Who is Kirk Larsen?
He’s the 23-year-old freelance video creator who was riding the same train as The Daily Caller‘s Editor-in-Chief Tucker Carlson on Monday afternoon chugging toward Manhattan. Larsen decided to not alarm the well-known journalist by approaching him and instead passed him a handwritten note aboard the Amtrak Acela that read, “I don’t mean to cause a stir, but can I ask you a question?”
Once that was accomplished (and he somehow managed to not freak Tucker the f–k out), he asked Tucker a few questions which culminated into a “Questperience” that he posted on his Tumblr account. He asked, “Do you think Jon Stewart is Edward R. Murrow’s rightful heir?” Larsen wrote that Tucker replied that he believes Stewart has been kowtowing to his left-leaning interviewees (he “gave [Obama] fellatio” in 08) and is “a sad man,” who gets interviews no one can get, only to drop the ball when it comes to actually interviewing them.”
Larsen ran a photograph of Tucker’s head through train seats that wasn’t, ahem, creepy at all.
Details about Larsen: Larsen’s Tumblr account lists him as a “writer, filmmaker and outstander” who lives in Brooklyn. He shoots behind the scenes videos for BlackBookMagazine, and is a former intern, now contributor for GawkerTV and Films For Non-profits. He graduated from GW in 2009 and says he enjoys writing about fiction. “I did the note thing because you’re on a train and I knew Tucker was a person who deserves his right to privacy,” Larsen said in a phone interview with FishbowlDC this afternoon. “I didn’t want to be [all], hey Tucker!” Larsen said the response was pleasant. “He was effusive, he was really nice,” he said.
Larsen said he hadn’t realized Tucker is now sans bow tie. “I hadn’t seen him since Crossfire to be honest,” he said.
Turns out Larsen may not have come off as harmless as he thought he seemed. When asked about the train encounter, Tucker told FishbowlDC, “If you’re writing up your 30-second conversations with me on the Acela, you’re starved for material. I mean how bored is the guy? And what a weird invasion of privacy to write that up. Creepy.”
The result of Larsen’s “work” is here.
Source : http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/tuckers-brief-but-strange-train-encounter_b27910
Tucker Carlson says Michael Vick should've received same death sentence NFL player gave so many dogs
Tucker Carlson, the media provocateur and recovering bow-tie wearer, has launched a new controversy in this week of otherwise slow news.
He has now suggested that Michael Vick, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, should have been executed. Not for the awful way the guy played against Minnesota on Tuesday night, crippling his team's chances for a top playoff spot.
But for the canine homicides, maimings and tortures that Vick sanctioned, promoted and encouraged during his organized dog-fighting activities while playing for the Atlanta Falcons.
Vick spent 19 months as a member of a federal penitentiary before being picked up to try to play for the Eagles, where the ex-Virginia Tech player will be a free agent after this season.
Carlson says Vick should have received the same lethal death sentence the player gave his canine victims. Here's what Carlson had to say (view video below):
"I'm a Christian. I've made mistakes myself. I believe fervently in second chances. But Michael Vick killed dogs. And he did so in a heartless and cruel way. And I think, personally, he should've been executed for that."
The issue arises because it was revealed this week that President Obama inserted himself into the simmering Vick case.
In a recent phone call to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, the White House confirms, the president expressed appreciation for the businessman giving Vick a second chance in the city of Brotherly Love after Lurie had become dissatisfied with the performance of his previous quarterback, Donovan McNabb.
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