In this transcript of a video posted May 11, 2026, on the "Beinart Notebook," author and commentator Peter Beinart presents convincing evidence about Tucker Carlson’s bigotry and Jew hatred. Carlson is a well-known right-wing commentator and talk-show host. This discussion is timely. Carlson and other ultra-rightists have recently broken with U.S. president Donald Trump over the Iran war, claiming that Israel forced Washington into attacking Tehran. In doing so, Carlson and company have openly or covertly advanced antisemitic conspiracy theories.

May 14, 2026

In this episode of his notebook, Beinart speaks about Tucker Carlson and other right-wing commentators and their unabashed anti-Black and anti-immigrant bigotry as well as their Jew hatred. Carlson is the well-known former Fox News commentator who since 2023 hosts the right-wing talk shows “Tucker on X” and “The Tucker Carlson Show.”

This discussion is timely. Carlson and other ultra-rightists have recently broken with U.S. president Donald Trump over the Iran war, claiming that Israel forced Washington into attacking Tehran. In a recent podcast, for example, Carlson proffered “remorse” for his previous exaltations of Trump and for vigorously campaigning for Trump’s re-election in 2024.

In the transcript below, Beinart presents convincing evidence that confirms Carlson’s bigotry and Jew hatred.

  • Peter Link@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 days ago

    I don’t think the point was to classify antisemitism as more important than Islamophobia or anti-black racism. It has been around a long time and is often denied by those who promote it.

    But the fact that some radical and progressive activists are seeing Carlson as some sort of ally against Zionism is concerning, and needs to be combatted.

    • mrdown@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      So why most people call him specifically an antisemite rather than while supremacist which include antisemitism? It is not the productive way to talk about him badly when he specifically talk about Gaza. We can keep call out his supremacism ideology without tying it every time to the genocide