"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?
You are being deliberately obtuse. Unbearably rude and "extreme ideologue" are completely different things.
There are many Nice & Respectable people who are extreme ideologues. Words have meaning.