Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson was
born 16 May 1969. He is an
American political news correspondent and c
onservative commentator for Fox News Channel. He is the founder and editor in chief of The
Daily Caller. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and formerly hosted
CNN's Crossfire and
MSNBC's Tucker.
Carlson later hosted the MSNBC program Tucker, which was canceled on May 10 March 2008. Carlson MSNBC came in February 2005 from CNN where he was the youngest anchor in the history of the network. While with CNN, he hosted a variety of shows and promotions, including online political debate program, Crossfire.
Carlson also hosted a late afternoon weekday wrap up for MSNBC during the Winter Olympics in 2006 when he tried to learn to play different olympic sports.
