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Will ousted Fox News host Tucker Carslon run for president?
He's an extremely, polarizing, confrontational TV show star who has never run for anything, but it could happen
Author of the article:Warren Kinsella
Published Apr 29, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Now that Fox News has parted ways with Tucker Carlson, the network’s highest-rated prime-time host, could a political run be in his future?
Now that Fox News has parted ways with Tucker Carlson, the network’s highest-rated prime-time host, could a political run be in his future?
Seen the Tucker Carlson video?
I sure have. Never watched his show — thought he was a jerk, life’s too short, etc. — but his video? Wow.
He put it out after he was flushed by Fox News. In the days that followed, there were about a million stories speculating about why he was canned.
He got too religious, and Fox owner Rupert Murdoch didn’t like that. He wrote stuff that hurt Fox in that big lawsuit they were facing from a company that made vote-counting machines. He called senior execs at Fox a word that rhymes with punt, and that’s what happened to Tucker Carlson. He got punted. Boom. Gone.
And then came the video. I encourage you to Google it and watch it. In it, Carlson sounds more measured and thoughtful than he did once in the many years he was the big cheese at Fox News.
He also sounds like a guy planning a political run, not a return to TV talk. Which is what I now think he’s going to do — run for President.
Here’s why I think he could. Five reasons.
1. He’s young. Joe Biden, 80, and Donald Trump, 77, have been around since Jesus was a little fella. They look it. Polls say voters think both of them are too old. Carlson is 53 and could pass for 33.
2. He’s the conservative poster boy. In fact, Carlson has been providing talking points for Donald Trump’s political career ever since Trump left the Democrats to become a Republican. There’s a reason why Trump, Ron De Santis, Nikki Haley and every GOP luminary always whined and wheedled to get on his show: Carlson was seen by three million hardcore Republicans every single night. No one else ever came close.
3. He knows TV. And he looks better than the competition, too. Trump, meanwhile, looks like an overstuffed orange sofa, and Biden — as much as I love the guy — recalls Methuselah in aviators. In modern politics, image is everything — more important than speeches, policy or brains. Ask Joe Clark, Stephane Dion, Erin O’Toole (and Pierre Poilievre, just watch): you can be a genius, but if you look weird on TV, you’re done like dinner.
4. He can raise money. And Carlson will. As the apostate Republican strategist Rick Wilson has observed, establishment Republicans will (initially) stay away with their big chequebooks, mainly because of Carlson’s penchant for racist rhetoric. But the GOP base will eat it up, rewarding Carlson with an avalanche of $20 donations, a la Bernie Sanders. Carlson’s already rich, but his campaign will have more money than God, in short order.
5. His timing is perfect. Fox is rumored to have a non-compete with their former marquee star — but not for a run for President. Unlike Biden, he isn’t unpopular with the folks who make up his base. And, unlike Trump, he isn’t a monkey with a machine gun — and he isn’t under indictment, either.
Most of all, Tucker Carlson could win the GOP nomination — or the Reform Party, or the Libertarian Party. He could.
When this writer saw his post-firing video, I immediately opined he would run for President. My readers said I was crazy.
Said they: An extreme, polarizing, confrontational TV show star who has never run for anything? Can never happen, said they.
Me: Uh-huh. That’s what everybody said about Donald Trump in 2015, too.
He’s running.
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He's an extremely, polarizing, confrontational TV show star who has never run for anything, but it could happen
Author of the article:Warren Kinsella
Published Apr 29, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Now that Fox News has parted ways with Tucker Carlson, the network’s highest-rated prime-time host, could a political run be in his future?
Now that Fox News has parted ways with Tucker Carlson, the network’s highest-rated prime-time host, could a political run be in his future?
Seen the Tucker Carlson video?
I sure have. Never watched his show — thought he was a jerk, life’s too short, etc. — but his video? Wow.
He put it out after he was flushed by Fox News. In the days that followed, there were about a million stories speculating about why he was canned.
He got too religious, and Fox owner Rupert Murdoch didn’t like that. He wrote stuff that hurt Fox in that big lawsuit they were facing from a company that made vote-counting machines. He called senior execs at Fox a word that rhymes with punt, and that’s what happened to Tucker Carlson. He got punted. Boom. Gone.
And then came the video. I encourage you to Google it and watch it. In it, Carlson sounds more measured and thoughtful than he did once in the many years he was the big cheese at Fox News.
