Summary of Tucker Carlson's The Long Slide

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Tucker Carlson's The Long Slide in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Thirty years ago, Tucker Carlson got his first job out of college fact checking for a quarterly magazine, and he went on to write for many other publications before becoming the primetime Fox News host he is today. In The Long Slide, Tucker delivers a few of his favorite pieces—annotated with new commentary and insight—to memorialize the tolerance and diversity of thought that the media used to celebrate instead of punish. In snapshots spanning the 1990s to today, he’ll take you on a visit to Africa with Al Sharpton and members of the Nation of Islam to stop the civil war in Liberia in 2003, inside the (not-so-) secret armies of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and on the campaign trail with Donald Trump in 2016. In case you missed it the first time around, you’ll also learn about the aesthetic merits of British colonialism, the second shift at a baked bean factory, the unexpected charm of James Carville, and the simple beauty of rural western Maine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669344193

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Insights on Tucker Carlson's The Long Slide

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The passage is about a group of people who are about to embark on a trip to Liberia. They are praying together in the departure lounge of JFK airport before boarding the plane to Africa. The leader of the prayer is Cornel West, a professor of African-American studies at Princeton University.

#2

Al Sharpton and a group of people are on a trip to Africa. Al Sharpton is a minister and Louis Farrakhan is his assistant. Al Sharpton is going to Liberia because he wants to help those in need.

#3

The passage is about the author's experience with Reverend Al Sharpton when he was in Ghana. The author was surprised by Sharpton's sermons and his ability to change topics on the fly and burst into song. The author also talks about how Sharpton is a Christian clergyman.

#4

The passage begins with an introduction to the situation in Liberia. It then goes on to describe the first morning of the trip, which was delayed. Sharpton was scheduled to preach at a Baptist church and the pastor interrupted him after only five minutes. The passage then describes the first lady of Liberia, who calls Sharpton and offers them the spare bedroom in her palace for their visit. Sharpton is skeptical but polite.

#5

The producer said one other thing. Actually, he didn’t come right out and say it, because foreign correspondents, particularly Australian ones, almost never admit they’re afraid, even when they’re bleeding or on fire or falling out of airplanes. But the tone