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Fox News host Tucker Carlson in lewd recordings controversy | Fox News host Tucker Carlson in lewd recordings controversy |
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Audio recordings reveal a top Fox News host using misogynistic and offensive language on a controversial radio show. | Audio recordings reveal a top Fox News host using misogynistic and offensive language on a controversial radio show. |
Tucker Carlson, who speaks on the programme every week, is heard in the recordings from between 2006 and 2011 defending child marriage and making sexual comments about underage girls. | Tucker Carlson, who speaks on the programme every week, is heard in the recordings from between 2006 and 2011 defending child marriage and making sexual comments about underage girls. |
He describes women as "extremely primitive" and "basic". | He describes women as "extremely primitive" and "basic". |
The Fox News anchor has invited "anyone who disagrees" with his views to come on his show. | The Fox News anchor has invited "anyone who disagrees" with his views to come on his show. |
Mr Carlson was hired by Fox News in 2009 and has presented an eponymously named daily evening talk show since 2016. | Mr Carlson was hired by Fox News in 2009 and has presented an eponymously named daily evening talk show since 2016. |
The unearthed recordings (which contain explicit language) reveal Mr Carlson calling into a controversial show known as Bubba the Love Sponge. They were published online by the organisation Media Matters for America. | |
What was discussed on the show? | What was discussed on the show? |
In the recordings Mr Carlson talks to the host, Todd Clem (known as Bubba the Love Sponge), as well as his anonymous co-host, about a range of current affairs. | In the recordings Mr Carlson talks to the host, Todd Clem (known as Bubba the Love Sponge), as well as his anonymous co-host, about a range of current affairs. |
On several conversations, the three men discuss abuse and sexual scenarios involving children. | On several conversations, the three men discuss abuse and sexual scenarios involving children. |
On two occasions, Mr Carlson lambasts charges against Warren Jeffs, who is in jail for child rape: "Now this guy may be a child rapist," he says, "I'm just telling you that arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old and a 27-year-old is not the same as pulling a stranger off the street and raping her." | On two occasions, Mr Carlson lambasts charges against Warren Jeffs, who is in jail for child rape: "Now this guy may be a child rapist," he says, "I'm just telling you that arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old and a 27-year-old is not the same as pulling a stranger off the street and raping her." |
When the show host describes 14-year-old girls at Mr Carlson's daughter's school sexually experimenting with each other, he says: "If it weren't my daughter I would love that scenario." | When the show host describes 14-year-old girls at Mr Carlson's daughter's school sexually experimenting with each other, he says: "If it weren't my daughter I would love that scenario." |
He also says that Bill Clinton should divorce his wife Hillary and "take up plural marriage or something with a bunch of teenagers in a foreign country". | He also says that Bill Clinton should divorce his wife Hillary and "take up plural marriage or something with a bunch of teenagers in a foreign country". |
The three men use extremely offensive and misogynistic language against well-known female figures. | The three men use extremely offensive and misogynistic language against well-known female figures. |
Mr Carlson refers to celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton as "the biggest white whores in America", he calls the journalist Arianna Huffington a "pig" and says that Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton are "anti-man". | Mr Carlson refers to celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton as "the biggest white whores in America", he calls the journalist Arianna Huffington a "pig" and says that Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton are "anti-man". |
He says that "what gets women going is arguing with them". | He says that "what gets women going is arguing with them". |
"You just need to be quiet and kind of do what you're told," he added. | "You just need to be quiet and kind of do what you're told," he added. |
When describing Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, Mr Carlson says: "I feel sorry for her in that way. I feel sorry for unattractive women." | When describing Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, Mr Carlson says: "I feel sorry for her in that way. I feel sorry for unattractive women." |
How has Tucker Carlson reacted? | How has Tucker Carlson reacted? |
Mr Carlson posted on Twitter acknowledging that he had been caught "saying something naughty on a radio show more than a decade ago". | Mr Carlson posted on Twitter acknowledging that he had been caught "saying something naughty on a radio show more than a decade ago". |
He did not "express the usual ritual contrition" but publicised his show and asked his opponents to come on as guests. | He did not "express the usual ritual contrition" but publicised his show and asked his opponents to come on as guests. |
In December, Fox News lost more than a dozen advertisers due to derogatory comments Mr Carlson made about immigrants. | In December, Fox News lost more than a dozen advertisers due to derogatory comments Mr Carlson made about immigrants. |
On Sunday, Fox News rebuked remarks made by host Jeanine Pirro suggesting that Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar supported Sharia Law because she wore a hijab. | On Sunday, Fox News rebuked remarks made by host Jeanine Pirro suggesting that Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar supported Sharia Law because she wore a hijab. |
"We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro's comments about Rep Ilhan Omar," the network said in a statement. | "We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro's comments about Rep Ilhan Omar," the network said in a statement. |