Tucker Carlson Over and OUT

Translation: Fox insisted that Tucker either apologize on air re Dominion or tone it down, and he refused.

Hahahhahhahhahahahahhahahahahahahahha

Wow, I wasn’t expecting this! He brought it major ratings for Fox, which is what they mostly care about.

Wow. Did hell freeze over?

Bill O’Reilly formerly held that time slot.

That’s two down.

His new role at Newsmax/OAN/some other QAnon blog near you to be announced in 3...2....

This seems like a major lost for Fox. Isn't that asshole super popular with all the right wing losers?

Won't somebody please think of his 17 mortgages?!?

YES!!!

Tucker: "See you Monday"

Fox: "No, you won't"

I hope that he was really blindsided.

WHOA. But was he forced out or did he choose to get out? This is huge because he was great for ratings. I'm going to be scouring the political gossip press from now on to find out!

I’m sure Tucker walked away with a hefty balloon payment.

He was shitcanned.

WOW!!!!

Are they bringing Bill O’Reilly back?

Of course he was forced out and of course he didn't know. It would have been way to risky for them to allow a live wire like him to be on air after he found out. He could have done more damage. He is done. He will reemerge somewhere soon. Probably do a book tour and speaking tour. But his time in the major league spotlight is over. He did it to himself.

Great news!

The Dominion scandal is actually having serious repercussions. People weren't sure if it would.

This is bad news for Moscow and their trolls. Tucker was one of their best U.S. assets. Russian TV regularly features him to be anti-Ukraine, anti-gay people, and so on.

Thoughts and prayers?

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yet, I still have a show.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer scumbag.

[QUOTE]This is bad news for Moscow and their trolls. Tucker was one of their best U.S. assets. Russian TV regularly features him to be anti-Ukraine, anti-gay people, and so on.

He might become the new prime time host on Russia Today.

TRUMP NEWS NETWORK will form from this Fox exodus. Watch.

He will be announced as the new judge on DWTS, taking over for the late Len Goodman.

Maybe he'll become Trump's spokesman.

MSNBC should hire him back NOW in Rachel's time slot.

[quote] TRUMP NEWS NETWORK will form from this Fox exodus. Watch

He needs to be charged for his part in inciting violence,

May he spend his “hefty balloon payment” on legal fees.

[quote]Maybe he'll become Trump's spokesman.

Maybe he'll become Trump's power bottom.

Trump won't hire him, he won't forget Carlson's "I hate him" leaks.

LOL LOL LOL LOL

Cucker Tarlson

Also seen on Twitter:

[quote] i'm sure whoever gets his timeslot will be a Great Replacement

Will he take his own life?

I will run for Congress. You haven't seen the last of me.

Nobody else wants it.

I’m actually surprised by this. This motherfucker is the face of Fox the last few years. He’s done incalculable damage to the country, up there with Limbaugh. I fully believe he’s a Russian asset as well.

R39 Such a moronic comment. I guarantee that there are 100s of people who would love his slot.

Was this part of the settlement deal? Hope Ingram and Hannity are next

Fox also parted ways with weekend host Don Bongino last week.

Did he know since Friday?

R22, Hun if you feel a tap on your shoulder

My guess is they’ll give the 8:00 hour to up and coming Lawrence Jones.

[quote] I guarantee that there are 100s of people who would love his slot.

No one has loved Tucker's slot for a long, long tim

[quote]This seems like a major lost for Fox. Isn't that asshole super popular with all the right wing losers?

His show is consistently the highest rated "news" program across Fox, CNN & MNBC.

The writing was on the wall the moment it became public that he hated Trump.

I agree r40. Tucker Carlson is unfortunately such a influential voice in Republican politics, I'm shocked they are letting him go.

[quote] Tucker is enormously popular in Russia. I’m sure their state media can find a spot for him.

[quote] Would be cool if firing Tucker was part of the settlement

[quote] Now's the time to check on your parents

And this clip

[quote] vibes of Stalin's death being announced on Soviet radio

Word on the street is that JFK, Jr. is his replacement!!!

How is that asshole related to the Swanson family, again?

Are they holding host auditions?

I wonder if this Ray Epps interview from last night helped show Tucker the door ?

Not sure I agree with this, but ...

Tucker Carlson's final Fox News show last Friday had no indication that he didn't expect to be on the air tonight. Tucker's final words were, "we'll be back on Monday."

Even Rupert has his limits on how much $ he is willing to lose. fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice...

[quote] How is that asshole related to the Swanson family, again?

His con artist father remarried to an heiress of the fortune. Starting with his biological mother, Tucker's been getting fired since he was child.

It's not news only in the US.

There will be a special place in hell for Tucker. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.

[quote]Wow, I wasn’t expecting this! He brought it major ratings for Fox, which is what they mostly care about.

They obviously determined that he’s a bigger financial liability at this point than however much $$$ he was bringing in.

Here's my new catch phrase: In the words of Tucker Carlson, I'll see you on Monday.

Thanks, R59

Breaking: Don Lemon now available. Just fired from CNN.

All Tuckered Out!

^^^.

I honestly never thought I’d see the day. FOX will woo him back by next year I bet after all the MAGATS get mad.

Yay, I'm big in Brazil, r60!

Joy at The View

Shocked that Lemon is 'stunned'. Why does he think being a misogynist is a good look? Being a misanthropist is just as bad. Lemon is an idiot if he thinks that's excusable.

Does Dominion have such a massive influence? And personally I find it hilarious that they have such a sinister name. It makes the Umbrella Corporation sound neat and benign.

