Tucker Carlson, Fox News Break Up
Carlson's final show was on Friday, and we sure would love to know why!
Politics
Tucker Carlson, a sentient white supremacist bow tie who’s perpetually “just asking questions,” is out at Fox News, effective immediately. His last show was on Friday night, and he closed out by saying, “We’ll be back on Monday.” This is an earthquake in the conservative media world and comes days after Fox settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over the 2020 election lies for nearly $800 million.
But Carlson’s show wasn’t the focus of that case, which centered more on claims made by Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, and Jeanine Pirro. (The network canceled Dobbs’ show in early 2021.) Still, Carlson was a separate headache for the network. One of Carlson’s producers, Abby Grossberg, recently sued the network for a “vile, sexist” work environment; following the suit, the company placed her on leave, then fired her. The Los Angeles Times reported that Carlson’s departure is related to Grossberg’s lawsuit and that Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch himself wanted Carlson fired. The anchor’s senior executive producer Justin Wells was also fired Monday.