Podcaster Tucker Carlson was named “Antisemite of the Year” by prominent Jewish civil rights group StopAntisemitism for offering platforms to Jew-haters and -bashers on his show

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Tucker Carlson Named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by Prominent Jewish Organization after Alarming Interviews

December 21, 2025

Podcaster Tucker Carlson was named “Antisemite of the Year” by a prominent Jewish civil rights group for offering platforms to Jew-haters and -bashers on his show.

Carlson’s dubious distinction from StopAntisemitism comes as fallout continues from a friendly October interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has pushed conspiracy theories about “Jewish control” of US politics, media and finance, denied the Holocaust, and called for what he described as a “holy war” against Jews.

“By an overwhelming vote margin, Tucker Carlson has been named StopAntisemitism’s 2025 Antisemite of the Year,” StopAntisemitism founder and executive director Liora Rez told The Post.

“Carlson’s divisive, hateful, and dangerous rhetoric and his repeated glowing interviews with bigots and Hitler apologists have made him the most reviled Jew-hater over the last 12 months,” Rez added.

Carlson’s interview with Fuentes drew controversy from the start, with the white nationalist telling the host he was a “fan” of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who promoted policies that discriminated against Jews.

Carlson himself slammed “Christian Zionists” for supporting Israel, saying they had been “seized by this brain virus” during the chat — singling out former President George W. Bush, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

“I dislike them more than anybody,” said Carlson, a former Fox News host.

The interview sparked immediate condemnation and created a rift on the political right, with some conservatives such as Ben Shapiro saying right-leaning groups should sever ties with Carlson while others defended him, including Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts.

StopAntisemitism had named Carlson its “Antisemite of the Week” in October, before the Fuentes controversy.

“He uses his platform of millions to normalize antisemitism, from downplaying white supremacy to promoting the antisemitic ‘great replacement theory,’ turning dog whistles into a megaphone for hate,” the group said then.

The group claimed Carlson had targeted pro-Israel Jewish conservative Shapiro and others for being “focused on a conflict in a foreign country as their own country becomes dangerously unstable.” That, in essence, amounted to invoking the age-old “dual loyalty” smear implying that Jews are traitorous Americans whose true allegiance lies with Israel, the group claimed in its critique.

The group said Carlson is dangerous because of his reach to millions of devotees, playing the role of the provocateur by teeing up questions to trigger inflammatory responses that spread “falsehoods and antisemitic narratives without directly saying them himself.”

Carlson previously interviewed Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac, who refers to Israel as a “terrorist entity.”

He also welcomed Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper, who claimed the Nazis didn’t intend to kill Jews and blamed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for World War II. But Carlson praised Cooper as “the best and most honest popular historian in the United States,” the group said.

“When influential figures normalize antisemitic narratives, it contributes to a climate where threats, harassment, and violence against Jews become more and more common,” StopAntisemitism’s Rez said.

“Antisemitism is surging in the U.S. and abroad, and it is increasingly driven by people with powerful platforms … not just by fringe extremists,” she added. “Words don’t kill, but they dig the graves by inflaming hatred and inspiring unstable actors. Words have consequences, and in today’s environment, they can and do pave the way to real-world violence and deadly attacks on Jews.”

Carlson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Carlson edged out two other finalists for the notorious honor — mixed martial arts fighter Bryce Mitchell and alt-right conspiracy theorist Stew Peters.

Mitchell had called Hitler a “good guy.”

“He fought for his country. He wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out that were destroying his country and turning them all into gays,” Mitchell said in January this year.

Peters posted a video last year titled “HoloHoax: Fake Gas Chambers, Fake Pictures, Fake Holocaust.”

“Which fairytale is more believable? Santa and the North Pole [or] The `Holocaust’,” Peters said in an X post last Christmas.

He also referred to Israel as the “synagogue of Satan.”

Children’s podcaster Ms. Rachel and actress Cynthia Nixon were among the top 10 contenders for the dishonor.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-of-the-year-by-jewish-organization/

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