Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, urged Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch and the network’s top executives in a letter on Tuesday to “immediately cease the reckless amplification of the so-called ‘Great Replacement’ theory on your network’s broadcasts” in the wake of a deadly racist rampage in Buffalo. The letter, which followed remarks Mr. Schumer gave on the Senate floor Monday, may signal a new effort by Democrats and others to raise pressure on the cable network and its top-rated host and moneymaker, Tucker Carlson. Mr. Schumer cited a recent Times investigation showing that Mr. Carlson has for years used his show to relentlessly promote “replacement,” which is the belief, rooted in racist conspiracy theories, that an elite cabal is seeking to replace native-born populations in the United States and Europe with immigrants from Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. A 180-page document posted online by the accused Buffalo killer is laden with racist images and references the most extreme versions of replacement theory, holding that not only immigrants but also Black Americans are “replacers” seeking to drive white people out from their rightful place in the United States.

Source: Fox News May 17, 2022 14:01 UTC