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Fox Picks Lawrence Jones as Tucker Carlson Successor
Newsmax ^ | Monday, 01 May 2023 01:37 PM EDT | By Eric Mack |

Posted on 05/01/2023 5:37:35 PM PDT by conservative98

Fox News picked Lawrence Jones to be the temporary replacement for the time slot that used to feature the highly rated Tucker Carlson, who was unceremoniously ousted a week ago.

Jones, 30, is considered to be the "youngest black solo host of a cable news show in history," according to the Daily Mail. Newsmax had Joe Pinion, now 39, as a host before he left the network to run for Senate to vie for the seat held by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Jones, a self-described libertarian, is expected to host starting Monday night after Fox News has struggled to keep viewers in Carlson's time slot. Its audience plummeted from an average of 3.2 million viewers with Carlson to 2.6 million tuning in Monday, 1.7 million Tuesday, and just 1.3 million Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cleanandarticulate; foxnews; lawrencejones; tuckercarlson
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To: conservative98

His political party is “Independant”, but somehow, I get the impression that every other remark will be Race related. This could be a great career turn for him, if he can resist the impulse to become a One Issue host.


41 posted on 05/01/2023 5:58:10 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: ConservativeInPA

I never watched it anyway. I stopped watching any television in the middle of the 1990’s.


42 posted on 05/01/2023 5:58:30 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: peggybac

RE: He’s one of the rotating hosts.🔄

So it’s not like Edward R. Murrow spinning in his grave over the low level of journalism in this era?🚽


43 posted on 05/01/2023 5:58:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Made In The USA

I went into one of those stores but they didn’t have spatulas, so I left.


44 posted on 05/01/2023 5:59:52 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: MtnClimber

RE: Lawrence Jones who used to work on the 0bama campaign. It figures.

And I will say, good night and good luck.


45 posted on 05/01/2023 5:59:58 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: conservative98

That’ll work out as good as Rush Limbaugh’s successor did.


46 posted on 05/01/2023 6:00:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: conservative98

> Jones, 30, is considered to be the “youngest black solo host of a cable news show in history,” … <

Well, okay. But couldn’t Jones also be the youngest person under seven feet tall to be a solo host? Or maybe he’s the youngest person who doesn’t speak Irish to be a solo host. We need to look into this. These things matter!

This is not a knock against Jones. I don’t even know who he is. Instead it’s a knock against those idiots who insist on putting everyone into categories. Sigh. Why can’t Jones just be the new guy, period?


47 posted on 05/01/2023 6:02:14 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: frank ballenger
Wow, gosh, unreal, THE Lawrence Jones?

LOL

48 posted on 05/01/2023 6:03:40 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: MtnClimber

Same.

Oddly I realized it the other day post-Tucker when I was scrolling channels right past FoxNews with zero thought.

My mind had conveniently put fox in the same bucket as home shopping network for me.

Thanks mind!


49 posted on 05/01/2023 6:04:13 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: conservative98

Tucker should start feeding him stuff to say to piss Rupert off because there’s no way Rupert’s going to fire a black dude as easily.


50 posted on 05/01/2023 6:08:40 PM PDT by struggle
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To: conservative98

The article says he’s a temporary replacement. Still, I’m not going back. I watched fox sometimes to tune into Tucker, now no reason to watch at all.


51 posted on 05/01/2023 6:09:02 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: conservative98

Why not Jason Whitlock or Royce White? Because they speak the truth?


52 posted on 05/01/2023 6:09:33 PM PDT by waterhill (Biden and most dems are foreign agents.)
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To: conservative98

Not going to even read the article.
Gay, Trans, or a Black women.
I’ll check back tomorrow for confirmation.
Not that I really care about Carlson, but hey. I’ll play along.
I wanna be one of the Cool Kids for once.😉


53 posted on 05/01/2023 6:12:03 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: frank ballenger

"Wow, gosh, unreal, THE Lawrence Jones? P.S. Who is he?"

He had a song written about him.

      "Along Came Jones"

54 posted on 05/01/2023 6:14:26 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: conservative98

I just totally don’t understand this whole celebrity concept for so called news people. Why are they made into rock stars. I never saw the Tucker carlson show and just don’t have any need for that sort of thing. A simple article with some facts is all I really want. I have to read thru so much BS to feel like I have a clue about what is going on. I just live here in my own little world and try everyday to enjoy time with my lovely wife and hike and work and bike and every once in a while go to the beach. Life really is that simple. I don’t need all this drama. Sorry for the rant.


55 posted on 05/01/2023 6:15:15 PM PDT by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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To: dforest

At this point I just assume all networks are funded by taxpayers via Omnibus BS bills. Supposed Fox kept on Tucker and Bongino on the payroll for so long.


56 posted on 05/01/2023 6:17:35 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: traderrob6

I got the same impression from him.


57 posted on 05/01/2023 6:18:24 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: conservative98
Saw his segment with Asa Hutchinson as I walked in.
Not a fan of Asa,but really the man couldn't get a word in with Jones!
He's worse than Hannity in interrupting!
fox is over anyways!

My Tube was on record for that hour for Tucker and forgot to cancel it!
Cancelled now! :)

58 posted on 05/01/2023 6:23:41 PM PDT by djstex ( (All I Have To Say ...Trump Was Right About Everything !))
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To: conservative98

Lawrence Jones is named as Tucker Carlson’s next rotating replacement - as a rival channel pulls out all the stops to woo fired Fox News anchor and ‘will give him total programing control’

04/29/2023 9:54:05 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 55 replies
Daily Mail ^ | 4/29/2023 | Keith Griffith

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4149365/posts

Lawrence Jones stepping in for Tucker Carlson at Fox News next week

04/29/2023 6:50:37 AM PDT · by PK1991 · 107 replies
Page 6 ^ | April 28, 2023 | Emily Smith

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4149336/posts


59 posted on 05/01/2023 6:24:13 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: frank ballenger

He was only 15 when he worked for Obama, then he wised up.

“When I was 15 years old, I worked on the Obama campaign then. So that was like my introduction to politics. I was making call after call every day when I got home from school my freshman year in high school. Then I joined the Republican Party because one of my godmothers said, “I think you’re more conservative, yadda, yadda, yadda.” Then I left the Republican Party and then became more of a libertarian.”

Look at his Wikipedia page and it will surprise you.


60 posted on 05/01/2023 6:24:22 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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