Tucker Carlson has alleged that the Biden administration was "spying" on him in order to "take this show off the air" - something which the National Security Agency (NSA) firmly denies.

The Fox News host made the damning claims on his show Tucker Carlson Tonight which aired on Monday, June 28, per the Independent.

According to the publication, Carlson, 52, said that the "war on terror is now being waged against American citizens."

He went on to say that he and producers on the show were informed by a "whistleblower from within the U.S. government" that the NSA was "monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air."

Now, in a statement posted on Twitter, the NSA has denied spying on the conservative commentator, declaring: "This allegation is untrue. Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air."

The statement continued: "NSA has a foreign intelligence mission. We target foreign powers to generate insights on foreign activities that could harm the United States. With limited exceptions (e.g. an emergency), NSA may not target a US citizen without a court order that explicitly authorizes the targeting."

On Monday, Carlson said of the alleged information he had received: "The whistleblower who is in a position to know repeated back to us information about a story that we are working on that could have only come directly from my texts and emails.

"There’s no other possible source for that information. Period. They did it for political reasons. The Biden administration is spying on us. We have confirmed that."

Carlson then said he filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding any information that the NSA and other agencies have allegedly gathered on him and his show.

He urged Congress to take up the issue as "spying on opposition journalists is incompatible with democracy."

"They are doing it to us and again, they are definitely doing it to us, they are almost certainly doing it to others," he added. "This is scary and we need to stop it right away."

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Tucker Carlson has claimed that he was "unmasked" by the National Security Agency for trying to interview Vladimir Putin.

According to Axios, the 52-year-old Fox News anchor was speaking with American-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with the Russian President.

Per New York Post, Carlson appeared to corroborate this story on Wednesday, July 7, stating:

"Late this spring, I contacted a couple of people I thought could help us get an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I told nobody I was doing this other than my executive producer, Justin Wells."

Carlson claimed that he had attempted to keep the planned interview clandestine in order to avoid startling the Russian press, but stated that his plans had been curtailed when the Biden administration got hold of his emails.

The anchor then stated that a so-called "whistleblower" told him that the NSA planned to leak his emails to a number of media outlets in an effort to damage his credibility and credentials as an American patriot.

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Per New York Post, Carlson added: "By law, I should have been identified internally merely as a US journalist, or American journalist. That’s the law. But that's not how I was identified. I was identified by name. I was unmasked."

Unmasking is a technique used within the intelligence community referring to the practice of revealing the names of Americans who are in correspondence with foreign nationals under surveillance by the United States.

Carlson then called upon NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to explain who asked for his name to be unmasked.

In a statement issued on Twitter, a spokesperson for the National Security Agency denied that they had been Carlson's previous claims that he was being monitored, stating: "This allegation is untrue.

"Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the agency, and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air.

"NSA has a foreign intelligence mission. We target foreign powers to generate insights into foreign activities that could harm the United States. With limited exceptions [...] NSA may not target a US citizen without a court order."

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Tucker Carlson repeatedly pressed Piers Morgan to say a slur during a discussion on the freedom of speech within the UK.

The pair engaged in a debate on Carlson's show on Wednesday, where the conservative political commentator questioned whether freedom of speech was too restricted in the United Kingdom.

Morgan stepped up to the plate to defend the UK's stance and was challenged by the host to see if he would say the F slur on camera.

Carlson asked: "Would you say the word ‘f****t’ on camera?”, to which Morgan responded: "No."

The host then pressed: "Why? You don’t want to get arrested, do ya?", and as Morgan began to protest, he added: "Ohhh, because it’s so harmful to people? Is it like gay-bashing? What’s wrong with that?"

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Morgan then replied to say he did not feel compelled to say "derogatory stuff" about gay people just to defend his point.

Carlson then agreed but claimed the F slur had become a "magic word" that people are no longer allowed to use.

When Morgan asked Carlson whether he would use it, the host defiantly responded: "F****t? I just did. F****t, f****t, f****t. And I’m using it because you’re not allowed to."

