Tucker Carlson speaks at the Politicon Conference in Los Angeles on October 21, 2018.
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Tucker Carlson broke his silence two days later Wednesday night. his rude exit From Fox News.
However, the right-wing former primetime TV host did not comment on his dismissal or what was next for him. He explains his views and the conversations taking place on cable news.
“If you take a break, you’ll find the arguments you see on TV are incredibly ridiculous. They’re totally irrelevant. They don’t mean anything. Five years later, I don’t even remember having those arguments. Trust me, someone did,” Carlson said in a video message Wednesday.
Fox News fired Carlson on Monday, noting that his final show aired on Friday. do not have.
“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to separate,” the company said in a statement Monday. “We would like to thank him for his contributions to the network as a host and as a contributor before that.” did not respond to
his departure Fox Corporationcable TV network (with the highest cable news rating) is the company’s $787.5 million settlement In the Dominion voting system. Foxx and the Dominion were about to head to a six-week trial that would have seen top brass, including Carlson, some of his fellow anchors and Rupert Murdoch testify on the stand, just as the defamation lawsuit The Dominion has sued Fox and its cable networks for broadcasting false claims that voting machine makers helped rig the 2020 election in favor of Joe Biden.
The Dominion lawsuit unlikely to affect Fox’s earnings are too high — the stock was stable until Carlson left the company on Monday, but fell slightly — what has already been revealed in Discovery and what it could mean later , which was probably of greater concern.
Since Monday, media reports have emerged that a personal message from Carlson, discovered during discovery proceedings in the Dominion lawsuit, helped seal his fate at Fox News. A vulgar private message sent Fox leadership to dismiss Carlson. The Wall Street Journal reportedFox executives learned about the message on the eve of the trial and According to The New York Times.
