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Post by kadee79 on Apr 24, 2023 10:47:52 GMT -5
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 24, 2023 10:50:00 GMT -5
Ba-bye.
Asshole.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Apr 24, 2023 10:55:51 GMT -5
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2023 11:02:45 GMT -5
thoughts and prayers to him.
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2023 11:12:19 GMT -5
The WaPo's take on it. www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/04/24/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/In a shocking announcement on Monday morning, the Fox News Channel announced that prime-time host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network. “Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the network said in a statement. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor. " The announcement came less than a week after Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which had sued the network for false claims about the 2020 election, for $787.5 million hours before opening arguments were to begin. Carlson was among several on-air personalities expected to testify. Many of Carlson’s private messages were released in motions filed by Dominion, revealing that the host was skeptical of many of the election-fraud claims made on-air by Trump-affiliated attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani. But it was Carlson’s comments about Fox management, as revealed in the Dominion case, that played a role in his departure from Fox, a person familiar with the company’s thinking told The Post. Carlson did not immediately respond to a message asking for comment on his departure. His last show was this past Friday, April 21. The network said that the 8 p.m. time slot, which Carlson has held since April 2017, will be filled on an interim basis by “rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.” It will be called “Fox News Tonight.” Carlson joined Fox News as a contributor in 2009. He served as a co-host of the weekend show “Fox & Friends Weekend” from 2012 to 2016. But it was in primetime that Carlson became a star, eclipsing 9 p.m. host Sean Hannity as the network’s most-watched host. In 2022, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” averaged 3.32 million total viewers and received the largest audience in all of cable news with the coveted 25-to-54 age demographic. His Fox News colleagues were stunned by the departure, which seemed out of the blue. “We’re just learning of this like everyone else, total surprise on my end," one stunned staffer told The Post, speaking on condition of anonymity to share private insights into the newsroom, adding that colleagues were shocked as well. Another on-air personality: “This is major. It sends a message that even the guy with the highest ratings of all, by a long shot, doesn’t get to survive this disaster.” |
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Post by mollyanna58 on Apr 24, 2023 11:21:48 GMT -5
He will land on his feet somewhere.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 24, 2023 11:24:11 GMT -5
I wonder if this is to try to mollify the stockholders.
I’m going over to visit Fox to see how they are spinning it.
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Apr 24, 2023 11:32:44 GMT -5
so what did the texts say about management?
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 24, 2023 11:39:50 GMT -5
On Fox News website, top stories are a street preacher threatened with jail for talking shit about gays, police probing a Texas shooting, a nut job pulling a hunting bow on the cops, video of UFOs, and a cop getting released from jail after a year for shooting a black guy.
Don’t see anything on Tucker at all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2023 12:39:07 GMT -5
Perhaps he could join with Don Lemmon and Jeff Shell (former NBC CEO fired for having an affair with a subordinate) to form Stupid Men Network.
I would not be surprised to see Carlson pop up on Trump's re-election team and on White House staff if Trump wins
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2023 14:03:10 GMT -5
UPdate from WaPo:
In a surprise announcement, Fox News said Monday that its controversial yet top-rated prime-time host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network.
“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the network said in a statement. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
The apparently hasty parting — Carlson gave no indication he was leaving in his last nightly appearance Friday, and the network was still running promos for his show Monday morning — came less than a week after Fox settled a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, which had sued the network for false claims about the 2020 election. Carlson was among several on-air personalities expected to testify.
Carlson’s private messages were among hundreds of internal communications made public in the course of the lawsuit that caused angst and embarrassment for Fox and seemed to heighten the company’s legal jeopardy. Among other comments, Carlson expressed skepticism of the election-fraud claims made on-air by attorneys affiliated with Donald Trump and declared that he “passionately” hates the former president, whose rise to power had been cheered by Fox.
But it was Carlson’s comments about Fox management, as revealed in the Dominion case, that played a role in his departure from Fox, a person familiar with the company’s thinking told The Post.
