The Murdochs and Tucker Carlson are bound together

Appealing to the conscience of the Murdoch family over Carlson’s bigotry has not worked, which is why pressure groups are targeting their pocket, writes Richard Hall

Fox News host Tucker Carlson gives off a strange high-pitched laugh as he discusses the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin. (Fox News)

Tucker Carlson appears to be having the time of his life. Twice this week he has burst into fits of laughter during his nightly Fox News show — once during a discussion about the murder of George Floyd, and again while promoting a white supremacist theory of racial replacement.

A normal person might struggle to find the humour in either of those topics, but very little about Carlson’s show has been normal as of late. Even for a man who is frequently the target of advertiser boycotts and often accused of dog whistle racism, the last few weeks have been unusual.

Carlson started the month with a monologue that was almost indistinguishable from a common white supremacist talking point known as “replacement theory.” To the uninitiated, that is the idea that the white race is being replaced by non-white immigrants who will dilute the power and culture of the “native” population.