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Why Is Fox News so Desperate to Silence Tucker Carlson?
PJ Media ^ | JUNE 12, 2023 | Stacey Lennox

Posted on 06/12/2023 11:31:56 AM PDT by george76

Fox News sent a cease and desist letter to Tucker Carlson, demanding that their former host stop publishing “Tucker on Twitter.” This follows the network’s claim that Carlson violated his contract by posting his first straight-to-camera monologue on the social media platform on June 6. Reportedly, despite being off the air, Carlson is still under contract with Fox through Dec. 31, 2024.

It is not clear whether this means Fox owns Carlson’s ability to express his views on current events. Plenty of journalists and political commentators post their opinions and analysis on Twitter in addition to the content they create for their employers. When Fox made the contract violation claim, Carlson’s lawyer Bryan Freedman told Axios, “Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events.”

Following the cease and desist, Hartmeet Dhillon, who also represents Carlson, told Axios, “Fox News continues to ignore the interests of its viewers, not to mention its shareholder obligations.” Her statement continued, “Doubling down on the most catastrophic programming decision in the history of the cable news industry, Fox is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.”

The big question should be why Fox desperately wants Carlson out of the public discourse. Chadwick Moore, Carlson’s authorized biographer, reported that Fox taking Carlson off the air was part of the channel’s settlement with Dominion. Carlson’s official Twitter account retweeted that report. Variety posted a similar report.

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Carlson criticized the war in Ukraine and took on the sexualization of children, which appears to be sanctioned by our elites.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: carlson; dhillon; fox; foxnews; hartmeet; hartmeetdhillon; news; swoonfortucky; tucker; tuckercarlson
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1 posted on 06/12/2023 11:31:56 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Because they are controlled opposition and were ordered to do so.


2 posted on 06/12/2023 11:32:42 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca
Because they are controlled opposition and were ordered to do so.

Precise and to the point.

3 posted on 06/12/2023 11:34:12 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: george76

Fox is supremely jealous of Tucker’s 6.6 video’s 100 million-plus views.


4 posted on 06/12/2023 11:35:59 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: george76

Why? Truth.


5 posted on 06/12/2023 11:36:36 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: george76

Why? Well it starts with a T and ends with ruth. Fox is obviously scared of another Trump Presidency and Truth is what Trump is all about.


6 posted on 06/12/2023 11:38:18 AM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: george76

He got 3 million viewers on Fox News vs over 100 million on Twitter.


7 posted on 06/12/2023 11:38:20 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: george76

I’ll continue to beat this horse till it is dead.
Democrats and RINOs are the entire problem.
Life is hard enough without having to deal with backstabbing
“fellow” citizens.


8 posted on 06/12/2023 11:40:03 AM PDT by rellic
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To: george76
"...Hartmeet Dhillon, who also represents Carlson,..."

Now that's a "Dynamic Duo" if there ever was one.

9 posted on 06/12/2023 11:41:49 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: george76

Because Uniparty RINOs are Bushwhacked


10 posted on 06/12/2023 11:42:20 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

He has interviews with Jan 6th people he was going to release before he was fired. Along with other things damaging to fox.


11 posted on 06/12/2023 11:42:33 AM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: Jewbacca

You ain’t wrong


12 posted on 06/12/2023 11:42:39 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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I can’t imagine what the deep-state promised to FOX, or threatened them with - to get FOX to destroy their audience base and to ruin themselves.


13 posted on 06/12/2023 11:42:56 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ConservativeInPA

Correct


14 posted on 06/12/2023 11:42:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

FOX fired him with pay, and they are now finding ways to get out of paying him. It’s millions of dollars they are trying to save.


15 posted on 06/12/2023 11:43:15 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: PGR88
I can’t imagine what the deep-state promised to FOX, or threatened them with - to get FOX to destroy their audience base and to ruin themselves.

Could be something simple, like reminding Murdoch he was on Epstein's travel log...or something similar.

16 posted on 06/12/2023 11:44:21 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Jewbacca
Exactly. It's all about "controlling" the narrative to their favor.

Control, it's all about control.

17 posted on 06/12/2023 11:44:31 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ConservativeInPA; null and void; bagster; Diogenesis; Red Badger; Travis McGee; rx; rxsid

Tucker Carlson opposed all of the “official narratives” and that cannot be allowed in 1984.

Dang, I miss bagster already 😢😥😞


18 posted on 06/12/2023 11:45:45 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

Anti-Trump operation.

It’s only going to get worse as the 2024 election nears.

Bans, censorship, maybe more arrests.

We are under crypto-totalitarianism and it’s not so crypto.


19 posted on 06/12/2023 11:47:25 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ducttape45

(Control, it’s all about control.)

That’s why I keep saying Satan’s anti-messiah the Antichrist is coming.

In many ways it’s almost like he’s here already, working behind the scenes

Godless reprobate agendas are glorified. Mark of the Beast technology continues to advance.

Global lockdowns with COVID-19(84)

National Digital Currency becoming a thing in multiple nations

🛐🙏✝️


20 posted on 06/12/2023 11:50:06 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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