He also sounds like a guy planning a political run, not a return to TV talk. Which is what I now think he’s going to do — run for President.
Here’s why I think he could. Five reasons.
1. He’s young. Joe Biden, 80, and Donald Trump, 77, have been around since Jesus was a little fella. They look it. Polls say voters think both of them are too old. Carlson is 53 and could pass for 33.
2. He’s the conservative poster boy. In fact, Carlson has been providing talking points for Donald Trump’s political career ever since Trump left the Democrats to become a Republican. There’s a reason why Trump, Ron De Santis, Nikki Haley and every GOP luminary always whined and wheedled to get on his show: Carlson was seen by three million hardcore Republicans every single night. No one else ever came close.
3. He knows TV. And he looks better than the competition, too. Trump, meanwhile, looks like an overstuffed orange sofa, and Biden — as much as I love the guy — recalls Methuselah in aviators. In modern politics, image is everything — more important than speeches, policy or brains. Ask Joe Clark, Stephane Dion, Erin O’Toole (and Pierre Poilievre, just watch): you can be a genius, but if you look weird on TV, you’re done like dinner.
4. He can raise money. And Carlson will. As the apostate Republican strategist Rick Wilson has observed, establishment Republicans will (initially) stay away with their big chequebooks, mainly because of Carlson’s penchant for racist rhetoric. But the GOP base will eat it up, rewarding Carlson with an avalanche of $20 donations, a la Bernie Sanders. Carlson’s already rich, but his campaign will have more money than God, in short order.
5. His timing is perfect. Fox is rumored to have a non-compete with their former marquee star — but not for a run for President. Unlike Biden, he isn’t unpopular with the folks who make up his base. And, unlike Trump, he isn’t a monkey with a machine gun — and he isn’t under indictment, either.
Most of all, Tucker Carlson could win the GOP nomination — or the Reform Party, or the Libertarian Party. He could.
When this writer saw his post-firing video, I immediately opined he would run for President. My readers said I was crazy.
Said they: An extreme, polarizing, confrontational TV show star who has never run for anything? Can never happen, said they.
Me: Uh-huh. That’s what everybody said about Donald Trump in 2015, too.
He’s running.
KINSELLA: Will ousted Fox News host Tucker Carslon run for president?
Seen the Tucker Carlson video? I sure have. Never watched his show -- thought he was a jerk, life's too short, etc. -- but his video? Wow.
Documentary about Canadian 'tyranny' won't air after Tucker Carlson's exit at Fox
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Sarah Ritchie
Published May 01, 2023 • 4 minute read
OTTAWA — Does Tucker Carlson really think the United States should invade its northern neighbour to free it from the tyranny of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government? Canadians may not find out the answer.
A Fox News documentary focused on that question was set to be released on Monday, but it is off the schedule after the controversial host’s abrupt departure from the network last week.
A spokesperson for Fox News said “there are no further episodes of Tucker Carlson Originals running” on the Fox Nation streaming service.
Carlson, who was one of the network’s most popular hosts, occasionally targeted Canada and its federal Liberal government on his show and was a vocal supporter of last year’s “Freedom Convoy” movement.
Nearly a year after people demonstrating against COVID-19 measures took over downtown Ottawa and several border crossings, Carlson questioned why the United States hadn’t yet taken action in response to Canadian public-health restrictions – which by the time of his comments had largely ceased to exist.
“Why are we not sending an armed force north to liberate Canada from Trudeau? And I mean it,” Carlson said Jan. 26.
Moments later, Carlson laughed and added, “I’m just talking myself into a frenzy here.”
A former U.S. ambassador to Canada said in an interview that that kind of comment, combined with Carlson’s dominant presence in the media landscape, was dangerous.
“You know, some people in Canada thought this was humorous and a joke,” said Bruce Heyman, who was former president Barack Obama’s representative in Ottawa from 2014 until the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017.
“But it was not a joke, because of the people that he attracts and inspires,” Heyman said of Carlson’s viewers.
“I feel he was a dangerous actor.”
Joke or not, Carlson’s comment prompted condemnation north of the border, including from NDP MP Matthew Green, who sought unanimous support from his colleagues on Jan. 31 for a motion condemning the comments. He didn’t get it.
Carlson mocked the failed motion the next day, saying he thought Canadians would enjoy his comments “because they’re always flattered when you talk about them. … They don’t really know how to handle it or what it means, but it doesn’t matter – they’re excited.”
