Tucker Carlson and Fox News part ways

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I guess dumb hosts lying on air makes them less valuable  

https://www.nbcnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-leaving-fox-news-rcna81146?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

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2 minutes ago, TitanTiger said:

I guess dumb hosts lying on air makes them less valuable  

https://www.nbcnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-leaving-fox-news-rcna81146?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn

Just saw. I generally avoid politics but regardless of your leanings, he was a problem. There’s a line between  keeping it real/ being provocative and just being outright deceptive, pointlessly divisive, and destructive. He crossed it. A lot.

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Reports say he left the building propelled by a spinning bow tie. 

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NewsMax: Hello?

TC: Hi guys, it's me. How would you guys like to finally have a chance to beat Fox in ratings?

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20 minutes ago, Leftfield said:

NewsMax: Hello?

TC: Hi guys, it's me. How would you guys like to finally have a chance to beat Fox in ratings?

Oh they won't risk it with their own Dominion suit happening. 

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5 minutes ago, AUDub said:

Oh they won't risk it with their own Dominion suit happening. 

Good point. Forgot about that.

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wow! It seems even fox news hated old tucker................

 

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Tucker Carlson Is No Longer a Fox News Host

Ryan Bort

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Fox Staffers Celebrate Tucker’s Departure: ‘Pure Joy’

"I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him, so there probably won’t be any real change," a producer warned of the shocking split

Tucker Carlson speaks during 2022 Fox Nation Patriot Awards at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, on Nov. 17, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. Jason Koerner/Getty Images

Fox News and Tucker Carlson have parted ways. The rest of the network seems thrilled.

“Pure joy,” one Fox reporter told Rolling Stone of their reaction to the split. “No one is untouchable. It’s a great day for America, and for the real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox.”

“It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him … so there probably won’t be any real change.”

“Good riddance,” said a network correspondent. “For a while there it seemed like he was running the network. This clearly is a message that he’s not. In the interim, it’s a morale boost, that’s for sure.”

Fox announced the move in a press release on Monday. “Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the statement read. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”

 

Harris Faulkner announced the move on air, essentially reading the press release but adding that the parting was “mutual,” although multiple outlets have reported that Carlson wasn’t informed that he’d lost his show until Monday morning. Fox said in its announcement that Carlson’s last program was last Friday and that Fox News Tonight will begin airing in Carlson’s old time slot until a new host is named.

The split comes a week after Fox settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. Dominion sued the network in 2021 for pushing a false narrative about the company’s involvement in a nonexistent scheme to rig the election. Court filings revealed that Carlson and other prominent hosts knew the network couldn’t substantiate the conspiracy theory. They continued to push it anyway, with Carlson inviting MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on in the weeks following the Capitol riot to spew more lies about Dominion and the election.

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Abby Grossberg, a former Carlson producer who alleged she was coached to give misleading testimony in her deposition for the Dominion case, filed her own lawsuit against the network, alleging Carlson’s senior staff regularly held discussions about women in sexist terms, often invoking the term “****.”

Semafor reported that Carlson’s executive producer, Justin Wells, is also no longer with the network. Wells was also named in Grossberg’s suit.

It’s unclear if the breakup is related to the settlement. Regardless, it’s a shocking development. Carlson was the network’s star host, helming the most-watched show in cable news. Mediaite reported in March that Carlson was essentially beyond reproach at the network, enjoying “unconditional backing” from Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. Carlson reportedly faced plenty of criticism from elsewhere within the network, though, with Fox’s news division refusing to broadcast his exceedingly dubious report on the Jan. 6 surveillance tapes House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) leaked to Carlson exclusively.

Carlson using selectively edited surveillance footage to paint the Capitol riot as peaceful was not out of character. The host was well known for distorting facts and spreading misinformation to millions of Americans on a nightly basis. The announcement comes a day after 60 Minutes profiled Ray Epps, a Trump supporter who was in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, and whom Carlson has repeatedly suggested incited the riot on behalf of the FBI. Lawyers representing Epps, whose life has been upended by conspiracy theories about his role in the riot, wrote a letter to Fox and Carlson last month demanding the host retract his “false and defamatory statements.”

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Carlson was also the network’s foremost purveyor of white supremacist rhetoric, the “great replacement” theory, and other unvarnished racism — such as earlier this month when he ranted about Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, accusing the Black lawmaker of speaking like a “sharecropper.” Carlson railed about Black people moving to the suburbs and argued that racism does not affect home appraisals in his final episode last Friday.

