US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has publicly questioned the dramatic shift in tone by media figure Tucker Carlson, suggesting that Carlson’s recent anti-Israel rhetoric is driven by financial incentives rather than conviction.
Huckabee noted that the shift is particularly striking given their past professional relationship at Fox News, where the two worked together for years. According to Huckabee, Carlson did not previously express hostility toward Israel, making the speed and sharpness of the change difficult to explain on ideological grounds alone.
The ambassador implied that today’s media environment rewards controversy and audience capture, arguing that attacking Israel has become a profitable strategy in certain online and alternative media circles. He questioned how someone with firsthand familiarity with Israel could reverse course so quickly unless outside incentives were at play.
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