Initially he talked to Carlson every day about what to cover, but during the past three and a half years, “I’ve gotten used to what he likes and what he thinks about.” It helps that he and Carlson see eye to eye on most issues.

} Neff serves as Carlson’s writer. In firing Neff, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and President Jay Wallace tried to portray the writer as an aberration, a bad apple who had somehow wound up in an otherwise wholesome barrel. “We want to make abundantly clear that Fox News Media strongly condemns this horrific racist, misogynistic and homophobic behavior,” Scott and Wallace wrote in a memo sent to staff on Saturday. From the Archive.

May 14, 2013.

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Neff has resigned from his job. Instead of celebrating Review alumni, Pike said she believes it would be “really interesting” for DAM to dig into the legacy and the current practices of the Review in a critical and honest matter. Logged in as  aScriptAttributes.push('data-spotx_content_width="300"');

B lake Neff graduated from Dartmouth in 2013, and according to his school’s alumni magazine, “never applied to any job he’s landed.” Within four years of … According to a report in The Atlantic, “Greer expressed racist antiblack views and anti-Semitism in the Radix articles he wrote under the Michael McGregor byline, and disparaged other groups including feminists, immigrants, Christian Zionists, and the pro-life movement.”. function myAdDoneFunction(spotx_ad_found) { if(spotx_ad_found) {} else {}}; September 28, 2020 (In 2017, when he was interviewed by a dating column at The Washington Post, Neff described alcohol as “poison” and said “most of my hobbies allow me to escape women.”). As CNN reports, “Sometimes, material Neff encountered on the forum found its way on to Carlson’s show….

Neff was an education correspondent for the Caller, and his occasional satiric pieces caught Carlson’s eye, so he invited Neff to join Tucker Carlson Tonight shortly after it launched on Fox in November 2016. ... –Blake Neff. Blake Neff graduated from Dartmouth in 2013, and according to his school’s alumni magazine, “never applied to any job he’s landed.” Within four years of graduating, he was a top writer for Tucker Carlson’s nightly show on Fox News, the most watched cable news show in history. if( magazine_text_356247 !='' ){ Former 'Review' staffer Blake Neff '13 settles in at Fox. You can’t undo what’s in print.”.

aScriptAttributes.push('data-spotx_content_height="342"'); In order to comment, you must be logged in as a paid subscriber. Words as Medicine. Ida B. These writers naturally end up in Carlson’s orbit, since both the Caller and Carlson’s show promote white nationalism, albeit in terms much more euphemistic than online forums like AutoAdmit. “Some letters are thoughtful and reasonable even while being critical,” Plottner said. This storied publication, infamous for its incendiary pranks, was set up for the express purpose of cultivating right-wing journalistic talent. Stuart Allan ’14, who worked with Neff as a colleague at the Review, condemned Neff’s remarks and said that he “does not recall ever seeing or hearing about [Neff] acting in any way described as racist, misogynist or homophobic” during his time at the College. }); Neff’s rapid rise in the world came to quick end on Friday when he was fired by Fox News in response to a CNN report that the writer had a double life on an online chat room where he gave vent to open racism, misogyny, and homophobia. } For more information, visit our Privacy PolicyX, Tucker Carlson discusses “Populism and the Right” during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit. Wells's great-granddaughter remembers her on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. Wiki. An earlier version of this article also indicated that DAM would still publish letters to the editor that were deemed hostile. The article has been corrected to indicate that DAM will publish letters at its discretion. “Especially because we have it in print.

  MORE FROM Jeet Heer (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images). A monthly dose of DAM delivered straight to your inbox, featuring photo galleries, alumni news, web extras, highlights from the archive and more. But the repeated hiring of racists of various stripes happens only because they know perfectly well that they are selling white nationalism. I’m glad that he's been removed from [his] position.”. The article has been updated to reflect that although the website version of the profile was temporarily removed, the print version of the article in DAM's digital archives was still available to view online.

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“I think the addendum they have at the beginning doesn’t mean too much if [the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine is] still willing to dedicate space to Blake Neff when that space could be used to highlight BIPOC [alumni] and other marginalized perspectives,” Kong said, adding that she believes the original article was "not particularly interesting or substantial.”. aScriptAttributes.push('data-spotx_content_height="250"'); On July 10, Blake Neff ’13, former writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson, resigned from his position following reports of bigoted comments he had posted online under a pseudonym. jQuery('#expand-reduce-356247').click(function(){ At one point during the Saturday protests, the demonstrators assembled outside the sorority Kappa Delta Epsilon, which was hosting an invite-only Kentucky Derby … Neff did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Katie Kong ’23 said she was dissatisfied with the update and questioned why DAM decided to write a profile on Neff. Editor's note: This article quotes racist, homophobic and sexist language, much of which has not been censored. Privacy Policy | New doctor Gabriel Redel-Traub ’14 writes his way through the pandemic. “There was definitely a response among people that I know who are alumni that it should not have been taken down,” Pike said.

| 7/21/20 7:05pm, On July 10, Blake Neff ’13, former writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson, resigned from his position following reports of bigoted comments he had posted online under a pseudonym. }

As CharlesXII, Neff displayed a remarkable range of bigotries. }else{ “Anything he’s reading off the teleprompter, the first draft was written by me,” says Neff.

Sophie Williams ’23 said she was unsure about the intentions behind posting the update. September 25, 2020 How coach Buddy Teevens '79 transformed the game of football forever. Jeet HeerJeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent at The Nation and the author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014). In some cases, language Neff used on the forum ended up on the show.” Neff and CharlesXII were not a case of dueling identities like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. “Profiles of people like Blake Neff are a real slap in the face to many of our alumni, especially people of color.”, Pike added that the “shock tactics and ad hominem attacks” that she said the Review utilizes are “directly counter to the intellectual and personal values that Dartmouth espouses.”. During the time the Caller was publishing Kessler, the site’s deputy editor was Scott Greer, who was extensively photographed keeping company with such far-right groups as the Wolves of Vinland. The Dartmouth Review - Advertising | Carlson founded the Caller in 2010 and sold his stake in it only last month. The Dartmouth Review is a bi-weekly conservative newspaper at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! In light of these revelations, the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine has faced controversy over its recently published profile of Neff entitled “The Right Stuff: Former 'Review' staffer Blake Neff '13 settles in at Fox.”, After CNN broke the news that Neff had used the username “CharlesXII” for years to post racist, misogynistic and homphobic commentary on the online forum AutoAdmit, the website version of the DAM profile became unavailable for 24 hours.