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Rupert Murdoch Gave Order To Let Tucker Carlson Go Because Of Lawsuit By Ex-Producer: Report
SLAY ^ | April 24, 2023 - 3:36 pm | David Hawkins

Posted on 04/24/2023 1:26:26 PM PDT by Red Badger

Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch personally pushed out star host Tucker Carlson according to a new report from The Los Angeles Times. Murdoch made the move reportedly over a lawsuit filed by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg

“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the network said in a statement. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”

Grossberg booked guests for “Tucker Carlson Tonight” before she was fired earlier this year. She filed a complaint in a New York federal court on March 20.

Grossbertg accused Tucker and other Fox executives of having “a work environment that subjugates women based on vile sexist stereotypes.”

“Ms. Grossberg was isolated, overworked, undervalued, denied opportunities for promotion, and generally treated significantly worse than her male counterparts, even when those men were less qualified than her,” the complaint said.

Fox News denied the allegations and said they will “vigorously defend Fox against all of her legal claims which have no merit.”

“FOX News Media engaged an independent outside counsel to immediately investigate the concerns raised by Ms. Grossberg, which were made following a critical performance review,” a spokesperson said.

According to The Los Angeles Times:

A Fox News representative had no other details on Carlson’s exit. People familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch.

Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer fired by the network last month, the people said.

Carlson’s senior executive producer Justin Wells has also been terminated, according to people familiar with the matter. A Fox News representative would not comment.

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To: Red Badger

BS Alarm blaring. You don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs because some PA gets a bad review. Stay tuned. There’s more to this story.


21 posted on 04/24/2023 1:37:52 PM PDT by trad_anglican
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To: Red Badger

If I owned a TV, I would quit watching Fox as a protest.


22 posted on 04/24/2023 1:38:20 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Red Badger

This has nothing to do with the disgruntled worker.


23 posted on 04/24/2023 1:39:47 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Tench_Coxe

I think it was because he went against Pfizer, who is the biggest sponsor of the MSM.


24 posted on 04/24/2023 1:44:13 PM PDT by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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To: Red Badger

I call bullshit.


25 posted on 04/24/2023 1:49:46 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Red Badger

It’s nothing but a BS cover story. He’s gone because he would not read the scripts Ryan and the Murdoch kids handed to him


26 posted on 04/24/2023 1:50:39 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Red Badger

It’s nothing but a BS cover story. He’s gone because he would not read the scripts Ryan and the Murdoch kids handed to him


27 posted on 04/24/2023 1:52:51 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Red Badger
“Ms. Grossberg was isolated, overworked, undervalued, denied opportunities for promotion, and generally treated significantly worse than her male counterparts, even when those men were less qualified than her,” the complaint said.

I get the impression she was a nasty hate filled liberal bitch and nobody wanted to work with her.

28 posted on 04/24/2023 1:59:00 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Red Badger

DIE Fox News DIE!!!

You went woke now GO BROKE!!!!!!!!!!


29 posted on 04/24/2023 1:59:18 PM PDT by afchief
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To: Red Badger

I wouldn’t put it past the leftists to install a fake producer at Fox just to scuttle Carlson and others...


30 posted on 04/24/2023 2:03:39 PM PDT by databoss
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To: Red Badger

Like women never get fired for cause!

Oh wait. It’s always some “ism”.


31 posted on 04/24/2023 2:06:29 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: canuck_conservative

He barely showed any


32 posted on 04/24/2023 2:08:39 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: AnthonySoprano

Manchin is running for president. He may even run as an independent.


33 posted on 04/24/2023 2:09:29 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: Red Badger

Tuck out... Who is in?


34 posted on 04/24/2023 2:09:37 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: DiogenesLamp

All the signs say sniveling Karen type. Probably was a Paul Ryan plant and everyone knew it.


35 posted on 04/24/2023 2:13:57 PM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: All

After binge-watching 3.5 seasons of “Succession” I’m vividly imagining how this is all playing out.


36 posted on 04/24/2023 2:14:44 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Bayard

‘...she sought getting rid of Tucker as a bonus...’
As a boner in her anus, actually.


37 posted on 04/24/2023 2:14:51 PM PDT by donaldwin2024
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To: Red Badger

“Ms. Grossberg was isolated, overworked, undervalued, denied opportunities for promotion, and generally treated significantly worse than her male counterparts, even when those men were less qualified than her,” the complaint said.

That pile of subjective nonsense screams “inflated sense of self value”. Since Fox just wilts and hands out settlements, she will likely be getting something for nothing.

Firing Carlson was all about the Jan 6 episodes that let some truth escape. Piss on the whole network.


38 posted on 04/24/2023 2:15:37 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: canuck_conservative

“Tucker was fired because he aired the J6 tapes”

I suspect it was that plus the episode where he attacked the pharmaceutical industry and accused media companies, including Fox, of soft-pedaling vaccine issues because pharmaceuticals are such big advertisers.


39 posted on 04/24/2023 2:18:43 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Kazan

Rupert Murdoch is 92 years old. He has more money than he can spend for the rest of his life no matter what happens to Fox. His future is not in this world. His children are operating the company day to day and will have full control the day he assumes room temperature. His mental acuity for decision making may have declined or he may simply be exercising and enjoying a multibillionaire’s ability to make a decision that shows the world he is boss and can make decisions that wast billions of dollars without any concern. Not unlike Elon Musk paying $40 billion for Twitter which was worth a fraction of what he paid.

This may simply have been Rupert deciding an employee was getting too big for his britches and he decided to make an example to his employees that no one was more important than the man at the top.


40 posted on 04/24/2023 2:24:32 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it)
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