Posted on 06/08/2023 3:33:26 PM PDT by george76
On April 24th, Fox News stopped Tucker from exposing Ray Epps, Jen Psaki & AOC in this never-released opening speech
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What follows is the text of Tucker Carlson’s opening monologue for his show on April 24th, 2023. He was fired, and his show was canceled, over concerns by Fox News executives about the content of this monologue — which was never aired.
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Members of Congress aren’t allowed to talk like this. The Constitution of the United States prohibits it. American citizens have an inalienable right to critique and criticize their political leaders. Our politicians are not gods. They’re instruments of the public’s will. They serve the rest of us, not the other way around. For that obvious reason, politicians can never censor our speech or try to control what we think. That unchanging fact is the basis of our founding documents, of our political system and our personal freedoms. As a former government official who claims now to be a journalist, Jen Psaki should know this, and defend America’s foundational principle. She refuses. Instead, Psaki nods along like a fan as Sandy Cortez calls for law enforcement to shut down news programming. The White House Correspondents Association and various other self-described advocates of press freedom stay silent too. Apparently they agree with Ocasio-Cortes, or they’re too afraid to say otherwise.
It’s distressing to watch this. The last thing America needs is more public figures saying radical things. What if we came on the air five nights a week and called for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes to be handcuffed and carted away because we don’t like her political views? We could certainly do that. We never would, because it would be terrible for our country. Extremism is self-perpetuating — the more you encourage, the more you get, exponentially. We don’t want that. We want to live in the United States we had a few years ago, where people who disagreed with one another were willing to debate directly, using facts and reason, and didn’t call for their opponents’ imprisonment. We’ll do whatever we can to return to that standard, including giving Sandy Cortez airtime. She is welcome on this show any time. We’ll travel to meet her anywhere, and give her the full hour. We’ll be civil and rational, and let those watching decide who’s got a more appealing vision for America’s future. We’ve asked her to come on this show many times. We’ll continue to do that.
Why would this get him fired? He says stuff like this all the time.
Clickbait.
If that was his monologue, they didn’t let him air it.
So...why would Tucker not just do the same story on twitter?
Fox News would claim contractual ownership of his work product and personal presence. Based on legal precedent, Tucker could be pulled off the air at any time, for any reason, as long as Fox continued to pay him in full.
Tucker would also have signed off on some kind of non-compete agreement, too.
Tucker can take any job he wants, or be self-employed, but if he competes with Fox News in any way, Fox can stop paying him the balance of his contract.
By going on Twitter, Tucker either believes he has grounds to break the non-compete contract (with risk of huge legal fees), or, Tucker has decided to wing it, and he wants to see if he can get paid as much or more than Fox News is paying him now, by being self-employed.
we want to debate but the left knows they cant win any debates so they resort to brainwashing kids in school, burning down cities, and killing.
I dont think we will return to the old USA without getting really nasty.
Something gunna give.
If this is in fact, the case, did they think that he’s just gonna shut up if they fire him?
Reason 1,798 Tucker got fired.
It’s already been settled. It was part of the Dominion Settlement period. Everything else is opinion.
Bkmk
the settlement between Fox and that criminal company that sued themYou repeated yourself.
Tucker rarely used Twitter when he was a FNC employee. That was his choice, obviously.
it was a private talk he gave
It’s distressing to watch this. The last thing America needs is more public figures saying radical things, especially when its not your radical things, a BIG FU! Tucker is the man
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