CNN’s Brian Stelter labels Tucker Carlson as “The New Trump” [Video]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• CNN Chief Correspondent Brian Stelter tagged Fox News’ Tucker Carlson as the new “Donald Trump.”
• Other media reporters described Carlson as a liar and an entertainer.
• Carlson has played the role of former President Donald Trump in fighting for right-wing politics.

During his “Reliable Source” show on Sunday, CNN Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter said that Fox News’ Tucker Carlson “is the new Donald Trump.”

The CNN host argued that Carlson, who arguably is the face of Fox News, has stepped up and filled the shoes of former President Donald Trump when the latter was evicted out of the White House.

“Tucker has taken Trump’s place as a right-wing leader, as an outrage generator, as a fire-starter, and it’s all taking place on Fox, just as Trump’s campaign did,” Stelter said. 

“Every day, Carlson is throwing bombs, making online memes, offending millions of people also delighting millions of others, tapping into White male rage and resentment, stoking distrust of big tech and the media, generally coarsening the discourse, never apologizing for anything and setting the GOP’s agenda. Sounds like a recently retired president, right?”

The Washington Post’s media critic and journalist Erik Wemple said that Carlson “lies strategically and carefully.”

Likewise, White House Correspondent April Ryan of The Grio perceived Carlson not as a “news reporter,” but an “entertainer.”

CNN political commentator SE Cupp also told Stelter that Tucker was aware of his actions.

“I can’t decide if he’s the rich man’s Trump or the poor man’s Trump. In some ways, he’s smarter than Trump,” she said.

Fox News has been providing Carlson more opportunity to spread his distasteful oratories. As the GOP was overpowered by the Democrats in the House and the Senate, the news anchor filled in the shoes of the ex-president as he tries to sustain the right-wing dispositions.

“The Murdochs are relieved that the GOP no longer wants to tackle substance and policy and just wants to live in culture wars,” Cupp said.

Just this week, Carlson made a barrage of insulting statements such as denouncing women in the US army, harassing New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz and changing the narrative of George Floyd’s death.

He wrote an op-ed on the network’s website entitled: “Everything the media didn’t tell you about the death of George Floyd.” Last week, he also said that “Pregnant women are going to fight our wars. It’s a mockery of the US military.”

Source: CNN.com