A little counterpoint from a man whose job it is to defend one constituency slammed by an out-of-control Fox news host.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the Presidential palace in Baghdad on Monday. By Erik Wemple Erik Wemple Media critic with a focus on the ups and downs and downs of the cable-news industry. Email Bio Follow Media critic March 15 at 10:54 AM Of all the offensive bile Tucker Carlson eructed over his years chatting on the radio with “Bubba the Love Sponge,” nothing could compete with his observations about Iraqis.
CO-HOST: And the way they treat women -- you know, I agree with you. Their culture is -- but you’re in their homeland, and you’re over there as an American, who they hate, and they want nothing more than the Americans off of their soil, so they’re not going to play games. CARLSON: The second we -- they can just shut the fuck up and obey, is my view. And, you know, the second we leave, they’re going to be calling for us to return because they can’t govern themselves.It's not an exaggeration to say this is literally the worst way to think and talk about a group of people. It's the way that Nazis and Klansmen think and talk.
— Chris Hayes March 13, 2019 So the Erik Wemple Blog asked Fareed Yasseen, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States, what he thought of Carlson’s comments. He responded, “I would just like to state: Everybody with a modicum of culture refers to Iraq as the cradle of civilization. It is the ancestors of the Iraqis whom Mr. Carlson describes as being illiterate who invented writing,” said Yasseen.
Faced with the Media Matters scoop, Carlson this week has refused to “bow to the mob” — though his real nemesis is his own, unapologetic self. We’ve asked Fox News for comment on this matter and will update if we hear back. Chances are good that Carlson won’t cop to feeling self-denigrated.Erik Wemple: Tucker Carlson’s lie of the week
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