Last month, Fox released a trailer for “O Canada.”
It featured a montage of people being arrested – including People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and prominent members of the “Freedom Convoy” movement – spliced with clips of several former U.S. presidents talking about liberating the citizens of other countries.
Bernier said he did an interview with Fox in January or February for the documentary on the subject of his arrest for violating public health orders in June 2021, when he was appearing at a variety of rallies against COVID-19 restrictions.
Carlson had interviewed Bernier on his show not long after the arrest, which took place in Manitoba.
“I was put in jail for a non-crime for 12 hours,” Bernier said in an interview Monday.
He insisted that Canadian media organizations did not cover the event adequately: “I know that a lot of Canadians didn’t know what happened to a leader of a national party fighting for freedom of choice.”
Media reports at the time quoted an RCMP spokeswoman who said Bernier was arrested for the “continuation of the offence of violating the current public health orders in Manitoba.”
Bernier said he thought Carlson was making a joke, and does not agree with the idea of the U.S. interfering in Canadian affairs. But he said that Fox was “the only platform” for him to talk about his message, because Canadian media organizations have been ignoring him.
“They asked me to speak about my experience as a national leader, and I did,” he said.
He added: “I’m not there to judge how Tucker covered the Jan. 6 event,” referring to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riots.
The New York Times reported that in the lead-up to a Dominion Voting Systems defamation trial against Fox News, executives discovered private messages in the company’s legal filings that were sent by Carlson and contained “highly offensive and crude remarks.”
The Times report said the messages were a “catalyst” in Fox’s decision to cut him loose. The lawsuit, which accused the network of making false statements about the company’s voting machines and tabulators, was settled out of court at the last minute.
Heyman said that the network and its hosts’ embrace of conspiracy theories around the results of the 2020 election were hazardous.
“Not only did Fox News, Tucker Carlson and others portray the set of circumstances around Jan. 6 in a false way, but they knew it, and they knew it in advance and they went ahead anyway,” he said.
Carlson averaged 3.03 million viewers in 2022, and his was the second-most popular program on cable television.
That reach extended into Canada, where he “emboldened any number of people” during the “Freedom Convoy,” Heyman said.
In a video posted to Twitter last week, Carlson hinted at a possible return.
“Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left but there are some and that’s enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope. See you soon.”
— With files from The Associated Press.
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Sarah Ritchie
Published May 01, 2023 • 4 minute read
OTTAWA — Does Tucker Carlson really think the United States should invade its northern neighbour to free it from the tyranny of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government? Canadians may not find out the answer.
A Fox News documentary focused on that question was set to be released on Monday, but it is off the schedule after the controversial host’s abrupt departure from the network last week.
A spokesperson for Fox News said “there are no further episodes of Tucker Carlson Originals running” on the Fox Nation streaming service.
Carlson, who was one of the network’s most popular hosts, occasionally targeted Canada and its federal Liberal government on his show and was a vocal supporter of last year’s “Freedom Convoy” movement.
Nearly a year after people demonstrating against COVID-19 measures took over downtown Ottawa and several border crossings, Carlson questioned why the United States hadn’t yet taken action in response to Canadian public-health restrictions – which by the time of his comments had largely ceased to exist.
“Why are we not sending an armed force north to liberate Canada from Trudeau? And I mean it,” Carlson said Jan. 26.
Moments later, Carlson laughed and added, “I’m just talking myself into a frenzy here.”
A former U.S. ambassador to Canada said in an interview that that kind of comment, combined with Carlson’s dominant presence in the media landscape, was dangerous.
“You know, some people in Canada thought this was humorous and a joke,” said Bruce Heyman, who was former president Barack Obama’s representative in Ottawa from 2014 until the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017.
“But it was not a joke, because of the people that he attracts and inspires,” Heyman said of Carlson’s viewers.
“I feel he was a dangerous actor.”
Joke or not, Carlson’s comment prompted condemnation north of the border, including from NDP MP Matthew Green, who sought unanimous support from his colleagues on Jan. 31 for a motion condemning the comments. He didn’t get it.
Carlson mocked the failed motion the next day, saying he thought Canadians would enjoy his comments “because they’re always flattered when you talk about them. … They don’t really know how to handle it or what it means, but it doesn’t matter – they’re excited.”
Last month, Fox released a trailer for “O Canada.”
It featured a montage of people being arrested – including People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and prominent members of the “Freedom Convoy” movement – spliced with clips of several former U.S. presidents talking about liberating the citizens of other countries.
Bernier said he did an interview with Fox in January or February for the documentary on the subject of his arrest for violating public health orders in June 2021, when he was appearing at a variety of rallies against COVID-19 restrictions.
Carlson had interviewed Bernier on his show not long after the arrest, which took place in Manitoba.
“I was put in jail for a non-crime for 12 hours,” Bernier said in an interview Monday.
He insisted that Canadian media organizations did not cover the event adequately: “I know that a lot of Canadians didn’t know what happened to a leader of a national party fighting for freedom of choice.”
Media reports at the time quoted an RCMP spokeswoman who said Bernier was arrested for the “continuation of the offence of violating the current public health orders in Manitoba.”
Bernier said he thought Carlson was making a joke, and does not agree with the idea of the U.S. interfering in Canadian affairs. But he said that Fox was “the only platform” for him to talk about his message, because Canadian media organizations have been ignoring him.
“They asked me to speak about my experience as a national leader, and I did,” he said.
He added: “I’m not there to judge how Tucker covered the Jan. 6 event,” referring to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riots.
The New York Times reported that in the lead-up to a Dominion Voting Systems defamation trial against Fox News, executives discovered private messages in the company’s legal filings that were sent by Carlson and contained “highly offensive and crude remarks.”
The Times report said the messages were a “catalyst” in Fox’s decision to cut him loose. The lawsuit, which accused the network of making false statements about the company’s voting machines and tabulators, was settled out of court at the last minute.
Heyman said that the network and its hosts’ embrace of conspiracy theories around the results of the 2020 election were hazardous.
“Not only did Fox News, Tucker Carlson and others portray the set of circumstances around Jan. 6 in a false way, but they knew it, and they knew it in advance and they went ahead anyway,” he said.
Carlson averaged 3.03 million viewers in 2022, and his was the second-most popular program on cable television.
That reach extended into Canada, where he “emboldened any number of people” during the “Freedom Convoy,” Heyman said.
In a video posted to Twitter last week, Carlson hinted at a possible return.
“Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left but there are some and that’s enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope. See you soon.”
— With files from The Associated Press.
Documentary about Canadian 'tyranny' won't air after Tucker Carlson's exit at Fox
OTTAWA — Does Tucker Carlson really think the United States should invade its northern neighbour to free it from the tyranny of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government?…
Racist text helped spur Fox to oust Tucker Carlson: Report
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
David Bauder
Published May 03, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
NEW YORK — A week after Fox News fired star host Tucker Carlson — for reasons that remain unexplained — he has been the subject of a handful of embarrassing stories about some of his private messages and statements while at the network.
The latest was in The New York Times on Wednesday, reporting on a text message that had been redacted as part of a recent defamation case targeting the network. In it, Carlson declared that a group of Trump supporters beating a protester was “not how white men fight.”
The sentiment was not out of character for Carlson, who has promoted the view that whites are being “replaced” by people of colour. But the Times suggested the timing was crucial, as members of Fox’s board found out about the message as part of documents uncovered in the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, shortly before a trial was to begin last month.
The newspaper said the discovery “contributed to a chain of events” that led to Carlson being fired April 24, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion nearly $800 million to settle the case.
Three times in the past week, the anti-Fox watchdog Media Matters for America has released “hot mic” moments of Carlson speaking while on Fox sets, material that was never included on broadcasts.
In one, Carlson is seen speaking to someone offscreen disparaging Fox’s streaming service, Fox Nation. In another, he shares offscreen sexual banter with Piers Morgan before an interview, commenting to someone offscreen that a person’s girlfriend “was kind of yummy.” He is also heard saying how he waits for his “post-menopausal fans” to make comments about his appearance.
Angelo Carusone, Media Matters chairman and president, would not comment Wednesday on how Media Matters acquired the material.
“Part of me can’t escape the idea that this is to demonstrate that Tucker was a liability,” he said.
Fox declined comment Wednesday on how the material on Carlson had surfaced. Messages sent to Carlson and his attorney seeking comment were not immediately returned.
While some of Carlson’s texts have been publicly released as part of the lawsuit, the one quoted by the Times remains redacted by the court, as do numerous other exhibits. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, continue to try to lift the redactions.
The Times reported that Carlson sent the text to a producer hours after Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He describes a video he had seen a couple weeks earlier of Trump supporters beating someone he described as “an antifa kid.”
Carlson wrote about his conflicting emotions in watching the fight, which he described as “three against one, at least.”
“Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously,” he wrote, according to the Times. “It’s not how white men fight.”
“I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed,” Carlson wrote, after admitting part of him was rooting for the attackers. “If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?”
Before his ouster last month, Carlson was Fox’s top-rated host. He drew controversy for supporting theories such as the idea that immigrants are being admitted to the U.S to “replace” people born here. Critics have called that white supremacy, an accusation he has denied.
A lawyer for The Times, The AP and National Public Radio wrote this week to Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis, who presided over the Dominion case, reiterating that the news organizations want to see redacted documents from the case opened to the public.
There’s still a compelling interest, and the settlement does not make the request moot, the news organizations said.
In a separate matter, however, Davis indicated a lack of interest in examining one aspect of the case now that it’s over. Davis had appointed a special master to investigate accusations that Fox lawyers had not turned over required evidence to the court. But after the settlement, Davis ended that investigation.
— AP correspondent Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
David Bauder
Published May 03, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
NEW YORK — A week after Fox News fired star host Tucker Carlson — for reasons that remain unexplained — he has been the subject of a handful of embarrassing stories about some of his private messages and statements while at the network.
The latest was in The New York Times on Wednesday, reporting on a text message that had been redacted as part of a recent defamation case targeting the network. In it, Carlson declared that a group of Trump supporters beating a protester was “not how white men fight.”
The sentiment was not out of character for Carlson, who has promoted the view that whites are being “replaced” by people of colour. But the Times suggested the timing was crucial, as members of Fox’s board found out about the message as part of documents uncovered in the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, shortly before a trial was to begin last month.
The newspaper said the discovery “contributed to a chain of events” that led to Carlson being fired April 24, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion nearly $800 million to settle the case.
Three times in the past week, the anti-Fox watchdog Media Matters for America has released “hot mic” moments of Carlson speaking while on Fox sets, material that was never included on broadcasts.
In one, Carlson is seen speaking to someone offscreen disparaging Fox’s streaming service, Fox Nation. In another, he shares offscreen sexual banter with Piers Morgan before an interview, commenting to someone offscreen that a person’s girlfriend “was kind of yummy.” He is also heard saying how he waits for his “post-menopausal fans” to make comments about his appearance.
Angelo Carusone, Media Matters chairman and president, would not comment Wednesday on how Media Matters acquired the material.
“Part of me can’t escape the idea that this is to demonstrate that Tucker was a liability,” he said.
Fox declined comment Wednesday on how the material on Carlson had surfaced. Messages sent to Carlson and his attorney seeking comment were not immediately returned.
While some of Carlson’s texts have been publicly released as part of the lawsuit, the one quoted by the Times remains redacted by the court, as do numerous other exhibits. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, continue to try to lift the redactions.
The Times reported that Carlson sent the text to a producer hours after Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He describes a video he had seen a couple weeks earlier of Trump supporters beating someone he described as “an antifa kid.”
Carlson wrote about his conflicting emotions in watching the fight, which he described as “three against one, at least.”
“Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously,” he wrote, according to the Times. “It’s not how white men fight.”
“I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed,” Carlson wrote, after admitting part of him was rooting for the attackers. “If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?”
Before his ouster last month, Carlson was Fox’s top-rated host. He drew controversy for supporting theories such as the idea that immigrants are being admitted to the U.S to “replace” people born here. Critics have called that white supremacy, an accusation he has denied.
A lawyer for The Times, The AP and National Public Radio wrote this week to Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis, who presided over the Dominion case, reiterating that the news organizations want to see redacted documents from the case opened to the public.
There’s still a compelling interest, and the settlement does not make the request moot, the news organizations said.
In a separate matter, however, Davis indicated a lack of interest in examining one aspect of the case now that it’s over. Davis had appointed a special master to investigate accusations that Fox lawyers had not turned over required evidence to the court. But after the settlement, Davis ended that investigation.
— AP correspondent Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report.
Racist text helped spur Fox to oust Tucker Carlson: Report
Text messages helped lead Fox News to part ways with star host Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson to wage war against Fox News unless they let him out of contract
Author of the article
enette Wilford
Published May 08, 2023 • 2 minute read
Tucker Carlson is gearing up for fight against Fox News.
