed millions of viewers every night. While he decides his future, let's take a look back at his career, from when he wanted to join the CIA to when he became the highest rated man on American television.
He was born on May 16, 1969 in San Francisco, California to a wealthy family and attended high school in Rhode Island, where he met his later wife, Susan Andrews.
He was raised by a single father and from an early age showed interest and debating skills, so he started organizing debates in high school.
When it was time to go to college, he entered Trinity College in Connecticut, where he again participated in numerous debates. It is said that at that time she began to wear her distinctive bow tie.
Failed entry into the CIA and beginnings in journalism
By 1992, with a history degree under his belt, Carlson tried unsuccessfully to join the CIA. Frustrated, he sought advice from his father, who advised him to go into journalism because "they'll take anyone".
He found his first job in the industry at Policy Review, where he was a fact-checker. He later landed at the Arkansas Democrat Gazzette, where he made a name for himself as a columnist.
According to POLITICO's John F. Harris, Carlson was seen for years as "an important voice of the intelligentsia," reaching out with his columns to outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Slate and The Daily Beast, among others.
One of his most memorable moments during his time in the print media was with George W. Bush as the protagonist.
When the journalist published the interview he had with the then presidential candidate, he quoted him repeatedly using the word "caraj…" and mocking Karla Faye Tucker, executed in Texas during Bush's tenure as governor.
"Mr. Carlson misunderstood me, mischaracterized me. He is a good reporter, he just misunderstood how serious I was. I take the death penalty very seriously," the then-candidate clarified at the time. At the time, the article was widely applauded by the most leftist and anti-Republican.
His landing on television was purely by chance and thanks to former footballer O.J. Simpson who was accused of double homicide in the 1990s.
Specifically, he claimed to be an expert on his case in order to win the space on a television panel, which was not true. Since then, he got used to being in front of a camera.
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