Fox News personality Tucker Carlson on Wednesday launched an attack on TV hosts who tell “lies” in order to “keep their stupid TV jobs.”
And critics say it sounds a lot like the right-wing channel’s star could be talking about himself.
Carlson accused American TV reporters of playing into China’s hands.
“You take a collection of dumb, desperate people in middle age hoping to keep on to their stupid TV jobs, you add scripts and some hairspray, and they repeat the lies for you,” he said.
Carlson has been one of Donald Trump’s most loyal defenders on television ― but behind the scenes he admitted to harboring some very different feelings.
“I hate him passionately,” he said in a text message uncovered in the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News, adding that he “can’t wait” for a time when he can ignore Trump.
Carlson’s critics couldn’t help but point out the irony and lack of self-awareness:
