Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images In an interview with news website Outkick, the primetime host said he "really hated" reporters. Carlson did not name specific journalists or media outlets. Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Friday issued a fresh attack on journalists, describing them as "cringing animals who are not worthy of respect." In an interview with pop culture website Outkick, Carlson said mainstream journalists were "small-minded, status-obsessed, insecure, not that bright, and just not impressive." The primetime host also claimed that their work is not "aimed upwards" and that many reporters "suck up to power." "I just can't overstate how disgusted I am, not simply by the details of the lying of the medium, but disgusted by the emphasis," he said, according to the Guardian. "The media is basically Praetorian Guard for the ruling class, the bodyguards for Jeff Bezos. That's the opposite of what we should have."