Now that his top writer has resigned for secretly posting racist and sexist comments, Tucker Carlson is going trout fishing
released a much-anticipated statement about the secret racist and sexist posts of his now former top writer of three years,that revealed the extent of his online activity. At the time, Carlson kept quiet. Three days later, while Carlson disavowed Neff’s remarks, saying he believes in judging “people for what they do, not for how they were born,” he focused significantly more ire toward those applauding the CNN article.
Carlson did not detail for his audience exactly what Neff had said to destroy his career. And he attempted to distance Neff’s views from those of the show he wrote for. “Blake was horrified by the story, and he was ashamed,” Carlson said. “What Blake wrote anonymously was wrong. We don’t endorse those words. They have no connection to this show.”
He closed his show by announcing that he’ll be temporarily off the air for a “long-planned” vacation, the customary sign-off for Fox News hosts embroiled in a scandal (previous practitioners include
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