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On Sept. 18, 2020, a video clip started to circulate on social media that supposedly showed Fox News' host Tucker Carlson saying that he was basically on board with democratic socialism after his guest, political activist Cornel West, described the ideology as providing ordinary people the opportunity to live lives of decency. One version of the video racked up close to 4 million views within a day of its initial posting: This is a genuine clip of West and Carlson on the Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight. However, this clip did not air in 2020 (it's actually from 2018) and it doesn't capture Carlson's full comments about democratic socialism. The clip comes from a July 2018 episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight. While the above-displayed clip is genuine, the footage is cut off right before the but Carlson was building to in his remarks and it doesn't fully encapsulate the Fox News host's position on democratic socialism. In the full clip, which can be viewed below, Carlson adds: But the details matter [...] Has it struck you as interesting that it's never actually worked anywhere? Here's the full clip from Fox News. Carlson introduces West around the 2:20 mark: A transcript of the relevant portions of this broadcast appears below. The first block quote shows the portion of this conversation that was included in the viral video. The first few lines (italicized) come just before the start of the viral video: The following transcript shows the conversation that was left out of the viral video: In short, Carlson told West that he was on board with the general goals of democratic socialism, which were defined by West in their exchange as making sure that ordinary people can live lives of decency. Carlson disagreed, however, that democratic socialism was the political ideology that could achieve that goal.
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