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Richard Warner Carlson born Richard Boynton ; February 10, is an American journalist, diplomat and lobbyist who was the director of the Voice of America from to He is the father of conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson. Carlson was born in Boston , the son of college student Richard Boynton and Dorothy Anderson, 18 and 15 years old, respectively.

In , Richard Boynton attempted to persuade Dorothy to accompany him in stealing their baby and get married; when she refused on the grounds that she was a junior in high school and nobody but her parents knew about the baby, he shot and killed himself two blocks from her house. The home ran a classified ad about him in the local papers, under the headline: "Home Wanted for Foundling.

Florence Moberger and her husband Carl had three children but were unable to have more. Carlson lived with the Mobergers for over two years and stated that he developed a deep bond with the family. During that time, Carlson claimed many prospective parents came to visit him, including his birth mother, Anderson, posing as her own sister.

In , Carlson was adopted by a wool broker and his wife, the Carlson family. When Carlson was 22, he got a job working as a "copy boy" for night city editor Glenn Binford at the Los Angeles Times.

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In , Carlson became a reporter for United Press International. On his two days off, he wrote for Hearst movie columnist Louella Parsons in her Beverly Hills office. Two years later, Carlson and Brisson went to San Francisco to try to establish themselves, working as freelance independent television reporters, producing news features to sell for local and national distribution.

Carlson and Brisson became best known for a September article in Look , in which they linked Mayor Joseph Alioto to organized crime. Carlson stood by the story, claiming several of their sources refused to testify or died. However, Carlson walked away from the job after 18 months, tiring of news, calling it a "kid's game" that was "insipid, sophomoric and superficial" and laced with "a lot of arrogance and hypocrisy.