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‘Shockingly Callous’: Fox News Fires Remaining Tucker Staffers In Show’s Final Stroke
Daily Caller ^

Posted on 06/27/2023 11:50:02 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe

Fox News has fired the remaining staffers from Tucker Carlson’s show as the network announces a new primetime lineup, Daily Caller confirmed Monday.

The network let go of at least nine remaining staffers, including long-standing producers, in a move described as “shockingly callous” by one former Fox News producer who spoke to the Daily Caller.

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Another former Fox producer told the Daily Caller that staffers on Carlson’s team were repeatedly told following his departure that their jobs were safe, including as recently as last week when two of Carlson’s producers left the network.

The remaining staffers were told they could apply for any jobs throughout the company, the former producer told the Daily Caller, noting that employees who once staffed Bill O’Reilly and Dan Bongino’s show were simply reassigned on other shows after both hosts left the network.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fixnews; rememberarizona
Before anyone siezes on the bolded part, the unsaid portion is "you can apply, but don't expect anything'. This is their legal team covering butts at Fox.
1 posted on 06/27/2023 11:50:02 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

Well, Fox probably isn’t going to hold a vendetta over every makeup artist and cameraman.

The producers and writers are probably seen as “tainted” though.

But those are also the kind of people that Carlson is most likely to consider hiring back for his “mancave” podcast.


2 posted on 06/27/2023 11:53:32 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Tench_Coxe

Entertainment people are amongst the scummiest on Earth.


3 posted on 06/27/2023 11:59:29 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Tench_Coxe

Makes it easier for Tucker to staff his new endeavor. Also should make it harder for FOX to find loyal employees.


4 posted on 06/27/2023 12:10:08 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: Tench_Coxe

When there is a big shakeup at a company and you are told “your job is safe”, be sure to look for another job quick.


5 posted on 06/27/2023 12:13:58 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: glorgau
When there is a big shakeup at a company and you are told “your job is safe”, be sure to look for another job quick.

When your wagon is hitched to a shooting star that gets shot down, look for another job.

6 posted on 06/27/2023 12:15:02 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Tench_Coxe

Fox News aiming to be behind CNN to gloat about their wokeness.


7 posted on 06/27/2023 12:20:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

How is Fox’s viewership these days?


8 posted on 06/27/2023 12:21:01 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

Goodbye, Fox.....


9 posted on 06/27/2023 12:22:07 PM PDT by theyreallthesame
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To: All

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And how many here are going to be shocked AGAIN when Fox goes after Trump in the debates and Election Coverage?


10 posted on 06/27/2023 12:38:14 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano ( ( Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden ))
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To: 1Old Pro

Tucker wasn’t a “shooting” star.

-fJRoberts-


11 posted on 06/27/2023 12:38:44 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: Tench_Coxe

I lived an experience similar to this - and yes, it is a shytty thing to do. In my case however it was a saving grace.

My employer was in the business of shepherding automobiles through the process of importation into the United States from Japan. We offloaded the cars from the transport ships and outfitted them in preparation to delivery to individual dealerships. My job at the time was installing air conditioning units into the cars as they came off the boats.

One of the larger models of cars we processed ended production and my employer gave me the option of either re-applying for another position within the company (which most of my fellow employees chose to do) or be furloughed and become eligible for unemployment.

What the others didn’t know was that this type of employment furlough (unlike a more general reduction in force) made me eligible for retraining - essentially a college tuition program.

Over the next 16 months or so I attended school (while working part-time) and soon went to work as a computer technician for Microsoft. I never looked back.

I wish these people similar luck!


12 posted on 06/27/2023 12:40:01 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now... )
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To: Tench_Coxe

The guy’s show isn’t on any more. Jessie has his own guys.

As they say, “That’s show biz.”

If you’ve been in broadcasting for more than a few years and haven’t been fired…you must work cheap.


13 posted on 06/27/2023 12:53:44 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Tench_Coxe
Purge Is Growing Exponentially

The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!

14 posted on 06/27/2023 12:58:36 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Vermont Lt

“As they say, “That’s show biz.”

Show Biz
Good old screw everyone you know biz
And all the favors that you owe biz
That’s also show biz.

A few of us will make it big
A few dreams will come true
The rest of us will blow the gig
And find that we were just passim’ through

In show biz
Hope to be givin’ off a glow biz
As we shuffle off to Buffalo biz
Old pros in show biz.

There are more verses to this one but I’ve forgotten them.


15 posted on 06/27/2023 2:06:26 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Tench_Coxe
noting that employees who once staffed Bill O’Reilly and Dan Bongino’s show were simply reassigned

Totally different situations. Bongino’s contract was up and Faux and he just couldn’t come to terms on a new contract. Ted Baxter was fired for playing grab-ass. In these cases there would be no reason to fire staffers. Tucker is a completely different situation. The firing of Tucker is a major salvo in a great Cultural War. Anyone staffing for Tucker would be tainted as pro-American in the eyes of the globohomos at Faux News.

Not a bit surprised that Faux would fire them.

16 posted on 06/27/2023 3:22:06 PM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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To: gitmo
According to this article (which I am NOT defending, nor am I defending Fox News), Fox News has been doing just fine without Tucker:

Here’s How Tucker Carlson Is Actually Doing After the Big Fox Breakup

17 posted on 06/29/2023 9:34:44 PM PDT by nutmeg (My 'pride flag' is the AMERICAN FLAG)
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To: Tench_Coxe

“staffers on Carlson’s team were repeatedly told following his departure that their jobs were safe,”

I worked in HR. Never EVER believe it when someone tells you this, especially in times of corporate upheaval.


18 posted on 06/29/2023 9:36:44 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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