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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