R72 It isn't about 'influence' at all but about blatant lying and defamation. Which just cost FOX over $700m.

Wonder if Tucker will be joining Trump's campaign or DeSantis' campaign ?

Conservative wingnut Rod Dreher:

Was it because of the Dominion lawsuit settlement? Was firing Tucker one of the demands Fox agreed to? Or was it the case that facing such a massive payout — I think worth 25 percent of the entire value of Fox News — they couldn’t afford any longer to keep on a host whose show, despite being the top rated in cable news, lost money.

Did you know that? Yes, it’s true. The Left’s boycott threats intimidated woke capitalists, who declined to advertise on his show. The advertisers he did have, I understand (though not from him), paid a bargain rate. I don’t know if the show cost Fox money, but it wasn’t making them much, despite the blockbuster ratings.

Unless he has some other media plan up his sleeve, I hope Tucker Carlson runs for president. He has said in the past, both publicly and to me privately, that he wouldn’t do that to his family, but maybe he has, or will, change his mind.

Maria Bartiromo, you in danger gurl.

Spring Cleaning! Now put Joy Reid out in the trash where she belongs.

I know the twofer Monday Massacre of Tuckems-n-Shuckem is big news, but please, please let's not forget the most important news of the day

Tucker is a crisis actor and I’m sure some desperate network will hire him.

Did Fox and CNN agree to a trade deal?

Bed Bath and Beyond and now THIS!

he'll get like a billion dollars in bitcoins to go to theblaze or thedailywire or something like that.

Bad things / good things happen in 3's - Bongino, Carlson and Lemon : all within a few days.

As much as I'd love to there is be some bigger reason, it just sounds like he was fired. No respectable company would advertise on his show and he helped cost Fox News nearly a billion dollars. He wasn't worth the trouble anymore.

Let me get out my tiny violin:

[quote] Bad things / good things happen in 3's - Bongino, Carlson and Lemon : all within a few days.

Four

Thoughts and prayers for Lara Trump.

Tucker & Miss Lindsey detest one another. Miss Lindsey probably told Lachlan Murdoch to dump Tucker or else.

Thoughts and prayers for FOX Stockholders.

This has nothing to do with the Dominion lawsuit. If Pirro keeps her job, why would they get rid of a ratings monster like Tucker. Makes no sense. And, I thought they were pivoting away from Trump. After all, supporting him cost them a LOT of money.

The leftists are coming!

The leftists are coming!

The leftists are here!

My brother is very ill and about to go into surgery and probably receive another blood transfusion. I texted him this information to cheer him up.

Smartmatic lawsuit vs Fox is will also start discovery soon. And they want another couple billion. Fox News' problems aren't over yet. Gotta clean house.

The Ray Epps 60 minutes interview re: Tucker also didn't help.

R93 Isn't she just a co-host on a random show? She's not their main primetime host. She did lose her actual show awhile back.

I remember when Carlson was on CNN , pretty normal and practiced higher accepted journalistic standards. Something must have happened to this guy- wish someone write a book about his slow descent into wacko land- was it the money ? the rockstar status in the fox universe? crazy stuff

I’ll say it again on this thread, Ding Dong!

[quote]Something must have happened to this guy- wish someone write a book about his slow descent into wacko land- was it the money ?

It's always the money.

Lara Trump gives man vibes.

Wow! I didn't see THAT coming!

[bold] Self-loathing Twunk Availability Alert: [/bold]

[quote] Tucker Carlson's executive producer Justin Wells is also out at Fox News, @maxwelltani reports

"Something must have happened to this guy-...."

Nothing happened to Fucker Carlson. He simply wetted his finger, stuck it up in the air to see which way the political winds were blowing, and found out it was professionally and financially expedient to peddle bullshit lo these many years, and then pass it off as "news" and "journalism."

He's an opportunistic asshole who made a lot of money appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Along with the others, he helped make "Idiocracy" into a documentary.

I agree with R56. This can't be Dominion. Other hosts did far worse things. Maybe it is just lack of sponsors for his show. But I wonder if this doesn't have to do either with individuals turning state witnesses in the Georgia fake electors probe, or possibly with the additional recordings discovered in the Abby Grossberg case against Fox. Her lawyer has been reporting that multiple law enforcement entities have shown an interest in those tapes for possible criminal offenses.

R97, he sold out. I don't think he means a word of it. Which makes him even worse than if he was just spouting dark shit sincerely.

I don't know, at a publicly traded company, I'm not sure there is worse than a $750M expense.

Live shot of Tucker’s reaction:

R106, Other hosts did far worse things [italic]with regard to the Dominion case: i.e., their part was far more egregious.[/italic]

The evil is defeated.

[quote]I guarantee that there are 100s of people who would love his slot.

Bitches, his coin slot is MINE and it has been for years!

^.

Yikes R111

R111 Trump/Carlson would be a blessing for Joe Biden. Too good to be true.

[quote]And yet, I still have a show.

Wait your turn, bitch.

[quote] Something must have happened to this guy- wish someone write a book about his slow descent into wacko land

I hope that MAGA viking guy blows Tucker's hole out tonight in a sympathy fuck.

On Only Fans.

Are we sure this isn't about the upcoming Smartmatic trial where they have already stated they refuse to settle and want FOX personalities up on the stand, under oath, testifying?

Girl bye

I would hate Carlson a little bit less if he actually believed any of the crap he has been pushing. If he was 15-20 points lower in IQ and not a product of Swiss Boarding School and Trinity College. Not that such education means all that much but still its not community college.

