Coverage dated December 8, 2021

Tucker Carlson falsely claims that COVID-19 'does feminize' people during an interview with Brexit politician Nigel Farage

Headline from Insider

FOX News host Tucker Carlson cited UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as an example, saying COVID-19 "emasculated" Johnson and "weakened him as a man."

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  1. Hot Air

    Tucker: Getting COVID "feminizes" you (opens Hot Air)

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    Maybe I should just link this piece and call an early lid on this post. I’m intrigued, though. Why is the most famously vax-skeptical host on American television telling his audience something t...

  2. Hot Air

    Tucker Carlson claims getting COVID "feminizes people" (opens Hot Air)

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    Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson claimed that getting the coronavirus “feminizes people.” “So somebody who knows him told me, and I’d be interested in getting your take on this, that getting COVID emasc...

  3. Talking Points Memo

    Carlson Declares That Getting COVID Makes You Girly (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Fox host Tucker Carlson claimed during an interview that he knew of someone who was “emasculated” and “weakened as a man” by contracting COVID-19.

  4. Insider

    Tucker Carlson falsely claims that COVID-19 'does feminize' people during an interview with Brexit politician Nigel Farage (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    FOX News host Tucker Carlson cited UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as an example, saying COVID-19 "emasculated" Johnson and "weakened him as a man."

  5. Media Matters for America

Tucker Carlson falsely claims that COVID-19 'does feminize' people during an interview with Brexit politician Nigel Farage | Since Then