Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News
He did Nazi it coming.
Here was the end of what turned out to be Tucker Carlson's final Fox News show last Friday. Certainly no indication that he didn't expect to be on the air tonight. In fact Tucker's final words are, "we'll be back on Monday." pic.twitter.com/F9R5MpWHDK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 24, 2023
When you cost your employers $800MM (with more to come) and run your mouth off about management it’s usually not a great career move.
mrincredible said:
When you cost your employers $800MM (with more to come) and run your mouth off about management it’s usually not a great career move.
or it may just be National Fire Your Anchor Day
nohero said:
It's not that he likes Nazis -- he hates them "passionately". But he wants viewers to know he "hears and respects" them. Also, he worries when stock prices are down.
Guess he's free of that particular burden now.
ml1 said:
mrincredible said:
When you cost your employers $800MM (with more to come) and run your mouth off about management it’s usually not a great career move.
or it may just be National Fire Your Anchor Day
oh it’s “networks settling all family business” day
— Patrick Dillon (@mpdillon) April 24, 2023
Maybe newsmax would hire him. Or One America News. He could be the spokesman for Qanon also… he’s very resourceful.
Jaytee said:
Maybe newsmax would hire him. Or One America News. He could be the spokesman for Qanon also… he’s very resourceful.
I don't think Newsmax or OANN have enough money to risk putting him on the air.
What if someone was being paid to lie to his audience, night after night on television, in order to keep his viewers from switching to another station? What if those lies were exposed, and a series of companies brought up that exposure in a court of law? What if those lies cost his employers nearly a billion dollars in a lawsuit, with another court case on the way that could cost at least the same amount? Would that someone still be working on that television station? Would the powers that be close ranks and tell that someone to leave the network? We may never know, but those are definitely interesting questions, worth asking, don't you think?
That's our show, we'll be back next Monday with...
Wait a minute... What?
You also have to wonder how culpable a station is when they're merely parroting the US president's "facts".
At least there was evidence to prove that they knew these were lies.
Hopefully we'll eventually get some accountability from the top.
Wouldn’t it be just wonderful to see Fox News go out of business? How about demise of the entire Qanon group? And while the cleansing is taking place… Ukrainians kick the Russians out of their country! Would be nice if they all can just go back under the rocks they crawled out of.
Jaytee said:
Wouldn’t it be just wonderful to see Fox News go out of business? How about demise of the entire Qanon group? And while the cleansing is taking place… Ukrainians kick the Russians out of their country! Would be nice if they all can just go back under the rocks they crawled out of.
it won't matter. Another news org will fill the void. Tens of millions of people WANT to be told those lies. They get off on being angry.
Fox News isn't the disease. They're a symptom.
I’m thinking the tides are turning for them. Of course there will always be some lunatics out there, but that level of anger will subside as people realize they have been fooled by the people they had their hopes up for.
Great title and great line in this column today -
Tucker Carlson’s Great Replacement
"It’s impossible to know what happens to that career now that Carlson has achieved the rare cable news trifecta of flaming out at CNN, MSNBC and Fox."
I'm betting that he tries to to do a Rush Limbaugh, or Alex Jones, and develop a radio and social media empire.
Jaytee said:
I’m thinking the tides are turning for them. Of course there will always be some lunatics out there, but that level of anger will subside as people realize they have been fooled by the people they had their hopes up for.
I don't think so. Fox will be more careful but there is enough that it can come up with to satisfy the appetites of its audience. Don't forget - there was Bill O'Reilly who was on Fox for two decades before he had to leave because of sexual harrasment allegations. Fox knows what its audience wants and it will find someone to give it to them. Their audience is probably pissed Carlson had to leave. If Fox loses its audience, it will probably be because they're angry at Fox, not because they think they've been fooled.
Jasmo said:
I'm betting that he tries to to do a Rush Limbaugh, or Alex Jones, and develop a radio and social media empire.
His audience is certainly waiting to see where he goes. Run for President in 2024? He has the MAGA crowd.
Fun with AI voice synthesis...
tucker carlson is actually glad he got fired: pic.twitter.com/s3hmgzkZQl
— zach silberberg (@zachsilberberg) April 24, 2023
His show was the highest rated on the Fox network, so I doubt they voluntarily let him go. My guess is that his firing (sorry, I mean "mutual agreement to part ways" (cough) was part of the Dominion settlement (and why Dominion lowered their ask by so much). Although supposedly confidential, the settlement agreement will somehow pop up sooner or later from an anonymous source looking to cash in on it.
ridski said:
What if someone was being paid to lie to his audience, night after night on television, in order to keep his viewers from switching to another station? What if those lies were exposed, and a series of companies brought up that exposure in a court of law? What if those lies cost his employers nearly a billion dollars in a lawsuit, with another court case on the way that could cost at least the same amount? Would that someone still be working on that television station? Would the powers that be close ranks and tell that someone to leave the network? We may never know, but those are definitely interesting questions, worth asking, don't you think?
That's our show, we'll be back next Monday with...
Wait a minute... What?
Tucker did not act alone. He was in cahoots with Fox management. He's gone but they are still there, ready to feed the beast with other talking heads.
Jaytee said:
Fox News staff celebrate Carlson leaving… goodbye mudder Tucker!
The funniest part in that article is the Fox reporter who refers to the "real journalists" at Fox.
Fox News claims to have a dossier on Tucker in case he tries to sue them… you mean he might even be worse than is on the air? Really!
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