Tucker Carlson deemed 'Big Brother' after calling for cameras in classrooms

Tucker Carlson earned a new moniker from some critics — liberals and conservatives alike — this week after he called for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor whether teachers are discussing critical race theory with their students: "Big Brother."

Amid the references to the all-seeing figure in George Orwell's 1984, were accusations of hypocrisy against Carlson.

But not everyone was critical. Several right-wing pundits quickly jumped on board with the idea, highlighting Carlson's influence on the "conservative zeitgeist."

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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.