Far-Right Mourns Exit of Lead Tucker Carlson Writer Following Revelations of Racist Beliefs – By Jared Holt (Right Wing Watch) / July 13 2020
Far-right media personalities are grieving the resignation of Blake Neff, a lead writer for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson who quit his job at Fox News after CNN revealed that Neff had authored a slew of racist and sexist comments under a pseudonymous online profile and had used his role at the network to amplify those beliefs.
Reactions from several factions of the modern American far-right movement make clear that Neff’s resignation has been widely received as a loss for their cause; no longer will a writer who advanced their beliefs be able to influence Carlson, who hosts what is currently America’s most popular television news show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight.“ Carlson’s program on Fox News has been lauded by far-right activists for airing inflammatory and racist content that is at times nearly identical to the far-right movement’s own propaganda, and President Donald Trump often watches Carlson’s show approvingly, adopting Carlson’s conversation topics as his own.
CNN’s Oliver Darcy reported Friday that Neff was interacting with forum board posts where racist language, including the n-word, was casually deployed as recently as last week. Neff was reported to be a revered figure on the board, where he repeatedly expressed anti-Black views, made bigoted remarks, and over the course of five years, invited forum users to harass a woman. All the while, Neff worked at The Daily Caller and Fox News. CNN’s Darcy reports:
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