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Scoop: Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract
axios via MSN ^ | 6-7-23 | Sara Fischer

Posted on 06/07/2023 3:04:42 PM PDT by dynachrome

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To: dynachrome
Fox people are scum.

A contract is a contract. Dumb lawyering is a preventable blunder. For example, Taylor Swift's parents hired stupid lawyers who failed to negotiate with Big Machine Records to retain her ownership rights for her own music. So after BMR sold those rights to Scooter Braun, Swift had to go and re-record every single one of those songs to retain royalties. OR her parents could have just gotten better lawyers, or signed with someone else. Tucker is a big boy, and knows what he signed.

21 posted on 06/07/2023 3:20:48 PM PDT by montag813
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To: dynachrome

FOX looking for more bad publicity regarding Tucker.

They haven’t had enough?


22 posted on 06/07/2023 3:21:09 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Jonty30

Last I checked his Twitter video had 67 million views. Fox pulled what, 3 million on a really good night? No wonder they’re scared.


23 posted on 06/07/2023 3:22:44 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: Jonty30

Not true. The Twitter platform was not mentioned in his contract. Supposedly only cable and network were mentioned.
That would be because FOX failed to see Twitter as a viable option.

I figure Tucker went ahead with this on purpose to have it out with FOX now, so he cold get back to work.

I have also heard he has one of the best contract attorneys in the country.


24 posted on 06/07/2023 3:24:57 PM PDT by dforest
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To: dynachrome

Fox will learn what our First Amendment protects.

It will be a costly lesson in $’s and in market share!


25 posted on 06/07/2023 3:28:01 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (We have no shortage of experts, who state things as fact, but really have no idea!)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

They fired him with the agreement that they would compensate him monetarily. The no compete clause in his contract gives them a out on that compensation. This might end up being a win/win situation for Tucker.


26 posted on 06/07/2023 3:29:26 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: dynachrome

20.3 million views is pretty telling


27 posted on 06/07/2023 3:30:48 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: dynachrome

20.3 million views is pretty telling


28 posted on 06/07/2023 3:31:22 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: dynachrome

They breached the contract when they removed him from the air.


29 posted on 06/07/2023 3:33:23 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Boogieman

“His non-compete clause”

If terminated, it is a goner. Settled federal law.


30 posted on 06/07/2023 3:33:54 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

the all out war we are seeing, is general class fake republicanists versus America First Maga-Catholic/Evangelical Christian “conservatives”.

our enemy is not democrats, indpendents or old school liberals...

it is in fact the Republican Party... the VAST majority of which is corrupt in its leadership, JUST LIKE the FBI, CIA and DOJ...

they are the anti one nation UNDER God... who think they are AS GODS who can kill babies and God fearing Christans of the Bible Believing variety... at a whim... whle they rape our children at the public library.


31 posted on 06/07/2023 3:34:46 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

the all out war we are seeing, is general class fake republicanists versus America First Maga-Catholic/Evangelical Christian “conservatives”.

our enemy is not democrats, indpendents or old school liberals...

it is in fact the Republican Party... the VAST majority of which is corrupt in its leadership, JUST LIKE the FBI, CIA and DOJ...

they are the anti one nation UNDER God... who think they are AS GODS who can kill babies and God fearing Christans of the Bible Believing variety... at a whim... whle they rape our children at the public library.


32 posted on 06/07/2023 3:34:46 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: dynachrome

Fox dumped him to keep him silent until after the election.

That’s what it seems like and probably is.

Now he can use Twitter without violating non-compete.

Fox of course will sue, even if they know they are wrong and can’t win.


33 posted on 06/07/2023 3:35:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to se)
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To: SamAdams76

I am sorely disappointed in Fox. How far they’ve fallen, in my eyes….
Been watching them for years. DONE…


34 posted on 06/07/2023 3:35:28 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: dynachrome

Fox hit rock bottom.

Now they are really starting to dig.


35 posted on 06/07/2023 3:39:35 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: dynachrome

How is it that Tucker is no longer able to post his own opinion on his own, personal Twitter account? Is anyone who once worked for Fox News no longer allowed to give their opinion on their Twitter account? Wow. I had no idea you gave up your right to free speech when you signed up with Fox.


36 posted on 06/07/2023 3:39:46 PM PDT by JudyinCanada ( During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: CodeToad
I believe a non-compete clause in a contract like his would stand up to legal scrutiny.

It's no different than an NFL coach who is fired from his job with two years left on a contract that pays him $5M per year. If the team pays him for the remainder of the contract, they can enforce the non-compete clause and prevent him from coaching elsewhere in the NFL.

In Carlson's case, the problem FOX has is that they'd have a hard time demonstrating that they've suffered any damages if he breaches the contract. They'd just have the contract canceled and wouldn't have to pay him.

37 posted on 06/07/2023 3:39:54 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: mewzilla

Say what?


38 posted on 06/07/2023 3:39:55 PM PDT by steel_resolve (The Sleeper Must Awaken. )
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To: dynachrome

It will all depend on whether Tucker received payment for his Twitter monologue.

If he did not get money for it, he was just giving his private, First-Amendment-protected opinion.


39 posted on 06/07/2023 3:40:40 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: Jonty30

Fox already breached their contract with Tucker when one of their execs defamed Tucker, by releasing internal video.


40 posted on 06/07/2023 3:40:50 PM PDT by G Larry (It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants by importing Cheap ILLEGAL Labor!)
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