Tucker Carlson 'blindsided by Fox News firing that was a direct order from Rupert Murdoch after Jan 6 conspiracy claims and producer's lawsuit alleging bullying, sexism and anti-Semitism'

Daily Mail ^ | April 24, 2023 | Jen Smith, Josh Boswell

[Angelino97]

Tucker Carlson was blindsided by his firing from Fox News and learned of it on Monday morning shortly before it was announced, sources tell DailyMail.com.

Even some of his closest staff were unaware that his show had been axed, reading about it for the first time on Twitter.

'No one I know was told about it beforehand. We were blindsided,’ one senior staffer who works closely with Tucker’s show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, told DailyMail.com.

Another insider revealed he still has no idea why he was let go so suddenly, and that many staffers are now questioning whether it's part of a wider plan by the Murdoch family to sell the media behemoth.

'Tucker still hasn’t been given any indication of why he was taken off the air. His producer Justin wells was fired too.

'We believe Rupert wants to sell the company and it’s harder to find an institutional buyer with Tucker as the main star.

'Tucker gone makes it more of an appealing media company to buy,' the source said.

The Los Angeles Times reports that it was a combination of Carlson's coverage of the January 6 riot and a recent lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, a former producer, who says she was subjected to sexism, bullying and anti-Semitism while working on the show.

[OldGoatCPO]

As reported, unless there is more not being said, it is just a bunch of whining that she was made to feel bad. It was not just Carlson it was others.

[Texan4Life]

And then there’s this:

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Forced Out After Sexual Harassment Claim From CNBC Reporter Hadley Gamble

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/jeff-shell-hadley-gamble-sex-harass-cnbc-1235592634/

Shell apologized Sunday for having had an “inappropriate relationship” with an unnamed company employee. Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, and Shell announced in a joint statement that he would be stepping down immediately, following the results of an internal investigation.

“Following a complaint that Jeffrey Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, engaged in inappropriate conduct with a female employee, including allegations of sexual harassment, Comcast Corporation (the “Company”) retained outside counsel to investigate the allegations,” the company said in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “During the investigation, evidence was uncovered that corroborated the allegations. As a consequence, on April 23, 2023, the Company terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause under his employment agreement, effective immediately.”

[2CAVTrooper]

“Best decision yet!!!!!WELCOME TO NEWSMAX!!!!!!!!!!”

Or any one of the 4 other conservative leaning news channels over on Pluto TV.

Besides Newsmax, they have OAN, Americas Voice, Blaze Live, and The First.

[rodguy911]

From your link: https://fortune.com/2023/04/24/fox-loses-690-million-value-tucker-carlson-leaving/

Tucker Carlson, one of the most popular Fox News prime-time hosts, was worth more than $590 million to the parent company. At least that is what trading in the stock indicates.

Class A shares of Fox Corp. sank as much as 5.4% Monday, the most since October, after the company said Carlson had left with immediate effect. The departure comes just days after the network agreed to pay $787 million to settle a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc.

THe best of the best will finally be freed of the chains of Fox inc.!!

[cableguymn]

and that is why cable is dying...

They can stream directly to their customers.

[2CAVTrooper]

Is it me, or does Paulette Ryan come across as a closet homo?

[OldGoatCPO]

Why anyone is still on cable is beyond me. I went to Firestick and only have internet through my cable company. Will dump them as soon as I can get internet via my cell server. Yes I know Amazon is the Devil, so is AT&T, Verizon, Google etc.. If you want to watch shows or sports you are going to have to choose your Satan. But, I can say in complete honesty, I do not subscribe to FOX in any of its current forms. This is how you punish them.

[apocalypto]

Or Laura.

[Varsity Flight]

📂

[OldGoatCPO]

Lots of sports options, hard with the NFL , NBA, NHL and MLB, but doable. I stopped watching all American sports years ago. OI watch fights out of Asia and Europe and soccer.

[2CAVTrooper]

“Gutfield would be next and it would not surprise me. He has the most popular talk show on TV but he sticks it to the libs. Fox has gone woke. Now they go broke.”

Wonder if we’ll see people standing outside the studio windows with signs saying “Fox is dead to me”?

Maybe see them when Janice Dean or F&F does their live segments outside.

[lizma2]

“TV news is a thing of the past.”

I suspect TV news has been propaganda for decades and we are now just figuring it out.

Trump did a lot of great things but the best thing he did was wake us up to the fact that the amount of corruption going on in this country is through the roof.

[apoliticalone]

Comcast is the biggest leftist in the room. They own and run NBC. I have both Comcast and FIOS available. I’m ready to dump Comcast and go to streaming. I do not want to support the left. My wife wants an easy interface. Any good suggestions to cut the cord? Verizon is not as woke as Comcast.

[miserare]

“What will Tucker do now?”

Tucker is now free to run for public office.

I hear the Republican Presidential Nomination is up for grabs.

[OldGoatCPO]

If it was the Dominion case Hannity would be gone before Carlson. One reason I left was Carlson telling us to sit down and be quiet, the election was fair. If FOX staffers are saying he was fired, FOX may have a problem. There would be an NDA and a Non-disparaging agreement in any termination. There will also be a large settlement as he has a contract. Carlson never really had to work, he is not a poor man. He was born wealthy and still is wealthy. He does not need NEWSMAX he could run and manage his own show. Some people have suggested he take over Rush Limbaugh's EIB show. He could do that, I would actually find that interesting. Doubt he will though.

[Political Junkie Too]

The same elite ruling class that saw no chaos in Afghanistan, no crisis at the southern border, no urgency in the inflation problem, no threats from the crime problem, and no corruption from the Biden crime family, manage to see "bullying, sexism, and anti-semitism" coming from Tucker Carlson?

-PJ

[dforest]

Totally agree. I was just listening to Viva Frei and Robert Barnes saying the same thing on Rumble.

[apoliticalone]

BUSH 2 convinced us we needed billion dollar manipulable black box tabulators for something about disabled voters etc. He was always a deep state corporate scum bag in my opinion. We need paper ballots and pencils and permanent dye on a finger to illustrate we already voted. Hand count the ballots with video recording.

[Varsity Flight]

Sports of our own participating.

Cheap seaters vs. player.

[cableguymn]

why do you think whats her name is on vacation from bud?