The conversation had turned to the F slur after Carlson brought up a recent report about a 34-year-old British woman, Elizabeth Kinney, who was convicted of a "homophobic hate crime" for referring to a male "acquaintance" who she alleged attacked her as the F slur in text messages to another friend, per the Daily Mail.

According to the outlet, Kinney was sentenced to a 12 month community order, as well as 72 hours of unpaid work, 10 “rehabilitation activity days,” and made to pay a £364 fine.

The man, who she'd accused of assaulting her, was never charged, per the report, to which Carlson commented: "That story tells you everything."

Despite his rightful refusal to gratuitously use a homophobic slur for the sake of it, Morgan had earlier claimed there was a "massive rising issue with the suppression of free speech."

Both Carlson and Morgan agreed that the F slur is an "ugly" word, with Carlson revealing he has never used it to demean a gay person, and noted that he usually only hears it being used colloquially within the gay community.

He added: "The only people I ever hear use the word f****t are gay. Ever. Just like the only people who say the ‘n word’ are Black. Period."

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Seth MacFarlane has said that he wishes Family Guy would be taken off Fox due to Tucker Carlson's contentious opinions.

Taking to Twitter on Sunday, August 1, the 47-year-old comedian made his thoughts on one of the network's most well-known conservative political commentators crystal clear.

And while Fox has been the home of the hit show since 1999, if it were up to him, it would air on any other network.

"Tucker Carlson's latest opinion piece once again makes me wish Family Guy was on any other network. Look, Fox, we both know this marriage isn't working anymore. The sex is only once a year, I don't get along with your mother, and well… I've been having an affair with NBC," MacFarlane tweeted.

While it's not known what "opinion piece" he was referring to in his recent tweet, Carlson has expressed a number of controversial views with regard to the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Not only this, but the host went as far as to suggest that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to Joe Biden and a member of Donald Trump's former White House Coronavirus Task Force, "created" Covid.

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MacFarlane's tweet comes after Deadline reported that he signed a "mega TV overall deal" with NBCUniversal Content Studio last year and ended his relationship with 20th Century Fox Television.

The showrunner has also incorporated scenes into his hit animated show Family Guy, criticizing the network in its usual satirical manner.

Watch Family Guy slam Fox below: 

Back in 2018, MacFarlane said he was "embarrassed" to have the show air on the same network as Tucker Carlson, as per the Independent.

MacFarlane's most recent comments about Fox and Carlson come after a man was filmed confronting Tucker at a sporting goods store in Livingston, Montana.

The footage was posted to Instagram on July 24 by a man named Dan Bailey, who wrote:

"It’s not everyday you get to tell someone they are the worst person in the world and really mean it! What an a**hole!

"This man has killed more people with vaccine misinformation, he has supported extreme racism, he is a fascist and does more to rip this country apart than anyone that calls themselves an American."

Check out the video below:

Bailey can be seen calling Carlson "the worst human being known to mankind", before adding: "What you have done to people’s families, what you have done to everyone else ― "

Carlson then calls Bailey "son" before walking away at the end of the incident.

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Howard Stern has shared his opinions on Tucker Carlson's sudden departure from Fox News.

The network announced earlier this week that the 53-year-old primetime host would no longer be working for them effective immediately.

In a brief statement, they thanked Carlson for his work and revealed that his position would be covered by "rotating Fox News personalities" until a new host was found.

"Carlson’s last program was Friday, April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 pm starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named," they penned, as cited by The Independent.

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On Wednesday (April 26), Stern reacted to Carlson's firing during his long-running The Howard Stern Show. According to the Daily Mail, the 69-year-old radio host said to the former Fox News host: "At the end of the day, you are a fly on his a******."

"You're nothing because he’s still gonna have billions upon billions upon billions of dollars and own a giant corporation. And you know, you cannot f*** up. You can only push them so far," he continued.

While Tucker was a prominent media personality for the corporation - drawing around 3.5 million viewers every night - Stern claimed the network, specifically Keith Rupert Murdoch, could always replace him.

