Meet Tucker Carlson
He was rejected by theCIA, 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 theCIAto 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 theCIA. 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.
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Meet Dick Carlson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Carlson
Voice of America
In the summer of 1986, President Reagan announced his intention to nominate …Carlson''' as an associate director of the United States Information Agency to succeed Ernest Eugene Pell.
Carlson became director of Voice of America, a U.S. government-funded, state-owned multimedia agency which serves as the United States federal government's official institution for non-military, external broadcasting.[15] It broadcasts 24 hours a day in nearly 50 languages to more than 130 million people around the world, with a full-time staff of 3,000 and a part-time staff of 1,200.
Carlson was the longest-serving director in VOA's 50-year history.
WHAT IS VOICE OF AMERICA?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest[3] and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters.[4][5] VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages,[6] which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. Its targeted and primary audience is non-American.
VOA was established in 1942,[7] and the VOA charter (Public Laws 94-350 and 103–415)[8] was signed into law in 1976 by President Gerald Ford.
VOA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent agency of the U.S. government.[9] Funds are appropriated annually under the budget for embassies and consulates. As of 2022, VOA has a weekly worldwide audience of approximately 326 million (up from 236.6 million in 2016) and employs 961 staff with annual budget of $252 million.[10][11]
Voice of America is seen by some listeners as having a positive impact while others see it as American propaganda; it also serves US diplomacy.[12][13][14]