Tucker Carlson just got fired
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Fox fires Tucker Carlson five days after he crosses the red line by acknowledging that the TV networks pushed a deadly and ineffective vaccine to please their Pharma advertisers. Carlson’s breathtakingly courageous April 19 monologue broke TV’s two biggest rules: Tucker told the truth about how greedy Pharma advertisers controlled TV news content and he lambasted obsequious newscasters for promoting jabs they knew to be lethal and worthless. For many years, Tucker has had the nation's biggest audience averaging 3.5 million — 10 times the size of CNN. Fox just demonstrated the terrifying power of Big Pharma.
Dutch Uncle
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"We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor," a FOX News Media spokesperson said in a statement.
Yeah right.
An interim program, "Fox News Tonight," will air at 8 p.m. ET until a permanent replacement for Carlson is named. "Fox News Tonight" will be hosted by a rotation of various Fox News personalities.
The last edition of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" aired on Friday, April 21. The show began airing in 2016.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-media-tucker-carlson-part-ways
I expect more heads will roll. The Corporation has to sacrifice some lambs to avoid more legal problems. They'll still take a hit, but the sacrificial lambs will soften the blow.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Yep. Fox News has been hit hard and deep. And I doubt anyone will want to bankroll Tucker "Fucked" Carlson. He'd have to have his own show.
He would have no trouble doing his own media empire.....we dont yet know though if he will.....he could do anti-regime speeches, but he would need to travel. He had a sweet gig spending most of his time at his Maine studio. Daily Wire is an immediately obvious option.
Maybe do some really outstanding fishing.
It was Murdoch, as you might expect, who sacked him.
I have already documented reports that he quit. Tucker is bigger than FoxNews.
And ya, I have been talking here at JPP for awhile about how the Murdochs suck.
Ah, "documented reports". Do they document why he signed off Friday night telling viewers he would see them again on his show on Monday?
Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Tucker quit
Fox’s statement also noted that Carlson’s last show was the previous Friday, indicating that he would not be given any opportunity to explain, wish his devoted viewers goodbye or announce his next role. The decision appears sudden, given that Carlson signed off his Friday program with “see you Monday.” Fox was apparently still airing teasers for Carlson’s show as recently as Monday morning.
https://forward.com/culture/544317/t...dition_6682010
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Of course you have. No doubt you believed every word.
Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox — will veiled antisemitism and the Great Replacement Theory go with him?
The news host is famous for promoting conspiracy theories and antisemitic dogwhistles on his primetime show.
Fox’s statement also noted that Carlson’s last show was the previous Friday, indicating that he would not be given any opportunity to explain, wish his devoted viewers goodbye or announce his next role. The decision appears sudden, given that Carlson signed off his Friday program with “see you Monday.” Fox was apparently still airing teasers for Carlson’s show as recently as Monday morning.
He also frequently alluded to the great replacement theory, a conspiracy that Jews or other racial minorities are attempting to exterminate or replace white people, though Carlson’s references to it were always just veiled enough to maintain plausible deniability against accusations of racism or antisemitism. Dog whistles were frequently employed on his show; he repeatedly vilified George Soros while lauding the nationalist and antisemitic leadership of Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban.
Perhaps showing Carlson’s conspiratorial influence on his viewers, some of his supporters are claiming that Fox is controlled by the “liberal elite” and implying that the news host is being punished for his work at exposing the “Deep State,” a conspiracy associated with QAnon that a secret, elite cabal controls the world.
For those who have watched Carlson’s rhetoric with growing concern, it is easy to feel relieved at the idea that the erstwhile host has lost his platform. But it is unlikely that Carlson will disappear for long. And whatever his next platform will be, he could potentially continue to shape U.S. politics.
https://forward.com/culture/544317/t...dition_6682010
The news host is famous for promoting conspiracy theories and antisemitic dogwhistles on his primetime show.
Fox’s statement also noted that Carlson’s last show was the previous Friday, indicating that he would not be given any opportunity to explain, wish his devoted viewers goodbye or announce his next role. The decision appears sudden, given that Carlson signed off his Friday program with “see you Monday.” Fox was apparently still airing teasers for Carlson’s show as recently as Monday morning.
He also frequently alluded to the great replacement theory, a conspiracy that Jews or other racial minorities are attempting to exterminate or replace white people, though Carlson’s references to it were always just veiled enough to maintain plausible deniability against accusations of racism or antisemitism. Dog whistles were frequently employed on his show; he repeatedly vilified George Soros while lauding the nationalist and antisemitic leadership of Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban.
Perhaps showing Carlson’s conspiratorial influence on his viewers, some of his supporters are claiming that Fox is controlled by the “liberal elite” and implying that the news host is being punished for his work at exposing the “Deep State,” a conspiracy associated with QAnon that a secret, elite cabal controls the world.
For those who have watched Carlson’s rhetoric with growing concern, it is easy to feel relieved at the idea that the erstwhile host has lost his platform. But it is unlikely that Carlson will disappear for long. And whatever his next platform will be, he could potentially continue to shape U.S. politics.
https://forward.com/culture/544317/t...dition_6682010