Greta Van Susteren Skewers Tucker Carlson For Sarah Palin Story

Greta Van Susteren denounced Daily Caller owner Tucker Carlson for publishing Mike Tyson's sexually-graphic comments on the alleged one night stand between Sarah Palin and basketball player Glen Rice.

The headline of the item on the Daily Caller website, which Carlson owns, referred to Rice as "the womb shifter." The post then went on to quote Tyson's crude and offensive depictions of Rice and Palin's alleged sexual relations and interracial sex.

A seething Van Susteren took to her blog to denounce Tyson's comments and Carlson's decision to publish what she called "vile" content. While she called Tyson "a thug," she reserved most of her ire for Carlson, a friend whom she said should have exercised better judgement as a journalist, a husband and a father.

The Fox News host called him "a pig" and a "purveyor of smut," insisting that the post constituted "violence against women." She accused him of publishing the sensational quotes to boost traffic to his website, which she suspected "is not doing well."

She also insisted that her reaction was not about being for or against Palin, but standing up for women in the media.

Carlson defended the publication of the story as newsworthy to Politico on Monday, adding, "We didn’t endorse what Tyson said; we in fact condemned it." He will appear on Van Susteren's show "On the Record" to discuss the story on Monday night at 10 p.m.

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Comments

[JessCostello]

07:16 PM on 09/21/2011

I noticed a lot of sick, racist black men had a fascination with Palin during the election and the comments on the election.

It's odd that racist black men have such a fascination with their object of hate. I don't think racist Asian, Latino, European, Arab etc. men have that same fascination. 


It's some kind of sick, black supremacist fantasy.

[ivoteabo]

03:51 PM on 09/21/2011

I am thinking that Mike thinks he can get away with talking about Sarah this way , because the Dem hates her , But also think he must think this way about all women which makes him a very dangerous man even now!

[ddevore50]

04:13 PM on 10/07/2011

Tyson is a low life, why would ANYONE pay attention to what HE said?

[grumbles]

01:14 PM on 09/21/2011

who????

[bodel]

09:35 PM on 09/20/2011

And so the murdoch background defecates on itself again.

[banzaimaur]

06:33 PM on 09/20/2011

"Carlson defended the publication of the story as newsworthy to Politico on Monday"

Just out of curiosity.....why would a rightwing columnist "defend" anything on Politico?

Also.....out of curiosity, any truth to the rumor that Tucker cancelled his Match.com membership now that DADT has been struck down? Just wonderin'.

[SF TKF]

03:32 PM on 09/20/2011

I love watching the right eat heir own.

[ThreeCrows]

03:14 PM on 09/20/2011

Hey Greta, I never would have known abut it until you made it into a story. Thanks, now I WILL check it out, otherwise, it would have been a non-story that went under the radar. Way to go, Greta, for bringing traffic to Carlson's site.

[spc5]

03:05 PM on 09/20/2011

And with all this commution by Palinistas....the sounds of crickets chirping is the only thing coming out of the Palin compound. Working on a game plan?

[AngrymanT]

11:18 AM on 09/20/2011

This is the same Mike Tyson that told a male reporter some years back in his Crazy, that I would ef you till you love me! Called the guy all kinds of f*gs and kept grabbing his crotch! Why are you SHOCKED that he makes crude comments? I listened to the interview and it was a bunch of guy talk, you might not like it, but that's what it was! Some guys are crude, some guys are pigs and some guys are crude pigs!! Schitt happens!! MOVE ON!!

[SDH283]

10:48 AM on 09/20/2011

When it comes to sticking up for all things Palin, Greta is embarrassing to watch -- she loses any dignity and/or self-respect she might have had.

When I think of who she used to be, and what she has lowered herself to, I shake my head in disgust.. Greta is like the ugly girl in HS who did the head cheerleader's homework for her, just on the chance that she would be invited to the next cool slumber party....

[gemini68]

10:42 AM on 09/20/2011

Greta, you know the old saying, There is no honor amongst thieves? Well there is also no honor amongst Fox News faux-journalists. You chose to work with these people.

[G D]

09:03 AM on 09/20/2011

Mike Tyson is a thug now? Talk about a guy misunderstood.

[karenmmn]

08:48 AM on 09/20/2011

Tucker Carlson is a joke. As for Greta, her show used to be interesting when she took on crime scenes and had her panel of detectives and forensic scientists etc. Now it is just another political fox show. Enough already. I'd rather watch paint dry.

[rudiy]

08:47 AM on 09/20/2011

Tucker has been through so many networks he has no place to go. Without publicity like this whe world would long forget Tucker.

[Whogivesafox]

08:43 AM on 09/20/2011

Greta, this is the down side of the media wave you and Sarah insist on perpetuating; embrace it.

[SDH283]

10:54 AM on 09/20/2011

Not only that, but Greta's husband is responsible for SarahPAC -- that SCAM that is nothing but a slush fund for Palin and her family/friends.

So, when Greta praises Sarah, or directs people to the ScamPAC, she benefits....this is the kind of Fair and Balance approach there is at FOX... Greta has hitched her wagon to Sarah's celebrity/success so she has a VESTED INTEREST in it.

[mltcc]

11:06 AM on 09/20/2011

So what! Should we not still be disgusted when human debris like Mike Tyson (A cconvicted rapist) exclaims his delight in the thought of "sexing" a woman till her guts hit the back of her head.