Posted on 04/28/2023 10:57:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
Inside sources at Fox News have leaked rumors that, despite being dropped from the network as of this past Monday, Tucker Carlson is still beholden to a contract that would prevent him from undertaking a new media venture until after the 2024 presidential election.
Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who now hosts her own podcast on Sirius XM, reported on information allegedly coming out of the collapsing “conservative” media company indicating Carlson has yet to reach terms of a complete exit from his contract.
“I want to, I think, break some news for you,” Kelly began on her show. “Tucker Carlson hasn’t actually been fired. He’s still an employee of the Fox News Channel. What happened was Suzanne Scott called him she’s the CEO on Monday morning and said he was not going to be allowed to do any more shows, and that he had been kicked out of his company email.”
“And now they’re going to have to negotiate an exit. Some reporting to me, suggests that, she said it’s going to be an amicable parting. Right, isn’t it?” she continued.
“I’m completely catching Tucker, off guard. But Tucker is not fired. That’s my information, that he still needs to negotiate the exit. And that right now he’s not free to launch a podcast or a digital show or negotiate with other employers at all. Because he’s still under contract,” she suggested for a second time.
Take a look at the clip below.
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At this point for Carlson, the proverbial sky is truly the limit for the former host of cable television’s hottest broadcast. Carlson regularly drew over three million nightly viewers and crushed the competition at CNN and MSNBC. While he will no doubt court offers from the likes of OANN and Newsmax, his own viral Twitter video likely proves he has enough name-brand recognition and following to strike out on his own.
In truly epic fashion, Carlson released a video – the first public response offered since the shocking news of his Fox cancellation – which garnered tens of millions of views almost instantly. People want to hear what Tucker Carlson has to say. And by extension, they will no doubt pay for it.
Carlson could branch out on his own and follow in the steps of Megyn Kelly, for example. He could also field offers from other conservative media outlets, but just as with Fox the possibility of being constrained would no doubt loom over him.
Kelly had a lot more to say on her show, as she addressed speculations about why Fox would let their top host go and also addressed the troubles with filling his massive shoes.
“It’ll be interesting to see what the ratings were for the APM hour last night, Brian Kilmeade hosted it. It’s a rotating cast for now,” Kelly noted on her podcast. “And we’ll see what they decide to do their stuff, Brian’s fault. I mean, here’s Brian, FYI, here. Here he is, in a moment where he is kind of acknowledging what happened. I’ll just play the 14 seconds.”
“Hi, everybody, and welcome to Fox News tonight. I am Brian Kilmeade. As you probably have heard, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. I wish Tucker the best. I’m great friends with Tucker, and always will be,” the fill-in host can be heard saying.
One other thing; wouldn’t Fox’s summary firing of Tucker nullify all terms that he agreed to? In other words,what contract controls Hunter?
In those cases, the claims were based on civil rights laws (and the far left’s attempts to misconstrue them beyond all recognition). The defendants attempted to defend (some successfully, some not) based on their First Amendment rights, since it was a governmental action against them.
If I hire a spokesman and he publicly espouses woke or Nazi ideology in my company’s name or on my company’s time, I have every right to fire him. My employees do not have a First Amendment right while on my time and my firing them is not a governmental action. Imagine if employees could insult and cuss out customers at will, arguing that it is protected speech and, therefore, the First Amendment prohibits their employers from taking any action against them.
In the case of a governmental employee, the analysis is somewhat different. If a government employee is fired for protected speech, then it is a governmental action and the First Amendment does come into play.
Generally, if you fire an employee you do not continue to pay them. Apparently, Fox did not fire Tucker Carlson. He is still employed and paid by Fox, they just cancelled his show.
If they continue to pay him to sit home then it probably does not violate his contract, unless the contract guarantees Carlson a certain amount of airtime at specified times of day or Fox agreed to pay him some sort of royalties or commissions based on his show's earnings.
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