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Tucker Carlson OUT at Fox News - five days after the network paid $787million to settle Dominion lawsuit
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 24, 2023 | Jennifer Smith

Posted on 04/24/2023 9:34:17 AM PDT by Morgana

Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, after reigning over the network for nearly a decade.

In a shock announcement Monday, the network announced his departure, saying his final show was on April 21st.

'FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways.

'We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,' the network statement read.

Host Harris Faulkner also announced his departure on air, saying: 'We have some news from within our Fox family. Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have mutually agreed to part ways. Tucker's last show was this past Friday.'

An interim roster of hosts will take over in his absence until a permanent replacement is chosen.

Carlson - who signed off his final show on Friday with 'that's it for us for the week, we'll be back!' - is yet to comment.

His departure comes days after Fox settled with Dominion Voting Systems which had sued for defamation, claiming hosts like Carlson knew President Trump's election fraud claims were untrue, but pushed them for ratings.

Dominion sued for $1.6billion and settled for $787million at the 11th hour, narrowly avoiding an embarrassing and highly-publicized trial where Carlson and other hosts would likely have been called as witnesses.

Among discovery submitted before the trial were text messages in which Carlson described his 'passionate' hatred of President Trump.

Carlson's show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, was the gleaming jewel of Fox's nightly line-up, drawing in 3.5million viewers every night.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 04/24/2023 9:34:17 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Don lemon has been hired by Fox News to take over the Tucker Carlson show. The new direction comes out of the dominion lawsuit. In order to settle the other lawsuit they have to hire Don lemon and change the reviews from conservative to extreme liberal.
Pucker up.


2 posted on 04/24/2023 9:36:07 AM PDT by ncfool (TRUMP SHOULD BE THE KING MAKER IN 2024 AND NOT THE KING. -- Desantis 2024)
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To: Morgana

Settling the case was a moronic decision.


3 posted on 04/24/2023 9:36:49 AM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: Morgana

Is this BREAKING!? 😂😂😂 No mo fauxnoose.


4 posted on 04/24/2023 9:38:51 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Morgana

Not impossible that he throws his hat in the ring.


5 posted on 04/24/2023 9:41:01 AM PDT by yetidog
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To: Morgana

Dominion must be prouder now than a Greyhound full of homos, lesbians and trannies. They brought down Tucker Carlson. The guy who shined the light of truth on Bidenskkkyyyy’s January Sixth fiasco.


6 posted on 04/24/2023 9:41:21 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to indict the Dung Beetle Party's token affirmative action chubby cheeked shyster lawyer.)
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To: ncfool

I had thoughts along this line too. Lemon and Tucker can just switch places. Lemon would feel right at home at Fox and maybe Tucker would change some leftist attitudes at CNN. Disclaimer: I’m being funny.


7 posted on 04/24/2023 9:41:33 AM PDT by uptowngirl
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To: Morgana

That’s the question isn’t it? Has Fox actually paid all those millions to Dominion?


8 posted on 04/24/2023 9:44:36 AM PDT by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: ncfool

The deep state really does control everything.


9 posted on 04/24/2023 9:45:21 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Morgana
Tucker is being punished for a job well done.

10 posted on 04/24/2023 9:48:36 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: joma89

He exposed the drug industry…that is a no..no….

They spend money advertising there so they will get good coverage


11 posted on 04/24/2023 9:49:13 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Morgana
"We thank him for his service to the network"

BUT DAMN....he was showing to much TRUTH!!

12 posted on 04/24/2023 9:49:42 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: Morgana

My guess is he wanted a ton more money. And…he will likely get offers from other networks to be their lead guy.

Money talks these days. It doesn’t sound like he was “fired.” It sounds like Fox needs to trim their budgets.

Maybe Rachel Campos Duffy can be on ANOTHER show. //sarc


13 posted on 04/24/2023 9:50:22 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: wita
Has Fox actually paid all those millions to Dominion?

$1 per year for 787,000,000 years.

14 posted on 04/24/2023 9:52:14 AM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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To: Morgana

Tucker gave an interesting speech this weekend at the Heritage Foundation. Found here: https://notthebee.com/article/you-have-to-watch-tucker-carlsons-keynote-at-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-heritage-foundation

You know, not to be a religious conspiracy theorist, but I think Tucker is on to something, and its become more obvious to me daily the effect that the Devil has on things.


15 posted on 04/24/2023 9:52:35 AM PDT by GeorgianaCavendish (Beam me up Scotty. There's no sign of intelligent life down here.)
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To: Fledermaus

“Settling the case was a moronic decision.”

Yep... Pretty self explanatory. They are another fork of the Communist machine. They were just playing good cop/bad cop. This suit was a great opportunity to subpoena Dominion’s secrets.


16 posted on 04/24/2023 9:52:53 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: GeorgianaCavendish

Will he be on Newsmax…


17 posted on 04/24/2023 9:54:58 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Morgana

Tucker UNLEASHED! His 3.5 MILLION voters will follow him.

Maybe more of the January 6 videos he was forbidden to air will be played.

I haven’t watched Fox news since the election in 2020. The one where Brent Bear said the Democrats were going to pick up 15-25 seats in the House at the very beginning of the night. Republicans picked up 15. A “miss” of 30-45 seat.

My life is BETTER without FOX News.


18 posted on 04/24/2023 9:55:25 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: joma89
The deep state really does control everything.

Not everything. The GOP has control of the House. And if they do their job, Biden will be impeached. Although he won't be convicted since no way will they get 67 votes to convict.
19 posted on 04/24/2023 9:55:37 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Fledermaus

Yep.....stupid and now they are attempting to purge Fox of the “election deniers” which, as all things Trump are proven to be, will be shown to be TRUE!!!! We ALL know the 2020 election was stolen!!! https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/21/after-englebrecht-and-phillips-publish-proof-of-election-data-compromise-konnech-corp-drops-lawsuit-against-true-the-vote/


20 posted on 04/24/2023 9:55:49 AM PDT by soozla (Truth prevails, regardless of who is willing to accept it ~ now or later. )
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