I want ALL the cynical cunts to fry. All those House Reps and Senators. WHERE ARE THE inssurrection charges against them? Some of them deeply involved in alternate electors, for example.

Just because he hates Trump doesn’t make him an ally…he’s as much of a snake as Trump is.

Part of me wonders if this is not some preemptive damage control ahead of the Smartmatic trial.

There's 10 more horrid Fox people already queued up but glad he's out. I hated his face as much as his stupid politics.

[quote] I would hate Carlson a little bit less if he actually believed any of the crap he has been pushing. If he was 15-20 points lower in IQ and not a product of Swiss Boarding School and Trinity College.

While I understand your point here and I want to agree, this hillbilly mutherfucker right here is that description and I still can't find any empathy to hate him less.

[quote]The evil is defeated.

Oh gurl, you must be brand new.

I’m tickled by the idea that Fox and Tucker “agreed to part ways.”

Murdoch flunky: “Tucker, we’re canceling your show and terminating your employment, effective immediately.”

Tucker: “I agree.”

Just another used up and spat out growing list of charlatan/carnival barkers on Fox. Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Tucker Carlson, etc. None of them with even a semblance of journalistic integrity feeding slop to the swine every day until their usefulness is past its expiration date or they become more of a liability than an asset. In addition to the disservice they do to America's public discourse and democracy, they all walk away very rich and with probably a significant severance package to boot.

[Quote] Are we sure this isn't about the upcoming Smartmatic trial where they have already stated they refuse to settle and want FOX personalities up on the stand, under oath, testifying?

We're sure of almost NOTHING at this point.

But evidence suggests that Fox took a tiny step away from the far right and...CNN did the exact opposite:

I'll be impressed when they get rid of Sean Hannity & that mule Laura Ingraham too.

I'm sure he's getting tens of millions of parting gifts, if you get my drift.

Thoughts and prayers.

[quote]Something must have happened to this guy- wish someone write a book about his slow descent into wacko land

I'm available to play Tucker in the movie adaptation.

The NY Times is saying he was blindsided by this and just found out this morning.

OH HAPPY DAY!!

Did Rupert walk him to his car? I hope this is the scene at Fucker’s house tonight

This is because of the settlement agreement with Dominion? Wow, what was Tucker’s salary?

There’s something much bigger and uglier Fux is trying to get out in front of with this shitcanning of Fucker.

It’s not about Dominion. Possibly Smartmatic but more likely Grossberg and tapes.

Fucker would still have to testify at a trial but he wouldn’t have the benefit of the Fux lawyers defending him. If he gets slapped with a civil suit.

Wild guess here and he’s being looked at for some sort of criminal liability re Jan 6.

Reaction from righties and lefties.

Fox News is a hydra. Another head will grow in to replace Carlson's. It must be killed with fire.

Dam, Damn, DAMN!

I'm betting someone is penning a book right now about what has happened to FOX NEWS the past week. Can't wait to read the in-depth chapter on Tucker's firing.

[quote] Translation: Fox insisted that Tucker either apologize on air re Dominion or tone it down, and he refused.

That makes a lot of sense. Most comments on DL don’t, especially in the reply 1 position.

I agree with R137.

Wasn't his son one of the insurrectionists? Hmmmm....

[quote] This is because of the settlement agreement with Dominion?

Could they have made a deal with Fox to reduce the settlement in exchange for canning Carlson? The lawsuit was clearly waged for something more than Dominion clearing its name. It didn’t suffer any real damages, that I know of.

"BUCKLEY!! Bring me the ax!!!"

It’s not often I take pleasure in other people’s misfortune but …that couldn’t have happened to a “nicer” complete and utter cunt!!

Hahahahahahaha

Schadenfreude shots for everyone!!

People familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch.

Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer fired by the network last month, the people said. Carlson’s senior executive producer Justin Wells has also been terminated.

Murdoch is also said to be concerned over Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which the host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents.

The decision is not related to the $787.5-million settlement Fox News agreed to pay to Dominion Voting Systems last week, according to a representative for Dominion.

Move on to Ingraham. I loved her on the radio, and she flipped for the fox seat. I get it. But she should pay. It is like she followed McCain into the ditch.

That seems to make the most sense, r150.

No, r151, she was always a cunt...

R153, Furious that her boyfriend broke up with her years ago, Laura placed the head of his garden hose through his front door mail slot and turned on the water full blast on a weekend she knew he was away, flooding his house.

Rachel Maddow tweet just now

See you tonight, 9PM Eastern, on MSNBC..

One of the funnier parts of the Abby Grossberg suit is that she says Tucker called Sidney Powell a cunt. Domenico Montenaro of NPR just said on All Things Considered that he believes that bit because he himself heard Tucker call another woman a cunt behind the scenes at the 2016 Republican Convention. Montenaro said that when he called Tucker on his language, Tucker’s response was, “Well, she is!”

It's not really him that got fired. It's a body double to fool the deep state! He will still be on the show just with a different face as a different host!

Sad last days

Claire McCaskill just said she wouldn't be surprised if he runs for president. She said he can raise the money, has a huge following, and presents a greater threat to trump than that other man who thinks Disney is the enemy.

r160 He also has those ties to Hungary and could indeed be the worst case scenario for democracy.

R160 He actually hates Trump, so he wouldn't run as VP

I don't think he will run though. He's mega rich and it's not worth the trouble when he's got more power influencing the wingnuts by just talking.

