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.
LA TIMES TWEETS AT LINK....................
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.
If I owned a TV, I would quit watching Fox as a protest.
This has nothing to do with the disgruntled worker.
I think it was because he went against Pfizer, who is the biggest sponsor of the MSM.
I call bullshit.
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
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
I get the impression she was a nasty hate filled liberal bitch and nobody wanted to work with her.
DIE Fox News DIE!!!
You went woke now GO BROKE!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t put it past the leftists to install a fake producer at Fox just to scuttle Carlson and others...
Like women never get fired for cause!
Oh wait. It’s always some “ism”.
He barely showed any
Manchin is running for president. He may even run as an independent.
Tuck out... Who is in?
All the signs say sniveling Karen type. Probably was a Paul Ryan plant and everyone knew it.
After binge-watching 3.5 seasons of “Succession” I’m vividly imagining how this is all playing out.
‘...she sought getting rid of Tucker as a bonus...’
As a boner in her anus, actually.
“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.
“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.
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.
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