Isaac Arnsdorf and Paul Farhi contributed to this report
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2023 14:07:12 GMT -5
So basically Tucker could do whatever he wanted until he cost the network a lot of money.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Apr 24, 2023 14:09:15 GMT -5
Isn't it always that way. Once your negtives outweigh your positives you are toast
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Post by Opti on Apr 24, 2023 14:16:23 GMT -5
Still,   |
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Post by tallguy on Apr 24, 2023 14:18:28 GMT -5
He will land on his feet somewhere. Anyone want to bet that RT becomes a consideration? |
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 24, 2023 14:27:05 GMT -5
He will land on his feet somewhere. MSNBC should hire him. or ONAN. note to the board: i love this. he is my most despised individual in broadcasting. |
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 24, 2023 14:36:44 GMT -5
Carlson also faced heavy criticism in the fall of 2021 when Fox Nation, the company’s streaming arm, aired a special he hosted, “Patriot Purge,” which carried suggestions that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a “false flag” operation perpetrated by the U.S. government. Two longtime Fox News commentators, Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, quit the network in protest. But the network repeatedly stood by Carlson.
i think Jonah Goldberg is a complete asshole, but at least he is not a fascist.
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Post by busymom on Apr 24, 2023 14:57:42 GMT -5
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Post by Tiny on Apr 24, 2023 16:05:41 GMT -5
thoughts and prayers to him. you beat me to it. I wonder if he's started a Go Fund Me or is going to sell NFTs as he is now without a job and has bills to pay. I wonder if he will be hired by Steve Bannon or trump's organization. Maybe he will team up with Alex Jones or Mike the Pillow man. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 24, 2023 19:02:09 GMT -5
Tucker's job application was rejected by Bed, Bath and Beyond.
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Post by tallguy on Apr 24, 2023 19:37:55 GMT -5
Looks like FOX is going back to court soon. Fired for cause. No severance.  |
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Post by moon/Laura on Apr 24, 2023 19:44:19 GMT -5
swamp Can you please edit your post above to be only a short snippet and link to the rest? I know WaPo is behind a paywall, but we have to abide by copyright laws. Even the one you did link to is really too long.
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Post by tallguy on Apr 24, 2023 19:52:18 GMT -5
Would it be short enough if she edited out all of the extra empty lines? |
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Post by laterbloomer on Apr 24, 2023 22:24:41 GMT -5
swamp Can you please edit your post above to be only a short snippet and link to the rest? I know WaPo is behind a paywall, but we have to abide by copyright laws. Even the one you did link to is really too long. Doesn't crediting the source cover copyright laws? She's not making money off of it or charging anyone to read it. |
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Post by Opti on Apr 24, 2023 22:27:59 GMT -5
He will land on his feet somewhere. Most very rich people do. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 25, 2023 10:27:28 GMT -5
Top Kremlin propagandist tells Tucker Carlson he should run for president and 'You are always welcome in Russia and Moscow'The US Department of State describes Vladimir Solovyov as perhaps "the most energetic Kremlin propagandist around today." Solovyov is also, apparently, a Tucker Carlson fan. On Telegram, Solovyov says that after he learned that Carlson and his long time cable network, Fox News, were parting ways, he sent him an email. "You have our admiration and support in any endeavor you choose for yourself next, be it running for president of the United States (which you should totally do, by the way) or making an independent media project. We'll happily offer you a job if you wish to carry on as a presenter and host!". Soloyvov also welcomed Carlson to visit Russia. Rest of article here: Top Kremlin propagandist tells Tucker Carlson he should run for president and 'You are always welcome in Russia and Moscow'
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 25, 2023 11:47:51 GMT -5
if they try to clean up their act, the deplorables will leave them. if they don't, they will get sued out of existence. lose-lose |
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 25, 2023 11:49:21 GMT -5
He will land on his feet somewhere. Most very rich people do. that implies that he is off his feet. FOX was a hobby for Mr Bow Tie. he will find another one. |
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