[quote]He actually hates Trump, so he wouldn't run as VP

He also hates the rubes who watched his FOX News program, that didn't stop him from telling them whatever they wanted to hear for seven years.

He's also, I hate to say it but hear me out, he's also not stupid. He'd have to give serious consideration to the idea him + Trump = Biden landslide. He wouldn't want to wear that. Comparatively speaking, he's a young man, there's time (as nauseating as the idea is.)

[quote] He also hates the rubes who watched his FOX News program, that didn't stop him from telling them whatever they wanted to hear for seven years.

When will the dumb deplorables realize that wealthy WASPS like Carlson don't give a rat's ass about them and wouldn't spit on their plebeian asses if they were on fire?

Does Tucker actually like anyone?

Narcissists hate everybody. (see DJT)

ROFLMAO

R165 So long as he's white, he's alright.

R168 I don't get it

Notice she stated, "FOX News PERSONALITIES", NOT 'reporters' or newscasters. Telling.

Per the LA Times:

"Carlson, who did not respond to a request for comment, has now been fired by all three cable networks, having been pushed out from his previous stints at CNN and MSNBC."

Gretchen Carlson

Tom Arnold

Man, Gretchen Carlson.. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. She’s made her bitterness a career, forever milking her grievances.

Meh. Fucker has his golden parachute. There's a new Rush Limbaugh on every corner. The next propaganda shill will be even worse. No one ever went broke underestimating the market for bigotry and hatred. Trust me.

True and also the traditional (and only acceptable) usage of "woke"

R166 He likes Hunter Biden

Random tweets contributed nothing to this conversation

R177 Wait. I went to my BB&B that was going out of business (got a new dish rack!) and they didn't accept any coupons. This was a month ago. Did they lie to me?

I am nobody and I didn't need a letter of recommendation from a crackhead to get into my school of choice

R179 Thread Nazi on post.

[quote]I am nobody and I didn't need a letter of recommendation from a crackhead to get into my school of choice

And *that* contributes so much to the conversation, r179?

Yes, bitch it does.

R175, well she worked with some of the worst people ever at Faux so I'd say her grievances are justified

Wall Street Journal: "Mr. Carlson found out he was being let go about 10 minutes before the network announced his departure, the people said."

I LOVE THIS

ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING 😍 😍

So he fucked around and found out!

Stop, stop! I'm gonna cry!

Not a peep about Tucker on “The Five” this afternoon, the most highly rated show on Fox.

Kudos to Barbra Streisand for taking time off from celebrating her 81st birthday, to offer Tucker Carlson her thoughts and prayers over his firing.

I would love to hear from others on this: perhaps the FoxNews insurance company got cold feet due to the lawsuits? E&O insurance will cover mistakes but not fraud.

My part-time boyfriend Keith Olbermann has said that Carlson was fired personally by Rupert Murdoch. No word on Lemon.

Yeah what else is new. They are still working on how they will be able to ever discuss this on-air at some point. Maybe never. When ever news breaks that is in opposition of FOX News protocol there is always silence until there has been a behind the scenes meeting discussing how to proceed.

I LOVE IT. PLEASE DEPORT THE MURDOCHS

"@oliverdarcy

I'm told that Lachlan Murdoch and Suzanne Scott made the decision to sever ties with Tucker Carlson on Friday evening. Carlson was informed of the decision on Monday morning."

"@brianstelter

We all saw some of Tucker's texts (Trump's a “destroyer”) but there's a huge trove that remains out of public view. Three groups have seen the messages: Dominion's lawyers, Fox's execs, and obviously Tucker and his pals. So what was Tucker saying about, say, his bosses? Unknown."

Dump is a defecator.

I can just imagine the conversation between Murdoch and Carlson. Carlson -"I made you richer!" Murdoch - "No, you made me poorer and you're fucking fired!"

Who do we have now to fulminate over?

the elderly murdoch is said to be non-confrontational. He more than likely told tuck the cuck, "we will pay out your contract but you are a liability for fox and goodbye"

r201

[quote] “Pure joy,” one Fox reporter told Rolling Stone of their reaction to the split. “No one is untouchable. It’s a great day for America, and for the real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox.”

[quote] “It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him … so there probably won’t be any real change.”

[quote] “Good riddance,” said a network correspondent. “For a while there it seemed like he was running the network. This clearly is a message that he’s not. In the interim, it’s a morale boost, that’s for sure.”

[...]

[quote] Abby Grossberg, a former Carlson producer who alleged she was coached to give misleading testimony in her deposition for the Dominion case, filed her own lawsuit against the network, alleging Carlson’s senior staff regularly held discussions about women in sexist terms, often invoking the term “cunt.”

[quote] Semafor reported that Carlson’s executive producer, Justin Wells, is also no longer with the network. Wells was also named in Grossberg’s suit.

[quote] “This is a step towards accountability for the election lies and baseless conspiracy theories spread by Fox News, something I witnessed firsthand at the network, as well as for the abuse and harassment I endured while Head of Booking and Senior Producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight. I think this is great for America!” Grossberg said through her attorney. “It’s a big win for viewers of cable news, not just those who watch Fox.” Grossberg added that the move was “some justice” for viewers “who’ve been manipulated and lied to for years, all in an attempt to boost the channel’s ratings and revenue.”

The icing on the cake would be if Murdoch was to drop dead while on the toilet today.

Tuck the cuck isn't a journalist and fox isnt news.

Death by swirlie, r204.

I blame Abby Grossberg.

