Hated by All the Right People

A revelatory, jaw-dropping portrait of Tucker Carlson’s career and his history of reinvention, and a story of how the right-wing media lost its mind. New York Magazine writer Jason Zengerle’s eye-opening narrative follows Tucker Carlson’s infamous journey from gifted young intern at The New Republic to a noxious talking head on Fox News, and then to his dethroning and defenestration. In the tradition of Our Man and The Loudest Voice in the Room, Zengerle examines how Tucker Carlson’s Zelig-like career offers a unique lens into the confusing, myopic, and utterly shameless evolution of American conservatism, its media presence and punditry, from the 1990s to the present.

Jason Zengerle, National Fellow, is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where he covers politics and national affairs. Zengerle previously worked at GQ, New York Magazine, and The New Republic. His writing has been anthologised in several books, including The Best American Political Writing, The Best American Medical Writing, and Next Wave: America’s new generation of great literary journalists. He was the winner of the 2019 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting.