Tucker Carlson: After 9/11, I was 'hysterical' about Islam American political commentator Tucker Carlson has said that after the 9/11 attacks on New York, he was "hysterical" about Muslims, having "bought the lies" about being "under siege from global Islam". In an interview with Sky News, the conservative media personality, who has become a noted critic of Israel and Israeli influence in US politics, said that he along with many Americans had once believed that there were a billion Muslims out there "trying to kill them". “Many times on television I said: 'The problem is Islam.