Tucker Carlson insisted that he wasn't aware of his ratings.
Carlson's program was the most- watched cable news program in US history.
Carlson said that he doesn't believe in the "Great Replacement" theory.
Tucker Carlson said on Thursday that he's not aware of his record-setting ratings.
Carlson doesn't know how to read a ratings chart. Ask anyone who's worked with or for me. I don't pay much attention to the ratings. I am not a subscriber to the email. I don't use email.
Insider wanted to know if Carlson has a work email account.
Carlson was pressed on the issue of pursuing ratings by Smith.
Smith said that you are in the ratings business.
Carlson said that he did not know what his ratings were. You might not agree with me. I do not own a television.
In April 2020, Carlson broke the record for most watched cable news program in US history, with more than 4.5 million viewers.
Smith asked Carlson if he thought white people were superior, referencing Carlson's use of the same language from white nationalists and proponents of the " Great Replacement " theory.
Smith said that he spent a lot of time laughing at the labels that were thrown at him. The most racist show in the history of cable television was hosted by a racist. Do you think white people are better than other people?
Carlson chuckled at the question.
"Of course not," the Fox News host said with a laugh.
Carlson said that everyone has equal value in his eyes because he is a Christian. Everyone has the same essential value. I think there are a lot of criticisms you could level at me, but sometimes I overstate the case, and I can be very nasty. If you were to look at my texts, listen to my personal conversations, or read my mind, you wouldn't find a instance where I was mad at black people.
He said that one hundred percent of the people he was mad at were well educated white liberals. I don't like the idea of a person like a female lawyer with a barren life. That is the person who yells at me on the plane.
The "they" vs. "you" dichotomy is often played into by Carlson's rhetoric on immigration and race.
After the May mass shooting in Buffalo, where the alleged shooter's manifesto repeated replacement theory rhetoric but did not mention the host or the network by name, Fox News went out of its way to defend Carlson against accusations of promoting white nationalist ideology.
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