Posted on 11/22/2021 7:58:07 AM PST by Hojczyk
Following the departures of Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes from Fox News, a new report says the network has seen a significant level of an internal dispute over the conspiracy theories espoused by Tucker Carlson.
New York Times media columnist Ben Smith reported on Sunday that Goldberg and Hayes walked out because of Patriot Purge, Carlson’s 3-part Fox Nation docuseries about the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Fact-checkers and media commentators have been tearing Patriot Purge to shreds for boosting known propagandists and advancing unsubstantiated claims about January 6th.
NPR’s David Folkenflik reported on this development new details that had not yet been known: Senior Fox News figures voiced their own concerns about the dubious claims advanced by Patriot Purge and Fox’s opinion side. The report states that Bret Baier and Chris Wallace went as far as raising their objections to the network’s leaders.
The piece goes on to illustrate how Fox’s news division aired segments that distanced themselves from Carlson’s claims. Carlson declined to comment on that when reached by NPR, but he mocked Goldberg and Hayes over their leave-taking, saying it “will substantially improve the channel.”
“These are two of the only people in the world who still pretend the Iraq war was a good idea,” Carlson said. “No one wants to watch commentary that stupid.”
A Fox executive said the network had no intention of re-signing Steve Hayes or Jonah Goldberg when their contracts came up in 2022.
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Haven’t watched FOX News, specifically Baier and Wallace, since the fraud election when Baier smiling said “Democrats retain the House and should add 15 to 20 seats”. Republicans GAINED 12 seats!
Life is better.
Go Tucker! “Only 2 clowns left that thought Iraq war was a good thing.” HOW TRUE!!!!!
GWB Suck Asses both.
Did you see that Fox News wasn’t going to renew their contract?
We object to CNN and MSNBC because they are the one note Samba of strict leftism, but when FOX News strays from our preferred point of view we are ready to desert them. We are no more tolerant of opposing Views than the leftists are. It’s hard to refute those views without being exposed to them.
Now they don't have to worry about it...
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