Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host at Fox News, is out at the network. NEW YORK — April 24, 2023 — FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor. Mr. Carlson’s last program was

Likely related to the Dominion settlement. Will he pop up at OAN or Newsmax, spewing the same material but with less editorial controls? How much of his audience would follow him?

  • pollocks
    10·
    2 years ago

    “One Fox News insider said the decision was made by Murdoch himself. They expressed sympathy for the ousted Fox host: ‘Rupert is 92. He just called off a weeks-long engagement and settled for 800 mil so he wouldn’t have to go to Delaware. He just makes rash decisions.’”

    Murdoch knows exactly how his bread is buttered and will shitcan anyone who puts his revenue stream in jeopardy. This wasn’t a rash decision, just corporate politics at its finest.

  • pingvenoEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving slimeball. I’m all for press freedom, but not defamation.

    • gunEnglish
      83·
      2 years ago

      You’re really that upset on behalf of voting machine companies?
      Like wow, spreading hate is all good with me, but hurting Dominion Inc.'s PR? That’s where I draw the line!

      • pingvenoEnglish
        52·
        2 years ago

        You’re really that upset on behalf of voting machine companies?

        I’m upset that he and Fox are part of ripping the country apart with their lies about the election, and I’m happy that they are seeing consequences.

        Like wow, spreading hate is all good with me

        I’m not happy with hate speech, but I don’t think it should be illegal. I’m extremely wary of restrictions on any speech besides defamation. It’s far too easy to shield the powerful from consequences, rewrite history, or enforce ideological conformity.

        To show the two sides, take Europe. In much of Europe, neo-Nazi speech and groups are banned, which is a constitutional violation in the US. But then Poland went a step beyond that and outlawed discussion of the Polish people being complicit or involved in the Nazi occupation. This is definitely an attempt to rewrite history, since there is documentation of some Poles being involved in the occupation.

        • gunEnglish
          53·
          2 years ago

          Saying an election was rigged is not the same thing as defamation though. That’s not why Fox was sued.

          Edit: Plus every election is rigged

          • kroldenEnglish
            6·
            2 years ago

            Edit: Plus every election is rigged

            Thank you. All of this outrage over trump crying that the election was rigged was just more psyop to make anyone thats ever questioned the results of any election in the USA sound like a crazy trumpet.

            I love how there has barely been any discussion about bush v gore and all the voter suppression going on in Florida and other states long before the 'hanging chad nonsense.

            • goryramsyEnglish
              3·
              2 years ago

              Swinging chad, hanging chat, pregnant chad. The chat fiasco was another level of crazy.

  • goryramsy
    3·
    2 years ago

    nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey, hey, hey gooooodbye…

  • Foresight
    21·
    2 years ago

    Its what happens when you reach out beyond your established boundaries, I don’t have a problem with tucker.