The article doesn't even include the words "ideologue" or "extreme" or make a similar claim.
Very weird and defensive response.
"But ultimately Carlson’s escalating toxicity, which included an undercurrent of white supremacy and a penchant for demeaning women and minorities, led Lachlan Murdoch, the then chief executive of Fox Corp, to pull the plug, the book says."
How obtuse are you being?
It really isn’t. The fact that it seems like people can’t use descriptive adjectives on HN is always so bizarre to me.