Abby Grossberg threw the spanner in the works.

R154? Really?

Figures. The hoe & the hose.

Cenk Unger at The Young Turks is convinced Tucker has been trying to get fired for quite a while so that he can play the victim and claim to the MAGATS he is now really free to tell the truth, laying the groundwork for running for President against Trump.

[quote]So he fucked around and found out!

More like tucked around and found out.

Wow. I’m gone from DL for like 8 hours and Fucker Carlson is gone, and Don Lemon…

Maybe he’ll kill himself 🤞

"@brianstelter

I'm told that both Tucker Carlson AND Don Lemon have retained the famously aggressive entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman. I have reached out to Freedman; no response yet."

Fired with no severance pay.

[quote]Tucker Carlson AND Don Lemon have retained the famously aggressive entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman

Then they are both idiots.

A court case would require all the fuckery these two have been up to be disclosed. I doubt Lemon's is nearly as bad as Carlson's, but that doesn't mean it is good.

Tucker was paid about a ginormous $20m a year.

So National NBC news lead with the firing of both of those clowns.

Even Univision reported the news about them as well.

That’s rich, R215 - Fux can stoke anti-semitism, racism, etc., on air, but their hosts behaving that way behind closed doors to lowly staff is too much?

[quote]U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ruled on Thursday that McDougal failed to prove that Carlson was accusing her of an actual crime in a way that would back up a defamation claim. The judge said that lawyers for Fox "persuasively" argued that "any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statements" Carlson makes, according to a court filing.

The judge called the on-air remarks "rhetorical hyperbole and opinion commentary intended to frame a political debate, and as such, are not actionable as defamation," the judge said in a written ruling.

In an email to The Associated Press, McDougal zeroed in on the part of the ruling that found her claim didn't meet the legal standard showing there was malice by Carlson.

"I believe reporting something you know is a lie as 'news' or 'undisputed facts' is the very definition of malicious," she wrote.

A statement from Fox called the decision a victory both for the network and "all defenders of the First Amendment."

McDougal has said she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and 2007. He denied it.

He'll always have a job with these people at least:

“Hey @TuckerCarlson, you can always question more with @RT_com,” RT News has tweeted.

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and New York City cop turned conservative talk show host, told his radio listeners Thursday he is leaving Fox News where he had a weekly TV show since June 2021.

R221 - is any other *news* outlet going to match his Fux salary? Don’t think many can afford it.

R222

he's gonna fill the pillpoppers void.

R225

This seems to be the top news story right now.

T'was a busy day, R227:

[quote] -Don Lemon gets fired at CNN.

[quote] -Tucker Carlson gets fired personally from Rupert Murdoch from Fox News.

[quote] - Tucker Carlson and Fox News Hit with Cease & Desist Letter for Continuing Their Lies About Ray Epps.

[quote] -Keith Obermann reports Tucker Carlson has been accused of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and trying to cover it up resulted in his termination.

[quote] -Eric Trump tells Twitter that Lara Trump was fired from Fox News.

[quote] -Fox News continues damage control after 787.5 million dollar settlement loss.

[quote] -District Attorney Fani Willis tells Law Enforcement to be prepared for possible indictments on July 11, and Sept 1st.

[quote] -Ray Epps goes on 60 minutes to defend himself not being a FBI agent, but a Trump supporter that made stupid decisions.

[quote] -Conservative are now boycotting Fox News as their stock plummets after the firing of Tucker Carlson.

[quote] -FAA continues their investigation in SpaceX and has grounded the company for possibly 2 months.

[quote] -Donald Trump is freaking out on Truth Social.

[quote] -Rep Jim Jordan caught altering testimony about Blinken and Biden suggesting it pressured agents to descredit Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation.

[quote] -Republicans budget proposal cuts veterans benefits and others by 22%.

[quote] -Hunter Biden, President Biden, and Hillary Clinton still haven't been indicted.

[quote] Jim Jordan caught altering testimony about Blinken and Biden suggesting it pressured agents to descredit Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation.

[quote] -Hunter Biden, President Biden, and Hillary Clinton still haven't been indicted.

Nice

R229

[quote] "In an effort to smear Secretary Blinken and sensationalize a three-year-old tabloid story, Jim Jordan has released cherry-picked excerpts of a transcribed interview. To be clear, no part of that interview demonstrates that Tony Blinken or any other Biden campaign official asked Mike Morell to write a letter about Hunter Biden’s laptop.

At least he's gone. Yes, Fox will replace him and yes, it will be with someone odious. But Carlson had a magic spell. That will be hard, at least, slow, to replicate. Unless they give it to Trump. (But even that would fail after he gets boring because he can't talk about anything except himself.)

Murdoch can't stand Trump R232.

I can't keep up with your magatry.

This is a top news story because the streetwalkers who read and compose news stories find this interesting.

R234 r235

If they canned him with cause, there is something... a recording, video, paper... something that made them do it.

R233, I didn't mean they would hire Trump just that he's about the only new freak they could add to the freak show who could deliver the same numbers. It won't happen, of course.

Prostitutes who read from teleprompters don't care about American democracy, they care about this.

R237 there's some shit going around that they may have the goods on him on some sexual harassment, misconduct and anti semitic jargon.

And Hunter Biden's cock is still three times the size of Cucker Fartleson's ween.

[quote] A court case would require all the fuckery these two have been up to be disclosed. I doubt Lemon's is nearly as bad as Carlson's, but that doesn't mean it is good.