 

Carlson’s final show ended with the host enjoying some pizza he had delivered to the studio. “We’ll be back on Monday,” he said. “We’ll see you then.”

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I know Tucker has the highest ratings, but I think that has more to do with his time slot and network than him. Fox News is going to slide someone else into that spot and that person will also have high ratings. Tucker is going to go somewhere outside of the MSM and be fine, but he wont reach as many people on a night to night basis. And that is GREAT for America. 

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I read something about a pending lawsuit from an ex-staffer in bookings - not anything "affair" related, but supposedly a toxic culture thing.  Not enough info to really have any opinion on it, but being that he is stepping away in the way he is, it does seem a little damning.

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26 minutes ago, GoAU said:

I read something about a pending lawsuit from an ex-staffer in bookings - not anything "affair" related, but supposedly a toxic culture thing.  Not enough info to really have any opinion on it, but being that he is stepping away in the way he is, it does seem a little damning.

"Stepping away"

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Exactly - All I was saying is that the headlines said it was "mutually agreed on" - meaning he isn't fighting it.  Either there was wrongdoing, or he got a chunk of change not to make a spectacle of it.

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His last monologue before being fired. He started hitting too close to the truth.

https://rumble.com/v2jaois-tucker-carlson-full-monologue-april-19-2023.html

 

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21 minutes ago, AUDevil said:

His last monologue before being fired. He started hitting too close to the truth.

https://rumble.com/v2jaois-tucker-carlson-full-monologue-april-19-2023.html

 

Listening to his garbage is like drinking sewer water and telling everyone that it tastes great.

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14 minutes ago, AU9377 said:

Listening to his garbage is like drinking sewer water and telling everyone that it tastes great.

Cool.

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3 hours ago, GoAU said:

I read something about a pending lawsuit from an ex-staffer in bookings - not anything "affair" related, but supposedly a toxic culture thing.  Not enough info to really have any opinion on it, but being that he is stepping away in the way he is, it does seem a little damning.

well this is the guy that has talked about bleaching his behind and something about his testicles on his show. a close of friend and i fell out because he said tucker was about the only reasonable dude on news and opinion news.

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Fox News Staffers Celebrate Tucker Carlson’s Departure: ‘Pure Joy’

Ryan Bort and Diana Falzone

5–7 minutes

tucker-carlson-leaves-fox.jpg 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards - Credit: Jason Koerner/Getty Images

Fox News and Tucker Carlson have parted ways. The rest of the network seems thrilled.

“Pure joy,” one Fox reporter told Rolling Stone of their reaction to the split. “No one is untouchable. It’s a great day for America, and for the real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox.”

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“It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him … so there probably won’t be any real change.”

“Good riddance,” said a network correspondent. “For a while there it seemed like he was running the network. This clearly is a message that he’s not. In the interim, it’s a morale boost, that’s for sure.”

Fox announced the move in a press release on Monday. “Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the statement read. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.” Carlson, who renewed his contract in 2021 and was paid about $20 million a year, will be paid out for the rest of his contract, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

Harris Faulkner announced the move on air, essentially reading the press release but adding that the parting was “mutual,” although multiple outlets have reported that Carlson wasn’t informed that he’d lost his show until Monday morning. Fox said in its announcement that Carlson’s last program was last Friday and that Fox News Tonight will begin airing in Carlson’s old time slot until a new host is named.

The split comes a week after Fox settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. Dominion sued the network in 2021 for pushing a false narrative about the company’s involvement in a nonexistent scheme to rig the election. Court filings revealed that Carlson and other prominent hosts knew the network couldn’t substantiate the conspiracy theory. They continued to push it anyway, with Carlson inviting MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on in the weeks following the Capitol riot to spew more lies about Dominion and the election.

Abby Grossberg, a former Carlson producer who alleged she was coached to give misleading testimony in her deposition for the Dominion case, filed her own lawsuit against the network, alleging Carlson’s senior staff regularly held discussions about women in sexist terms, often invoking the term “****.”

Semafor reported that Carlson’s executive producer, Justin Wells, is also no longer with the network. Wells was also named in Grossberg’s suit.

