Calls for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson grow louder

By now, we all know what Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is.

He is a divider whose goal is to stir up his audience with dangerous rhetoric about race and other extreme right talking points. He spends most of his show stirring the pot then later uses his well-practiced tactics to deny he said what we all know he meant. Or that those rightfully bothered by what he said are blowing it all out of proportion.

“Whaaat did I say? No, no, you misunderstood me. The left is trying to cancel me” is his general disposition after his many frequent controversies.

It would be nice to dismiss him as a gaslighting quack who says outrageous things and who no one takes seriously.

But this, too, is what he is: the host of the most popular prime-time show on cable news television.

He draws several million viewers a night for his 8 p.m. Eastern show on Fox News. With former President Donald Trump banned from social media and the recent death of Rush Limbaugh, Carlson is considered by many to be the voice of conservatives, particularly those who remain upset about the results of the 2020 election.

So he cannot nor should he be dismissed as someone who has no influence or doesn’t matter.