Dominion only did a fishing expedition. Tucker knows exactly where the bodies are buried.

[quote] Couldn't happen to a more appropriate asshat!

I can think of one

Just to emphatically prove R241's point:

put Don in tucks place on fox and tuck on cnn

R239 r241 r242 r243 r245

Why not [bold]ME[/bold] R246?

Stand by for the return of Bill-O.

Liability creates risk, so off with his head.

No way, he was removed for being a perv

Why not the utterly charming Kari Lake as his replacement?

R246 DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE ALREADY

Jesus, you're annoying as fuck. Either go to the Ignored tab to see what they posted, or unblock them, you nellie prisspot!

R74 Carlson hated on Trump the other day and burned some bridges. What if De Santis picks him as VP?

Tucker’s Successor Will Be Worse:

Whomever succeeds Carlson will certainly be a royal asshole, R255. But what Carlson’s firing suggests is that a truly hefty financial penalty deters corporations from giving a platform to the lowest, most incendiary bullshit, and presenting it as “facts”.

BRING IT HOME FELLAS.

Hello! I have five Emmys and am ready for my close-up.

R200 Do you need to take a look at the FOX roster of talking chuckleheads? Maybe we can start with Hannity.

I was shocked when Dominion settled without requiring a public apology and retraction from Fox. I hope the Smartmatic suit does require that from Fox if they end up settling.

[quote]I was shocked when Dominion settled without requiring a public apology and retraction from Fox

Fox was *never* going to go for that. It was a civil suit which meant it would only be about money and how much of it.

R228 Add to the news list for today : Streisand turns 81, and Shirley MacLaine turns 89.

R261 Not necessarily. A retraction could have been Dominion's requirement for not going to trial.

I sent them both a bottle of Jean Nate and a nice blouse.

It could have, r263, but they knew they'd only be able to get the most minimal retraction from Fox (which was what they got). Again the case was about a cash settlement. It was always about how much money Fox would pay. They just wanted this to go on long enough to get all of this on public record. They ran the risk of getting a Trumper on the jury and not getting anything. One down and...

As others have said here and in other reports, it's relevant to remember that he has a lifelong resentment towards his biological mother who deserted him as a small child.

[quote] Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott who made the call on Friday night to can him and his show, thanks largely (and surprisingly) in part to vulgar comments he made about Sidney Powell, the right-wing lawyer behind many of the bonkers 2020 election lies pushed on Fox’s airwaves. Tucker was already pissing off Fox management between his conspiracy-laden coverage of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, including the repeated and baseless targeting of Trump supporter Ray Epps as being an FBI agent who instigated the insurrection; a looming lawsuit from his former producer Abby Grossberg alleging a sexist work environment; and his disparaging remarks about Fox brass in documents, some of which were made public and others which were redacted.

[quote] But most egregious, and what loomed large in his termination, people familiar with the matter told Confider, was how during his deposition with Dominion lawyers, when he was asked if “this wasn’t the only time you referred to Sidney Powell as a cunt,” the Fox News star responded: “You know I-I-I can’t know

[quote]As others have said here and in other reports, it's relevant to remember that he has a lifelong resentment towards his biological mother who deserted him as a small child.

And what R266?

[quote]As others have said here and in other reports, it's relevant to remember that he has a lifelong resentment towards his biological mother who deserted him as a small child.

Half-measures. Stupid bitch.

[quote]Abby Grossberg, a former Carlson producer who alleged she was coached to give misleading testimony in her deposition for the Dominion case, filed her own lawsuit against the network, alleging Carlson’s senior staff regularly held discussions about women in sexist terms, often invoking the term “cunt.”

You sound like an insufferable cunt R270. Did you know that?

Cunts! Cunts! You're *both* cunts.

Tucker has been trying to get fired. He's running for President. Meanwhile some of the racist shit he's been saying over the past few weeks is so shocking, I was surprised Elon Musk went on the program a few days ago. And I think very little of Musk.

[quote] But what Carlson’s firing suggests is that a truly hefty financial penalty deters corporations from giving a platform to the lowest, most incendiary bullshit, and presenting it as “facts”.

TBH I don’t think that’s what happened at all. It’s more likely he was irreparably damaged by the tweets. Fox will go right back to crass, incredibly damaging propaganda. What they couldn’t have was a standard-bearer who can be quoted saying that he intensely hates Donald Trump.

There's no both about it.

[quote] But most egregious, and what loomed large in his termination, people familiar with the matter told Confider, was how during his deposition with Dominion lawyers, when he was asked if “this wasn’t the only time you referred to Sidney Powell as a cunt,” the Fox News star responded: “You know I-I-I can’t know

Sorry, this sounds completely idiotic and not remotely the reason for anything.

He’s an asshole white supremacist. Good riddance.

This is interesting.

It sounds like they just got fed up with him - he was an asshole and not popular in the workplace. He cost $20m a year as well - I'm sure that they can find someone else to replace him.

He cost more than that,

Yes but they haven't fired Pirro and other election deniers, so it was something else when they fired Carlson.

Another loss for Trump.

Tucker

- Hostile sexual environment - Hated by staff - conspiracy whacko - racist and homophobic - trash

[quote] I was shocked when Dominion settled without requiring a public apology and retraction from Fox.

$787.5 million speaks for itself. That's a huge blow.

They also fired Don Bongino who was another Trump lover

Most of that is going to come from whatever corporate liability insurance coverage they have. What portion comes out of their pocket is going to be tax deductible, I believe.

