A Fox News representative had no other details on Carlson’s exit. People familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer fired by the network last month, the people said. Carlson’s senior executive producer Justin Wells has also been terminated, according to people familiar with the matter. A Fox News representative would not comment. Murdoch is also said to be concerned over Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which the host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents. Carlson has called Ray Epps — a Texas man who participated in the storming of the Capitol but did not enter the building — an FBI plant, without presenting any evidence. Epps was interviewed Sunday on “60 Minutes” and said he has been subjected to death threats as a result of Carlson’s statements about him. The FBI told “60 Minutes” that Epps has never worked for the agency. The decision is not related to the $787.5-million settlement Fox News agreed to pay to Dominion Voting Systems last week, according to a representative for Dominion. However, some of the comments that Carlson had made about management in communications that turned up in the discovery process for the case may have also played a role in Carlson’s demise. Dominion accused Fox of knowingly making false claims related to the 2020 election. Grossberg was moved off of “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo” and onto “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” where she said was bullied and subjected to antisemitic comments. She filed a lawsuit in New York. Carlson was by far the most popular individual host on Fox News, averaging more than 3 million viewers a night. But he also brought controversy to the network on a regular basis with his provocative views on immigration and race, which alienated advertisers. Starting Monday, Carlson’s 8 p.m. Eastern time slot will be filled by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named, the company said. https://www.latimes.com/entertainme.../2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-is-out-at-fox-news
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This move was so prophetically ahead of its time: I mean, Carlson is laughing all thr way go the bank. He was basically a nobody before he decided to give up journalistic principals and become a shock jock. As the biggest star on that network for a long time, I assume he now he has "**** you" money and never has to work ever again unless he wants to. If he actually still believed in journalism on any level, he wouldnt have been doing the kind of stuff that he was doing, so he's not going to feel some great loss there. He got out and he didnt even have to die of a heart attack on his news-u-tainment show to get out. Would he be brave enough to run for political office in some blood-red locale? Bet he'd win in a runaway in the right place.
Tucker Carlson’s firing came 'straight from' Rupert Murdoch: Report David Edwards and Raw Story April 24, 2023 Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch personally made the decision to fire former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to reports. Sources told the Los Angeles Times that Monday's move to part ways with Carlson came directly from Murdoch. "People familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch," the report said. A lawsuit filed by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg was said to be connected to Carlson's firing. "Murdoch is also said to be concerned over Carlson's coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which the host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents," the report noted. The decision to terminate Carlson was not directly related to a $787 million settlement that Fox News agreed to pay to Dominion Voting Systems, the sources said.
I noted last week that even though it s well documented that Carlson lied to his viewers and in court admitted he shouldn’t be take seriously that someone would still cite him as being authoritative.
Why Tucker Carlson’s Exit From Fox News Looks Like an Execution https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/tucker-carlson-fox-news-execution
