tucker carlson out at fox. thank you jesus!

[aubiefifty 18,259]

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News

"We thank him for his service to the network," Fox said.

ByABC News

April 24, 2023, 10:38 AM

 

 

TV host Tucker Carlson and Fox News have "agreed to part ways," Fox said in a statement Monday.

"We thank him for his service to the network," Fox said in a statement, noting that Carlson's last show was on Friday.

MORE: Fox settlement a 'big step forward in democracy,' Dominion CEO says in exclusive ABC News interview

The news comes nearly one week after the $787.5 million settlement agreement between Fox and Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion's suit had accused Fox News of recklessly airing false election claims and conspiracy theories in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.

Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York.

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Tucker Carlson Departs Fox News, Effective Immediately

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“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” a statement announcing the departure reads. “Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday”

 

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Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News, the network announced Monday morning.

In a statement the network said "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor."

Carlson's last program was Friday. Beginning Monday evening, the network will air Fox News Tonight as an interim show helmed by rotating FOX News personalities until a new host is determined.

Related:Tucker Carlson Wrote He 'Passionately' Hated Trump in Text to Colleague, Court Filing Reveals

Carlson featured prominently in a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought against Fox News by voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, which was the subject of conspiracies of widespread election fraud and other wrongdoing in the wake of the November 2020 presidential election.

The voting company recently settled with the network, but not before text messages and emails by Carlson and other network personalities were made public as part of court filings.

In one of the exchanges made public, Carlson texts a colleague: "We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can't wait."

"I hate him passionately," Carlson added, per The Washington Post.

The text exchange was dated Jan. 4, 2021, two days before pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. Rioters believed that the election had been rigged against Trump, a lie spread by many conservatives without supporting evidence.

In another exchange made public in March, Carlson wrote: "We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it's been is too tough to digest. But come on. There really isn't an upside to Trump."

Carlson's text messages are among a large tranche of private conversations and under-oath testimony from executives and hosts at Fox News, which Dominion argued in its complaint "sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process."

Fox argued, in a counterclaim, that Dominion "mischaracterized the record" and "cherry-picked quotes stripped of key context."

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In a statement sent to PEOPLE amid the legal battle, a spokesperson for Fox accused Dominion of using "distortions and misinformation" in what it called a "PR campaign to smear FOX News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press."

Dominion settled with Fox last week.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

[Auburnfan91 1,408]

Good. Now I won't have to watch FOX at all anymore.

Paul Ryan and his neocon ilk can have that trash network.

[AUDub 11,913]

1 hour ago, Auburnfan91 said:

Good. Now I won't have to watch FOX at all anymore.

Paul Ryan and his neocon ilk can have that trash network.

You being a fan of Tucker and his white power hour explains a lot.

Don't worry I'm sure they'll find a "great replacement."

[Auburnfan91 1,408]

3 minutes ago, AUDub said:

You being a fan of Tucker and his white power hour explains a lot.

Don't worry I'm sure they'll find a "great replacement."

Contrary to weak minded people who prefer echo chamber sources and don't want to be exposed to different views, Carlson routinely had guests on who were not conservative or even Republican.

Unlike most other FOX shows like Hannity for example, who have the same exact guests who all parrot the same exact lines about foreign policy, Carlson's show wasn't cookie cutter and repeating everything that other FOX shows were talking about. Carlson's show was the only mainstream cable show that consistently platformed anti-war voices.

[TexasTiger 14,310]

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[TexasTiger 14,310]

Why not make it official?

[AU9377 6,037]

7 hours ago, Auburnfan91 said:

Good. Now I won't have to watch FOX at all anymore.

Paul Ryan and his neocon ilk can have that trash network.

There is OAN, until they have to pay up for their lies.  Would you really rather only watch someone that reaffirms all your worst fears than someone that tells the truth?

[Mikey 16,781]

11 hours ago, AU9377 said:

Would you really rather only watch someone that reaffirms all your worst fears than someone that tells the truth?

Who do you think tells the truth? Rachel Madcow?

[AU9377 6,037]

1 hour ago, Mikey said:

Who do you think tells the truth? Rachel Madcow?

Some on the far right seem to be incapable of understanding the difference between taking facts and presenting them in the best light to support your cause and downright LIES.  There is a difference. I don't watch Rachel Maddow, but I doubt that she has promoted lies about the 2020 election or that she has traveled to Eastern Europe to tell us how great a country like Russia, that is murdering people in Ukraine, really is.

[Mikey 16,781]

1 minute ago, AU9377 said:

Some on the far right seem to be incapable of understanding the difference between taking facts and presenting them in the best light to support your cause and downright LIES.  There is a difference. I don't watch Rachel Maddow, but I doubt that she has promoted lies about the 2020 election or that she has traveled to Eastern Europe to tell us how great a country like Russia, that is murdering people in Ukraine, really is.

Her numerous segments promoting the lie about Russian collusion is enough to put her in the same boat with Carlson.