If I were the insurance company, I'd fight back. Arguably, Fox should have shut him down earlier.

Tucker at his new job:

[Quote] Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s.

Once a gay basher and bully, always a bully.

Forgot the link ^

Assuming an insurance company covers a payout of this magnitude, an organization’s premiums go way, way up, particularly if the organization doesn’t eliminate their riskiest liabilities: i.e., those who totally refuse to reign in the extremist rhetoric that triggered the first payout.

Fox got away with a lot for a long time because they presented themselves as entertainment, but it got harder to argue that point when they promoted an idea that was factually untrue (stolen election) and led to treason (storming the capital). They need to reduce the risk of similar suits going forward.

[quote] "I can't believe that a network that is so opposed to gender affirming surgery just cut off their own dick."

^ LOL

R294, Yeah, Michael Steele, who used to head the RNC.

R278 If it was decided Friday night to fire Carlson (presumably after he signed off for the night) can it be nothing leaked to the media or to him / his team before they made the shocking announcement right before noon on Monday ? Seriously ? I'm finding that hard to believe, for some reason. I would think an anonymous email or phone call would've gotten out to the press over the weekend.

If it is true, this was the best kept secret in a very long time.

R296, while I find Steele’s politic views abhorrent, he was a proponent of affirmative action and did try to drag the GOP into the modern era by trying to appeal to Blacks and Latinos.

He was stymied by Rush Limbaugh and eventually endorsed Joe Biden for President.

Tucker: I'll have a glass of vodka.

Waiter: It's breakfast, sir.

Tucker: And some toast.

[quote]So National NBC news lead with the firing of both of those clowns.

Oh, dear.

[quote]those who totally refuse to reign in

Oh, dear!

When Steele was president of the RNC the progressives used to enjoy throwing Oreo's at Steele as he passed.

[quote][Dominion] didn’t suffer any real damages, that I know of.

Oh, well, if YOU don't know about them, they couldn't have suffered any damages at all. Why, it's shocking that Fox so believed they did, they settled with them for almost a billion dollars. Funny that.

[quote] throwing Oreo's

Oh, dear!

Thanks R253. I never understood why people did that.

[quote]progressives used to enjoy throwing Oreo's at Steele

I am a progressive and never threw Oreos at Steele.

Throwing Oreos at Steele sounds more Klan than progressive.

Horeseshoe Theory ^^^ in effect.

And speaking of progressives:

It is interesting that Fox didn't even give Tucker a final farewell show. Many others get one. It either kind of speaks to what kind of character he has or how bad it is what he did that made them fire him.

SHould they have thrown Chocolate Chip Cookies instead ? Was that his preference ?

R307 Even if he gets another job at some low rent conservative network or a podcast he'll never have a main stream audience again, so she's right. He's gotten fired from every news network. Time to go the way to Meghan Kelly, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly where the crazy people will have to search him out.

Wonder who they'll hire next that will get fired in a few years.

Maybe Meghan McCain can start a new conservative cable news network...MFN (MyFather's Network). She can hire him as a reporter. He can bring his mainstream audience.

All three of them?

He owns the daily wire so he'll be there full time now.

R253 r204

R304

R314 R315 Enjoy my F&Fs from now on. You're a stupid, annoying fuck. Like the other poster said, look at your Ignored tab or unblock (the people you've tagged haven't even said anything remotely controversial!)

That's *all* they post, r316...at least with that account.

R317 I just checked and you're right. Let's just try to F&F this freak/troll then.

Now that we've learned that Carlson and Lemon have both lawyered up with the same attorney who has a history of working with fired media types, it appears that Fox may not even be paying Carlson any severance as he was was fired "for cause".

I wonder why conservatives are all enraged over that AOC video. They don’t like being compared to Marvel movie villains?

[quote]I wonder why conservatives are all enraged over that AOC video.

They get triggered over M&Ms, r320, so...

[quote] They get triggered over M&Ms, [R320], so...

I think it would be more accurate to say they ridiculed the M&M’s marketing stunt.

[quote]Should they have thrown Chocolate Chip Cookies instead ? Was that his preference ?

I presume you're not familiar with the alternate definition of "Oreo".

Suspect he will run for political office somewhere. His ego will demand it. Any media job he could get after this will be a huge step down. He's got all that built-in TV fandom he can use politically. Doesn't have to be president.

Could Tucker go the Joe Rogan path?

I see this has been discussed.

I don't think Carlson was trying to get fired. He clearly thought he was untouchable. Had it not been for some of the emails in the Dominion suit and the Grossman suit, he'd still be there.

Being a crass misogynist doesn't bring you down at Fox as long as you make money for the network. The culture hasn't changed an iota since O'Reilly and Ailes were shown the door when lawsuits threatened the stock price.

A couple of things from the reporting today that stuck out:

1). supposedly Lachlan Murdoch was unaware of Carlson's January 6 false flag "documentary" Patriot Purge until after it was broadcast. That show was promoted for at least a week before it was broadcast, so how could Murdoch claim ignorance unless he's acting like an absentee landlord?

2). Among his other crass comments, I heard on NPR that Carlson made some "inappropriate remarks" about his daughter. How Trumpy of him.

R244 He's got a damn nice looking cock.

Pretty is as pretty does, r328.

Informative :98 second primer on auditions for the next host to fill the White Power Hour

R325 "Could Tucker go the Joe Rogan path? "

You mean steroids?

Fucking Andy Dick?

Tucker definitely has a second like on Sirius Radio or Podcasts. There are a lot of people that will miss his circus of bullshit.

