+ “Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 PM/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating FOX News personalities until a new host is named.”

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) April 24, 2023

🚨 #BREAKING: Tucker Carlson to leave @FoxNews, according to Fox News Media pic.twitter.com/6weD7TBwCP

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 24, 2023

JUST IN: Fox News' Tucker Carlson, the right-wing personality and highly rated 8 p.m. host, is out at the network https://t.co/qljSDibIbS

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 24, 2023

If true, there goes 50% of their audience.

Sounds like he pissed someone off, or its time to move Fox more to the left.

He didn't seem to fix the Fox agenda.

Yeah, that would kind of be a 'bud light-esque' decision I would think. I don't watch it live but his clips/analyses have always been pretty good, imho.

The people running Fox News have to be some really dumb mofos.

They really think they are going to be able to keep market share and make money by becoming just like CNN and MSNBC? Fox has been shifting leftward for years.

If this was the horizon, no wonder his speech at Heritage went hard.

Tucker Carlson During Speech At @Heritage Explains How To Understand What The People Wrecking Our Country Are Doing

"None of this makes sense in conventional political terms."

"When people. . .decide that the goal is to destroy things, destruction for its own sake, 'hey let's… pic.twitter.com/qFZOZtjAvg

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) April 22, 2023

Last good thing on Fox is now gone. No need to watch them anymore

This has to be a kick off to go further left.

AOC calls on the government to ban Tucker Carlson and other Fox hosts

Jen Psaki nods along pic.twitter.com/2vX0ZxuASQ

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 23, 2023

One also has to wonder if this has to do with the Dominion settlement. How much did Tucker push the "rigged machines" line of thinking?

Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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Yep. The nighttime lineup was the only really conservative thing left on Fox News so expect the rest to be purged as well.

That will prove to be a dumb decision.

Wow. I thought it might be fake news, but it's on their website:
https://press.foxnews.com/2023/04/fox-news-media-and-tucker-carlson-part-ways
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-tucker-carlson-out-at-fox-news/

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He reminds me of Glenn Beck.

Started off really strong with good information and gathered a strong following. At some point the conspiracies and fringe information took over and it was time for him to move to an independent streaming platform.

He'll still provide some good info and good reporting but his feelz will remain a distraction for most viewers.

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And then the "conspiracies " were proven accurate.

(We need to stop the conspiracy labeling as it's usually accurate and not a conspiracy at all)

Funky Winkerbean said:

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That makes no sense. FNC crushes the ratings and Tucker crushes above all. It's likely internal disagreements on certain things and/or failure to agree to terms on a new contract. If I were him I'd be asking for a **** ton of money whenever that contract was up.

No matter how triggered the left gets from FoxNews and tries to spread the false narrative that Fox is THE only bias major network in news...the fact of the matter is that Fox was never a right-wing network. They are just as corporate as any of the others. I would imagine Tucker questioned the govt far too much for the company line.

He'll get a ton of viewers wherever he ends up though.

Rapier108 said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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Yep. The nighttime lineup was the only really ACCURATE thing left on Fox News so expect the rest to be purged as well.

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Fify

Bunk Moreland said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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That makes no sense. FNC crushes the ratings and Tucker crushes above all. It's likely internal disagreements on certain things and/or failure to agree to terms on a new contract. If I were him I'd be asking for a **** ton of money whenever that contract was up.

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That's why it makes no sense. He's number one.

Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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Or both Bongino and Tucker have offers to go somewhere where they have more editorial control.

Gigem314 said:

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No matter how triggered the left gets from FoxNews and tries to spread the false narrative that Fox is THE only bias major network in news...the fact of the matter is that Fox was never a right-wing network. They are just as corporate as any of the others. I would imagine Tucker questioned the govt far too much for the company line.

He'll get a ton of viewers wherever he ends up though.

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What if he, gasp, runs for office?

Now THAT would be entertaining.

tough week at fnc, couldn't happen to a more deserving organization

He should go to NewsMax

Barring some kind of personal scandal, I would be surprised if Fox fired him based on his ratings.

If he quit, would think it's one of two things (maybe both):
1) He was being reined in by Fox. If so, I'm sure the timing with Dominion settlement isn't coincidental.
2) He is about to enter into the fray as a political candidate himself. He's been discussed as a potential Presidential candidate before, but with 2024 being all about Trump/Desantis feel like there's been no talk of this lately.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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That makes no sense. FNC crushes the ratings and Tucker crushes above all. It's likely internal disagreements on certain things and/or failure to agree to terms on a new contract. If I were him I'd be asking for a **** ton of money whenever that contract was up.

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we live in a world where if you pay your bills on time and have good credit moving forward you will be punished on your mortgage with higher rates to help pay for losers who don't pay their bills.

nothing makes sense that's why this makes so
much sense.

CDUB98 said:

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One also has to wonder if this has to do with the Dominion settlement

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I am sure that is an excuse of theirs. Bongino and now Carlson.

FNC is not a conservative network and has not been in quite some time.

I am guessing Hannity is next.

going to find out real quick just how "right wing" Fox is by seeing how they handle his exit.

Im sure theyve got unnamed producers lined up to accuse him of sexual harassment, rape, racism, etc.

HumpitPuryear said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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Or both Bongino and Tucker have offers to go somewhere where they have more editorial control.

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Gutfeld next?

Bunk Moreland said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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This has to be a kick off to go further left.

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That makes no sense. FNC crushes the ratings and Tucker crushes above all.

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Obviously, none of the other networks have worried about ratings. They are pushing an agenda.

Fox is joining them now.

This is sorta crazy. He was the one banking money for the network. I mean, I didn't watch and I didn't agree with the majority of the crap he spewed. And let's be clear, he wasn't news. It was an opinion show.

He was their cash cow. Not sure anyone can step into his place to bring the eyeballs to Fox News at night.

I wonder if this was part of the Dominion settlement?

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Gigem314 said:

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No matter how triggered the left gets from FoxNews and tries to spread the false narrative that Fox is THE only bias major network in news...the fact of the matter is that Fox was never a right-wing network. They are just as corporate as any of the others. I would imagine Tucker questioned the govt far too much for the company line.

He'll get a ton of viewers wherever he ends up though.

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What if he, gasp, runs for office?

Now THAT would be entertaining.

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I would enjoy it if nothing more than watching the overreaction. He's the Left's new favorite media boogeyman. They act like it's their mission in life to get Tucker banned forever.

Secolobo said:

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AOC calls on the government to ban Tucker Carlson and other Fox hosts

Jen Psaki nods along pic.twitter.com/2vX0ZxuASQ

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 23, 2023

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so she won?

I see a concentrated effort on search engine leads to go after conservatives. They are really after DESantis

Call me tin foil, but this is organized silencing of the right.

... and most will just accept and go on with their life as they know it, until they wake up with nothing and the big WTF.

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CDUB98 said:

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One also has to wonder if this has to do with the Dominion settlement

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I am sure that is an excuse of theirs. Bongino and now Carlson.

FNC is not a conservative network and has not been in quite some time.

I am guessing Hannity is next.

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Fox isn't some ideological bastion. Never have been. They merely saw a market to take advantage of. They're a company out for profit first and foremost. If they think that swinging more center-right will net them more $$$ then they'll gladly dump folks like Tucker. Especially if they feel like they're garnering bad pub and attracting lawsuits.

As discussed, that's why fox settled. With tucker's departure it proves it's not about money.
They needed an excuse and now they have their excuse to purge...