Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host turned popular right-wing podcaster, recently announced he is teaming up with Skyhorse Publishing to release books by a familiar cast of provocateurs. Among his stable of authors is Russell Brand, the actor currently facing multiple sexual assault charges in the U.K. — to which he has pleaded not guilty — and Milo Yiannopoulos, the far-right media figure who once identified as gay but now advocates for so-called “conversion therapy,” and whose previous publishing deal imploded after comments widely interpreted as condoning sex between adults and minors.
Carlson has framed the venture as a defiant stand against censorship, and it seems clear the imprint intends to push against the boundaries of what legacy media will tolerate, like a book on cancer by Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, whose controversial cancer drug Anktiva recently received FDA warnings about misleading claims.
