The hashtag "TuckyoRose" was trending on Sunday as Tucker Carlson became the target of mockery and attacks after it was revealed he was pushed by Russia as part of that nation's propaganda effort.
Mother Jones revealed a leaked memo from the Russian Department of Information and Telecommunications Support that was ordering state media personalities and producers to promote comments made by the Fox News host.
"TuckyoRose" is a take-off of Tokyo Rose, the name given to World War II women delivering pro-Japanese propaganda in English to allied soldiers in the South Pacific.
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As retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman explained, no one should live their lives as a state TV shill for Russia.
Live your life in such a way that the Russian government and state tv apparatus doesn’t think you’re an ally @TuckerCarlson #TuckyoRose https://t.co/g8hgBJyLM8
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) March 13, 2022
On Saturday, Carlson's show also began appearing on Chinese Communist Party television promoting Ukraine conspiracy theories. On Friday, Carlson's show aired propaganda from Chinese and Russian leaders.
China’s state controlled media quoting Tucker Carlson quoting Russian propaganda. The Ukraine War is an vivid example of @FoxNews being on the side of America’s enemy. https://t.co/xhslwCEFTJ
— 杨涵 Han Yang (@polijunkie_aus) March 13, 2022
Tucker Carlson is being aired on Chinese Communist Party TV to support conspiracy theories against Ukraine and pro-Russia. pic.twitter.com/kRKt5ihXP3
— Daniel Di Martino 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇻🇪 (@DanielDiMartino) March 12, 2022
Tucker Carlson is used on China‘s national news CCTV for amplifying Russia’s “bio lab” conspiracy for justifying Ukraine invasion.
— 巴丢草 Badiucao💉💉 (@badiucao) March 13, 2022
What a idiot pic.twitter.com/1TaSLjncf6
This comes after an episode of Tucker where he played statements from Russia and China and claimed he had to because the US government was lying pic.twitter.com/FIsLUPprmV
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 10, 2022
See other comments from those attacking Carlson online below:
I don't know what is scarier, the fact that #TuckyoRose has been getting away with this for YEARS (and getting worse every day), or some of the responses you're getting here from people defending him 😳😡
— TheDolphin_#resist🐬✌💕Ⓥ🌱 (@CetaceanFreedom) March 13, 2022
If Maria Bartiromo is concerned about who’s seeing Putin as a partner she should be calling out Tucker Carlson and Trump.
— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) March 13, 2022
As I've written previously, Fox News uses similar tactics to Russian state media. In this column, I spoke to @peterpomeranzev—who worked in Russian media—about the parallels between the two. It's grotesque, and Tucker Carlson is yet another useful idiot. https://t.co/h8ZHG0xQd8 https://t.co/KUj5UC2mmq
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 13, 2022
This #SundayMorning remember that folks like Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson are all parroting #FoxNewsFascistPropaganda. Rupert Murdoch is laughing all the way to the bank while his network is a mouthpiece for Putin.
— StandForBetter.org (@StandForBetter) March 13, 2022
Pass it on. pic.twitter.com/cgFJIuvRlD
When does Tucker Carlson start bringing the pro-cancer viewpoint into the mainstream?
— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 13, 2022
This article is about a leaked Kremlin Memo to the TV stations in Russia...
— Րυɱ૦Ր Һคς ɿ੮ 🏴 (@BrandiLynn4Ever) March 13, 2022
*Not in the article because it just happened, but Russian a state TV host just said: "I wonder how long it will take before Tucker Carlson is put into prison as a Russian agent."#TuckyoRose ❌🇷🇺 https://t.co/ovEKpJXnbr
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