Tucker Carlson Praises France For Sinking The Rainbow Warrior

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WASHINGTON - Greenpeace complained Thursday to the Federal Communications Commission about MSNBC talk show host Tucker Carlson's praise for a fatal attack 20 years ago on the environmental group's flagship.

Terrorists do not need any further encouragement to commit their horrific acts," John Passacantando, Greenpeace USA's executive director, wrote to the FCC. "This violent act against the Rainbow Warrior did not just destroy property. It took the life of Fernando Pereira, the ship's photographer, who drowned below deck, leaving behind two young children." Greenpeace asked the commission to investigate and "take appropriate steps so that Mr. Carlson and MSNBC do not continue to violate appropriate broadcast standards."

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In his June 22 and July 15 shows of "The Situation with Tucker Carlson," the bow-tied conservative praised French agents' July 10, 1985 attack on Greenpeace's "Rainbow Warrior," in New Zealand's Auckland Harbor, according to transcripts on MSNBC's Web site.

Carlson said he was "objectively pro-France. You know, France blew up the Rainbow Warrior, that Greenpeace ship in Auckland Harbor in the '80s. ... It won me over." At another point, Carlson called the mining of the ship "a bold and good thing to do."

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050811/ap_on_en_tv/greenpeace_carlson_1

[Canuckistanian]

1. He called it an act of "vandalism, not terror"

Twice!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. The man is a total schmuck, and my guess is that he made those remarks

just to get the attention he knew they would get. His show is sinking and he needed something to get some ratings.

He did not even have the courage to make controversial remarks about something that is going on currently.

[blindpig]

3. what an incredible asshole

I used to write him off as a brainless yuppie, an entirely unfunny PJ O'Rourke. I was mistaken, pity is not an option. :mad:

Perhaps he forsees some upcoming opennings in the hate radio biz.:shrug: