Posted on 04/29/2023 6:50:37 AM PDT by PK1991
Lawrence Jones, who made history as the youngest black solo host of a program in cable news, is stepping in to fill ousted Tucker Carlson’s slot on Fox News next week. Jones, 30, who anchors “Lawrence Jones Cross Country” on Fox News on Saturday nights, will host in Carlson’s former 8 p.m. slot from Monday as the network continues with a rotating line-up of anchors. **** Jones, who worked in the Obama campaign when he was 15, reported live from Uvalde, Texas, after the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two adults, and has also covered the death of Tyre Nichols, the Idaho murders, nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on minority communities across the country.
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He’s one of my faves.
Jones, who worked in the Obama campaign...
That’s all we need to know about this guy. I’ve seen him on The Five a few times, takes the Geraldo Rivera role.
Saturday night host? Humm, might as well as hired the cast from SNL.
Nope, and you can’t say anything because he is black. Typical FOX machination.
No thanks to FOX.
> Jones, who worked in the Obama campaign when he was 15… <
I guess Michelle Obama wasn’t available.
I like him but dislike Fox more. Newsmax for me.
Oh, dear. Probably no one else wanted the assignment, making them potentially appear to be complicit saboteurs of Tucker. Murdick must think that putting in a black man on a temporary basis will make him somewhat immune from criticism. Wrong!
Who?
Obviously, if you don’t watch it...you’re racist.
They used Kilmeade this week and upcoming in Lawrence Jones, it’s a tough situation to be thrown into, Kilmeade is a company man who does what he is told, but he’s not a solo host of a opinion show, Lawrence Jones is just happy to be there, there is no danger of him going off the reservation.
Every one of these hosts knows what needs to be said but know if they dared venture into that conversation they would be fired as well, and they don’t have clout Tucker Carlson built up to do the right thing.
One of your “faves!” A Barry campaign worker? Why are you here? Troll, stupid or what? Comrade, please go away.
Folks, REMOVE FOXNEWS & FOX BUSINESS NEWS CHANNELS FROM YOUR “FAVORITES” on your cable channel menu so you are NOT EVEN TEMPTED. And ADD NEWS MAX CHANNEL (e.g., Channel 616 on Verizon FiOS) to your favorites.
I used to be a Liberal Democrat, people change.
He’s a libertarian from my understanding. I don’t watch enough Fox anymore to know him.
Thank you.
These folks can turn on a dime so it’s not surprising he worked for Obama. He was 15. He’s 30 now. At that age I became Reaganite. Voted for McGovern and Carter so coming around is possible. He’ll have to throw a bone to the left from time to time to show he’s no sellout to the right, just like Tim Scott does. Larry Steele on the other hand...
There is absolutely nothing a 30 y/o Fox employee and former Obama supporter can deliver to someone like me.
Get politically educated, lose Fox and all of cable news.
“An insider told Page Six that the decision to have Jones “step up so soon after Tucker’s departure” is “significant,” perhaps due to his differing political viewpoints from many of his conservative colleagues.
In a recent interview with the Dallas Morning News, he revealed that Sean Hannity originally offered him a role as a correspondent on Fox.
“I told him no, I didn’t think it was a good idea, ‘Because I’m a libertarian, and we’re going to disagree a lot,’” he said. “And he said, ‘Oh, that’s OK. Just be you.’ And I said, ‘No, we’re really going to disagree.’ He goes, ‘Just give it a shot.’ And that turned from two months, into a year. And he said, ‘Listen, LJ, if you just be you, you’ll have your own show.’”
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