“This is a step towards accountability for the election lies and baseless conspiracy theories spread by Fox News, something I witnessed firsthand at the network, as well as for the abuse and harassment I endured while Head of Booking and Senior Producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight. I think this is great for America!” Grossberg said through her attorney. “It’s a big win for viewers of cable news, not just those who watch Fox.” Grossberg added that the move was “some justice” for viewers “who’ve been manipulated and lied to for years, all in an attempt to boost the channel’s ratings and revenue.”

Regardless of why Carlson was ousted, it’s a shocking development. Carlson was the network’s star host, helming the most-watched show in cable news. Mediaite reported in March that Carlson was essentially beyond reproach at the network, enjoying “unconditional backing” from Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. Carlson reportedly faced plenty of criticism from elsewhere within the network, though, with Fox’s news division refusing to broadcast his exceedingly dubious report on the Jan. 6 surveillance tapes House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) leaked to Carlson exclusively.

Carlson using selectively edited surveillance footage to paint the Capitol riot as peaceful was not out of character. The host was well known for distorting facts and spreading misinformation to millions of Americans on a nightly basis. The announcement comes a day after 60 Minutes profiled Ray Epps, a Trump supporter who was in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, and whom Carlson has repeatedly suggested incited the riot on behalf of the FBI. Lawyers representing Epps, whose life has been upended by conspiracy theories about his role in the riot, wrote a letter to Fox and Carlson last month demanding the host retract his “false and defamatory statements.”

Carlson was also the network’s foremost purveyor of white supremacist rhetoric, the “great replacement” theory, and other unvarnished racism — such as earlier this month when he ranted about Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, accusing the Black lawmaker of speaking like a “sharecropper.” Carlson railed about Black people moving to the suburbs and argued that racism does not affect home appraisals in his final episode last Friday.

Carlson’s final show ended with the host enjoying some pizza he had delivered to the studio. “We’ll be back on Monday,” he said. “We’ll see you then.”

 

 

i just wanted to pile on.

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one mo time.....

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13 Terrible Things Tucker Carlson Said That DIDN’T Get Him Fired

Fox News has been protecting Tucker Carlson for years, and his departure from prime-time cable is long overdue

Jason Koerner/Getty Images

Fox News has broken up with headline host Tucker Carlson, announcing in a terse statement on Monday that the departure was effective immediately.

The news comes as a surprise. During the years in which the host built his status at Fox News hawking racism, conspiracy theories, and seeding hatred and discrimination into the minds of his viewers, the network’s corporate overlords stood behind him at every turn. Time and time again, the network protected Carlson through public backlash, advertiser boycotts, and a sea of reporting errors that would have cost most any other media figure their job. At one point, Carlson went so far as to publicly thank  “Fox and the Murdoch family for the unwavering support of this show day after day.”

That unwavering support has come to an abrupt end. But Carlson should have been removed from the airways long ago. That Fox allowed him to carry on as long as they did is the single greatest indictment of how poisonous the network has become. A comprehensive list of all of the horrid things Carlson broadcast on his show could fill tomes, but here are just some of the most egregious on-air statements made by the now former Fox host. 

2. In December of 2018, Carlson accused immigrants coming to the United States of making the country “poorer, and dirtier, and more divided.” The resulting backlash resulted in at least 20 companies pulling their ads from Tucker Carlson Tonight. 

2. The network did not reprimand Carlson in 2019, when progressive watchdog Media Matters unearthed tapes of Calrson’s appearances on shock jock radio host Bubba The Love Sponge’s show. In the recordings, Carlson credited “white men” for “creating civilization.” In one recording, the Fox Host, previously a staunch defender of the war in Iraq, said he felt “no sympathy” for Iraqis, calling them “semiliterate primitive monkeys.” He went on to say that Afghanistan would never “be a civilized country because the people aren’t civilized.” Despite another advertiser boycott, Carlson remained defiant, and Fox News stood behind him. 

3. During his time at Fox, Carlson was the leading voice in right-wing media promoting the racist, anti-semitic, “great replacement” conspiracy theory. Carlson repeatedly warned viewers that Democrats were “importing” new citizens “to replace the disobedient ones.” Carlson once likened the Biden administration’s immigration policy to “eugenics” against white people. 

4. The Fox host was a staunch opponent of the Black Lives Matter movement, and often invoked racist tropes and stereotypes to justify violence and discrimination against Black Americans. On June 3, 2020, Carlson centered his monologue around a montage of unarmed Black Americans who were killed by police, laying out his reasoning as to why each victim deserved to have been killed. 

