Exposing Tucker Carlson
A Jewish woman with Detroit roots uncovered
conservative host’
s outrageous past comments.
M
adeline Peltz isn’
t your
average 24-year-old living
in Washington, D.C. The
young Media Matters for America
researcher made a name for herself
last week when she dug up shock-
ing audio clips from Fox News host
Tucker Carlson’
s past.
Peltz listened to hours of footage
from host Bubba the Love Sponge’
s
radio show between 2006 and
2011, according to the Washington
Post. While Carlson was a guest on
the show, he repeatedly degraded
women, insulted Muslims and cred-
ited white men for “creating civiliza-
tion.”
Peltz not only found the tapes
but also outlined evidence over the
past decade of Carlson’
s insulting
remarks in her Media Matters report,
part of an ongoing investigation
against Fox News. Peltz, who grew
up in Chicago and went to Oberlin
College, has both Jewish and Detroit
roots. Her maternal grandfather, the
late Bernard Goldman, grew up in
Detroit and attended Central High
School.
In the report, Peltz emphasized
Carlson’
s growing following of
neo-Nazis, who once referred to him
as “a one-man gas chamber.”
Media Matters’
decision to release
these audio clips caused a flurry
of enraged comments from both
Carlson and his fan base last week.
The discovery sparked a protest
in front of Fox News headquarters
in New York last week, where Peltz
joined crowds in solidarity as they
waved signs and chanted in opposi-
tion to Carlson’
s toxic rhetoric.
In an interview with the Detroit
Jewish News, Peltz says she has
received misogynistic, anti-Semitic
messages from Carlson fans and
right-wing spokespeople on social
media. While she says this isn’
t the
first time she has received hateful
comments, she’
s determined to stand
her ground.
“I am not afraid because I
know that the fight against global
anti-Semitism isn’
t about the indi-
vidual. It’
s a pernicious lie slandering
Jews of all practices and colors,” Peltz
says. “The fight against it requires us
to stand in solidarity with all mar-
ginalized communities, including
Muslims, Palestinians, queer and
gender non-conforming, and black
and brown people.”
In the midst of an outcry from
Carlson’
s supporters, Peltz has quick-
ly become an inspiration to people
who stand with her against bigotry.
“I’
ve gotten way more positive
messages than hateful, which shows
that Tucker Carlson’
s bigotry is both
extreme and overwhelmingly unpop-
ular,” Peltz says. “It’
s also illustrative
that in order to defend him, Tucker’
s
supporters must resort to anti-Semi-
tism, misogyny and calling me fat.”
Carlson has complained that he’
s
a victim of bullying, but in this case,
the “bully” is a 24-year-old who hap-
pens to be internet-savvy. ■
COURTESY MADELINE PELTZ
ALLISON JACOBS DIGITAL EDITOR
Madeline Peltz last week at a protest in front of Fox News headquarters in New York City
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