The booted host is “preparing for war” and ready to release names and details if he’s not released from his contract, which forbids him from joining other networks.
Carlson’s contract, which paid him $20 million a year, does not expire until January 2025, which is after the presidential election, so just think of all of the stories and commentary he could mine from that – but can’t.
“The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous,” Carlson’s attorney Bryan Freedman told Axios.
Carlson is still being paid, but is banned from joining a rival network or starting his own channel, the outlet reported.
“They’re coming to him and saying, ‘Do you want me to hit Fox?’” an unidentified close friend of Carlson’s told the outlet of the host’s allies.
“He’s been saying, ‘No I want to get this done quiet and clean.’”
But Carlson’s patience is wearing thin, especially as rival media outlets have made it known they want the unabashed conservative on their staff.
“Now, we’re going from peace time to Defcon 1,” the secret pal explained. “His team is preparing for war. He wants his freedom.”
It may have already started with Brett Favre urging fans to boycott Fox until they “come to their senses and let the man speak,” while sharing a video of a compilation of Carlson soundbites from Megyn Kelly’s SiriusXM show.
Another Carlson insider added that Tucker “knows where a lot of bodies are buried and is ready to start drawing a map.”
Rumble and Newsmax have reportedly reached out to Carlson, both agreeing to pay him more than what he was raking in at Fox.
He also had a chat with Elon Musk about collaborating, but specifics were not discussed, Axios reported.
Other insiders claimed Carlson is also considering building his own network, where fans could pay to watch him.
Two days after Fox News ousted him, Carlson tweeted a video promising to be back.
“When honest people say what’s true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful,” he said in the video.
“At the same time, the liars who have been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker,” Carlson continued, before signing off with a “see you soon.”
Fox News has been bleeding viewers since Carlson’s departure. In its first week without him, the network’s viewership plummeted 56% in Tucker’s old timeslot, going from 3.05 million viewers to 1.33 million.
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Author of the article
enette WilfordPublished May 08, 2023 • 2 minute read
Tucker Carlson is gearing up for fight against Fox News.
The booted host is “preparing for war” and ready to release names and details if he’s not released from his contract, which forbids him from joining other networks.
Carlson’s contract, which paid him $20 million a year, does not expire until January 2025, which is after the presidential election, so just think of all of the stories and commentary he could mine from that – but can’t.
“The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous,” Carlson’s attorney Bryan Freedman told Axios.
Carlson is still being paid, but is banned from joining a rival network or starting his own channel, the outlet reported.
“They’re coming to him and saying, ‘Do you want me to hit Fox?’” an unidentified close friend of Carlson’s told the outlet of the host’s allies.
“He’s been saying, ‘No I want to get this done quiet and clean.’”
But Carlson’s patience is wearing thin, especially as rival media outlets have made it known they want the unabashed conservative on their staff.
“Now, we’re going from peace time to Defcon 1,” the secret pal explained. “His team is preparing for war. He wants his freedom.”
It may have already started with Brett Favre urging fans to boycott Fox until they “come to their senses and let the man speak,” while sharing a video of a compilation of Carlson soundbites from Megyn Kelly’s SiriusXM show.
Another Carlson insider added that Tucker “knows where a lot of bodies are buried and is ready to start drawing a map.”
Rumble and Newsmax have reportedly reached out to Carlson, both agreeing to pay him more than what he was raking in at Fox.
He also had a chat with Elon Musk about collaborating, but specifics were not discussed, Axios reported.
Other insiders claimed Carlson is also considering building his own network, where fans could pay to watch him.
Two days after Fox News ousted him, Carlson tweeted a video promising to be back.
“When honest people say what’s true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful,” he said in the video.
“At the same time, the liars who have been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker,” Carlson continued, before signing off with a “see you soon.”
Fox News has been bleeding viewers since Carlson’s departure. In its first week without him, the network’s viewership plummeted 56% in Tucker’s old timeslot, going from 3.05 million viewers to 1.33 million.
Tucker Carlson to wage war against Fox News unless they let him out of contract
Tucker Carlson is “preparing for war” against Fox News if he’s not released from a contract forbiding him from joining other networks.
Correct. It is entirely possible to guess correctly. To state as fact that which one does not reasonably know is fact, however, is poor journalism.
Don't worry about it.