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Tucker Carlson out at Fox News

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  1. Andrew Jackson

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    Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing personality who hosted the network’s highly rated 8pm hour, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement Monday.

    The announcement came one week after Fox News settled a monster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over the network’s dissemination of election lies.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news/index.html
    What a shocker.
    Did anybody see this coming?
    Is Tucker being scapegoated and thrown under the bus?
     
    Andrew Jackson, Apr 24, 2023
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    Wow. Just him though? The Symantec lawsuit is up next.

    Didn't expect that this Monday morning. I'm surprised they didn't try and Friday News Dump this...
     
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  3. Joe knows

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    This doesn’t surprise me. If they fired him during the lawsuit it would have been an acknowledgment of wrong doing.
     
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  5. Andrew Jackson

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    Right wing primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News immediately, the cable network announced Monday.
    The announcement came days after Fox News’ parent company settled Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million.
    “FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the company said in a statement on Monday. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
    There will be no sendoff for Carlson, as his last program aired on Friday.
    The company wouldn’t comment beyond the release, and whether Carlson was being taken off air in response to the Dominion defamation case.
    Fox class A shares were down nearly 4% on Monday.
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    I wonder where he will end up?
    His options (on TV) seem limited...
    Unless, he plans on the full-blown Shark Jump to OAN or Newsmax...
     
    Andrew Jackson, Apr 24, 2023
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  6. Nwolfe35

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    And this isn't?

    I understand it's after the suit was settled but still....
     
    Nwolfe35, Apr 24, 2023
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    fmw, Apr 24, 2023
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    They are saying his last show was Friday. They had to explain why he wasn't on the air tonight.
     
    Nwolfe35, Apr 24, 2023
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    What isn’t?
     
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  10. Andrew Jackson

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    Good point, Cubed...
    This is a great opportunity to gut the entire Faux News clown cart...
    Hannity and Ingraham and Watters and Judge Jeanine, Etc...
     
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    Firing him now is an acknowledgement of wrong doing.
     
    Nwolfe35, Apr 24, 2023
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    I'll bet Tucker had the largest paycheck. It serves as a warning shot to the rest of them to straighten up or you're next.
     
    Nwolfe35, Apr 24, 2023
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    Crazy, announced today that his last day was last week? Did he expose himself to someone?
     
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    Good, I hope this means Jessie Watters gets the prime time spot. I like his light hearted and sarcastic approach way better than Tucker's doom and gloom approach.
    there is also a lesson to be learned here
    It's called PRECEDENT
    Fredo was held accountable and because of that, they had the pressure on them to act the same regarding Tucker.
    You guys will learn a lot more about PRECEDENT when the Biden impeachments happen.
     
    Darthcervantes, Apr 24, 2023
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  15. Andrew Jackson

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    Hopefully, he can sit down with Oprah and give "his side"...
     
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    Yeah, he "exposed" the Fox Network to a billion dollar defamation case from Dominion.
     
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    nobody should be surprised tucker is gone

    personally, I was surprised he lasted so long

    Tucker Carlson is to lying scumbags what Tom Brady was to the NFL

    Fox news is like the Patriots, with Carlson as quarterback and hannity and ingram as a reciever and fulllback

    Nobody was better at producing lying scumbags better than FOX and nobody was better at producing great athletes than the patriots

    with that said

    Tucker is like the pro athletes that had a few good years

    most are worth $10 million plus..finacial security is not an issue

    carlson will disappear for awhile..but like Brady, he will keep coming back

    pro athletes miss performing their skills in front of an audience

    Carlson will miss performing his skills as a lying scumbag in front of an audience

    being a professional athlete is not easy, and being a professional scumbag aint either!! lol
     
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  18. Steve N

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    It could have been his $35 million dollar a year salary.
     
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    Carlson/MTG 2028!!!

    The Hot Air Ticket....

    I'll continue to miss his show religiously....
     
    Egoboy, Apr 24, 2023
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    Well yes, of coarse it is but the settlement is done. It won’t effect an outcome in court
     
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    Why WAIT?
    Get rid of the LOT of them...
    I wonder WHO (or What) is going to comprise the 8 PM Hour on Faux tonight?
    And, during their time slots:
    Will Watters, Hannity, and Ingraham give heartfelt post-mortems?
    I wonder if Gutfeld will bring it up...
    Or, are they under strict orders to not mention it and "carry on as normal, as if nothing has happened"?
     
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    You can't be serious.
     
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    Tucks made 35 million a year at Fox.
    Who can afford him.?
    Trump can hire him as a lying/spin adviser.
    But Trump is a cheap ****, so?
     
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    Can you cite the lies he told.
     
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    Uh, oh, what are all the Tucker watchers going to do tonight? They'll have withdrawal symptoms -- until Tucker appears on some other, probably more extreme RW show. Or, he could try to go back to his previous home, CNN, trying to do a 180 and brainwash liberals. Of course, he could also just enjoy his retirement as a trust-fund baby.

    In any case, America wins on this day, at least temporarily.
     
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