The radio host then made a comparison to his role on SiriusXM, stating: "I know who owns SiriusXM, I know who the guy is on top… I think he owns entire states in the United States."

"He doesn’t need me. I’m here at his…service... I know at the end of the day, my man is my master and I like working at SiriusXM. So, you know, I could bust balls, blah, blah," he continued. "But at the end of the day, I’m worthless. And I always have that in the back of my head."

He then claimed that "guys like Bill O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson" forget that they are "another brick in the wall," adding: "That’s what you are. You’re a worker bee. I’m a worker bee."

"You know, they pay me well and everything… I don’t let it for a minute do I think I’m more important than the man who owns this place. He is my Lord and Savior," he concluded.

Although the network’s statement suggested Carlson's departure was mutual, the host's final words on Friday’s broadcast of Tucker Carlson Tonight indicate that perhaps he didn't see his exit coming.

During the segment on his show, he ate pizza with Tyler Morrell - a pizza delivery driver from Pennsylvania who assisted in the arrest of a suspect evading law enforcement - and signed off with: "We’ll be back on Monday - in the meantime have the best weekend with the ones you love. See you then."

Furthermore, the popular host broke his silence over his firing in a bizarre 2.16-minute video posted to his Twitter page - which has amassed 558.3K likes and 35.3 million views as of this writing.

In a lengthy monologue, he spoke about being the victim of efforts to stop discussion of "big topics, the ones that will define our futures."

He stated that after being "outside the noise for a few days" he learned how "unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are," calling them "completely irrelevant" and insisting that they "mean nothing".

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Tucker Carlson's most dedicated fans are apparently canceling their Fox Nation subscriptions following the news that the host has been axed.

The controversial and outspoken presenter first joined Fox back in 2009, per the NY Times, but his usual 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' show was nowhere to be seen on Monday night.

Instead, viewers were greeted by Brian Kilmeade hosting 'Fox News Tonight' - with Kilmeade quickly glossing over Carlson's departure.

"As you probably have heard, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," Kilmeade informed viewers. "I wish Tucker the best. I’m great friends with Tucker and always will be. But right now, it’s time for 'Fox News Tonight', so let’s get started..."

The Independent has since reported that Fox News announced on Monday that it had "parted ways" with Carlson - who was undoubtedly its biggest presenter. The announcement came just days after the company settled a $787 million defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over lies about the 2020 Presidential Election.

In response to the settlement, Fox said in a statement: "We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues."

Now, however, with Carlson gone, it seems like the network may have other issues to contend with, as many of the host's fans have vowed to cancel their Fox Nation subscriptions.

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Fox Nation is a Fox News subscription video-on-demand service that launched back in 2018 and sees users pay $5.99 per month (or $64.99 per year for The Patriot Plan) for "entertaining and informative shows that highlight the unique stories, history, and people", according to the Fox website.

But now, subscribers are threatening to cancel their memberships - with some (apparently) already doing so.

Writer Scott Morefield tweeted: "I just canceled my Fox Nation subscription with the note: 'No Tucker Carlson, no Fox Nation subscription. Goodbye.' Who is doing the same?"

And one Twitter user - who describes themselves as "Ultra-MAGA" - tweeted a screenshot of their cancelation, captioning the post: "Just canceled my #FoxNation subscription! FU ⁦@FoxNews #TuckerCarlson was the only reason I still watched!!"

A third tweeted: "Just canceled my Fox Nation subscription. No point in having it w/o Tucker Carlson Originals."

"Effective immediately I have canceled my @foxnation subscription," wrote a fourth, adding: "Can’t wait to see where Tucker Carlson lands."

And a fifth tweeted: "Today I canceled my Fox Nation subscription. Tomorrow I’ll be returning all three cable boxes for my TV’s. I don’t need them anymore, since the only reason I kept them was to watch Tucker Carlson Tonight & Today. @FoxNews blew it."

However, one person who was clearly happy with Carlson's departure was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who shared her brutal comments in a recent social media post. You can check that out here.

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