5. Carlson’s insistence that racial violence was a myth permeated his show on an almost nightly basis, even in the face of the most grotesque news. In the aftermath of a 2019 shooting in an El Paso Walmart, which was carried out by a man looking to target immigrants, Carlson claimed that the concept of white supremacy was a “hoax.” 

6. Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, Carlson became one of the loudest figures in the country spreading unfounded conspiracy theories about vaccines. Carlson exploited unreliable data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System to claim that the Covid-19 vaccine was “the single deadliest mass vaccination event in modern history.” 

7. Carlson would go on to liken vaccine requirements to Jim Crow laws, and at one point claimed that vaccination requirements in the US military were intended to “identify the sincere Christians in the ranks, the free thinkers, the men with high testosterone levels, and anybody else who doesn’t love Joe Biden and make them leave immediately.”

8. Like many of his colleagues at Fox News, Carlson worked on behalf of former President Donald Trump to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The host to this day spreads claims of subversion in the election. But in its immediate aftermath, Carlson pushed claims that mail-in-voting had contributed to fraud, that dead people had voted for Biden en-masse, and hosted election conspiracy theorists Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell. 

9. In perhaps one of the most absurd on air statements made by a Fox News anchor regarding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Carlson claimed that violent protesters who breached the building  “were orderly and meek. These were not insurrectionists. They were sightseers.”

10. Carlson repeatedly  attempted to rewrite the events of Jan. 6. In November of 2021 Carlson released a two part special on Fox’s streaming service Fox Nation titled “Patriot Purge.” The special argued that Jan. 6 was a “false flag” attack orchestrated by the government to usher in a purge of Republican voters. 

11. Earlier in his Fox career, Carlson was already making the rampant misogyny fueling his commentary known. During an interview with Teen Vogue editor Lauren Duca, who had criticized Ivanka Trump on Twitter, Carlson told Duca to “stick to the thigh-high boots. You’re better at that.” The interview resulted in a widespread wave of harassment against Duca, including threats of death and rape. 

12. In the 2019 Bubba The Love Sponge tapes Carlson defended convicted child rapist and cult leader Warren Jeffs, and made several perverse, sexual remarks about prominent journalists and entertainers. Fox did not level any consequences against their host. 

13. During his tenure at the network, Carlson leveled intense attacks against Transgender people and the LGBTQ community. In the months leading up to his ousting from Fox, Carlson called transgender individuals “a cancer on the country” and suggested that teachers who discussed gender orientation with their students should “get beaten up.”

huge racist. suggesting teachers getting beaten up. racial violence is a myth. defending convicted child rapists. calling iraqi's monkeys.the edits of jan six being nothing more than sightseers is laughbale if it had not hurt so many people and ultimately cost lives.

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My world...

Last Nite, at a "small group" I have been a part of for 10 years or more, TC came up. 

Just about every man there stated something close to "Fox News will be sorry he's gone. Some other network will now get his ratings."

1) I, like said above, think anyone in that slot on Fox is going to be a success. Anyone.

2) Hannity should be gone tomorrow. I absolutely despise him. BIG LYING PHONY. 

3) I hope this is the beginning of Fox clearing out the deadwood like CNN just did. Cuomo, Stelter, and Lemon are all gone and permanently damaged. CNN taking the hit, but moving back to center.

I remind some of you that Maddow and Carlson are very good friends and got into the business the same way, by grossly exaggerated hyperbole of opinion pieces. Both got out of lawsuits by claiming that no thinking person would ever think that what they said was anything more than BS. They are the same person, just one is Team Blue and one is Team Red. 

https://www.thewrap.com/rachel-maddow-respects-tucker-carlson-interview/

https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-and-rachel-maddow-friendly-relationship-msnbc-2022-8

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tucker-carlson-fox-news-rachel-maddow-b2140992.html

https://www.primetimer.com/news/rachel-maddow-praises-tucker-carlson

In case you forgot, TC was at MSNBC for three years... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-career-history.html

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by DKW 86

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He was at CNN too.

What a fun time that was. 

 

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59 minutes ago, AUDub said:

He was at CNN too.

What a fun time that was. 

 

This is gold 

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Is Tulsi Gabbard about to get herself a prime time Fox News slot? 

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