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Tucker Carlson Tonight
2016 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 2 seasons
Veteran political journalist Tucker Carlson hosts this nightly series that bears his name. Fox News describes the show as an "hour of spirited debate and powerful reporting," with Carlson taking on issues that viewers care about. He is joined by guests to help him discuss issues that don't seem to get much coverage in other parts of the media. Regular segments include Carlson calling out political correctness that goes too far and putting overblown social-media outrage in its place, all done in what the network calls "his signature style."
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I guess it depends on your definition of "taught". Only about 50% of US adults agree on the crux of the issue, that human emissions contribute a great deal to global heating, while 20% say human emissions are not important [1]. Some large percentage of the population, I would guess at least 30%, have received the hoax message repeatedly from popular conservative sources such as Fox News, Donald Trump's former Twitter account, and the TV show Tucker Carlson Tonight.
Now, I tend to think that all these sources don't care in the slightest whether what they're saying is true, and would happily say (and even believe) the exact opposite seconds later if it suited them. And their audiences may at some level understand this. It's not really about what is being said, it's about the way it affirms the coalition and its alignment with truth and goodness.
There is perhaps room for genuine teaching - but I'm not sure what it would take to dig out of where we are today.
[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2019/11/25/u-s-public-views-on-climate-and-energy/