Life not like

If you count all of his stints on MSNBC, CNN, Fox, etc., I wonder which number life he is actually on.

R325 Too crazy

Joe Rogan is a POS but doesn't quite go as far as Tucker. He kind of portrays himself as some random every man who is socially liberal but just hates the "woke" and cancel culture. He also gets a pass since he's a comedian. Don't think any respectable company would bother with Tucker. They wouldn't advertise on his show either.

R323 Nope - never heard of this at all.

Where does that leave the 1976 movie, "A Star Is Born"? The two black female singers who sang back-up for Streisand in some of the scenes were called "The Oreos'. It looks like from now on, those two will forever be regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage.

Not hiring :

FOX isn't too worried IF they are legally ordered to pay off his contract. Carlson only had a few months left ; his lawyers were said to be starting negotiations in a couple of weeks to renew him until 2030. So if he had just a few months left, we're not talking much payout at less than $2M per month. (I believe his contract was expiring the end of June, from what's been rumored).

Tucker’s guests that excludes Miss Lindsey:

[quote]The two black female singers who sang back-up for Streisand in some of the scenes were called "The Oreos'.

I haven't seen the movie, but I would guess that the three of them collectively were the Oreos. One white singer between two black ones.

MTG: "people are saying 'I'm done with FOX'!"

...

MTG: "I heard this morning on Fox..."

R342 Nope. Streisand played 'Esther Hoffman'. Singer / actresses Clydie King and Venetta Fields played her backup singers, 'The Oreos'.

Again, those two will forever be regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage.

Now we know why Republicans went on Fox News. It appears, according to Grossberg, Tucker Carlson would threaten them 'If you don't come on the show, we will destroy you'

Here is solid proof. He made Ted reappear on his show to force Cruz to change his story.

This Is Solid Evidence Abby is correct!

This is pretty funny. The fiancée was the QAnon lady.

Loved the part in the above article, that TC’s ‘prayer talk’ may have led to his ouster. That stuff "freaked out" Rupert.

I've never been happy about anything to do with Rupert - till I read that.

R328, That cock has been ordered to appear in an Arkansas courtroom on Monday regarding child support payments for the child it created.

Ari Melber exposing Ted Cruz plotting the coupe

^ coup

[quote]Ted Cruz plotting the coupe

He always struck me as more of a minivan guy.

Just fuck me, Ari . . .

correction to R13 he owns the daily caller website.

ROFL! Good!

Gerry Filippatos just dropped a bombshell on Ari's show

The DoJ and Jack Smith are involved in the investigation of Fox News.

[quote]Again, those two will forever be regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage.

Bullshit, r344. They represented dark chocolate cookie deliciousness. Without them all that Esther was merely overly sweet creme filling.

Judy knew to use boys.

NEW: Peter Navarro on tape blasting Trump's inner circle for failing to fully fund the effort to steal the election.

I'll be damned if I'm going to use my own money to pay for the coup!

But is his hair real? It has been looking fake for a while.

Also, Tucker got fat face and deserves to be canceled for no longer being attractive.

Aren’t Tucker and Don using the same high-powered attorney to get more money?

Tucker sucks COCKS IN HELL.

I've submitted my audition tape. Fingers crossed.

Tucker always looked like he had Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. His filtrum and lips.

[quote] Eight people familiar with the situation tell Rolling Stone that Fox News and its communications department — long led by the notoriously aggressive Irena Briganti — has assembled damaging information about Carlson. One source with knowledge calls it an “oppo file.” Two sources add that Fox is prepared to disclose some of its contents if execs suspect that Carlson is coming after the network.

[quote] The file includes internal complaints regarding workplace conduct, disparaging comments about management and colleagues, and allegations that the now-former primetime host created a toxic work environment, three of the sources say. (Carlson is currently facing a lawsuit from a former senior booking producer, Abby Grossberg, alleging a toxic and misogynist workplace environment. The lawsuit details repeated instances of misogynist behavior at the network, including frequent lewd and sexual discussions of female guests and public figures. Grossberg, “continued to endure a work environment that subjugates women based on vile sexist stereotypes, typecasts religious minorities and belittles their traditions, and demonstrates little to no regard for those suffering from mental illness.” Fox denied the allegations when the lawsuits were filed, saying the claims were “without merit.”)

The media spotted Ted :

R366, his philtrum, "lips", eyes and deformed ears that he refuses to show.

Lady Joshette is not happy Tucker was removed from Fox.

"Very clearly incitement of violence": AOC calls for Fox News to be punished over Jan. 6 attack |

Oh dearing myself at R366. Yes, it's philtrum. Thanks, R369.

Reading through this thread - overall, Carlson sounds like a nasty little fuck who had it coming. We'll never know the full extent of what went on behind the scenes but it sounds like it was a host of incremental factors that finally added up and now it's costing Fox big dollars. He's shit in his own bed and has lost his access to a massive audience. The rusted on audience might huff and puff and may even follow him to wherever he's going next but it won't stick. They'll all return to Fox News in time. He must have been such a liability and out of control cannon that they wouldn't give him a final show in case of what might have happened. Not sad. Of course, News Corp will just wheel out the next nasty but at least Carlson is gone. For now.

Fox's hateful and hosts are there to do their dirty deeds and when the reach toxicity overload, they drop them and move on: Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Tucker Carlson. However replaces Tucker will be just as vile because they are supposed to be.

Well I see upthread that we heard from Gretchen Carlson on Twitter but has anyone seen any kind of response from Rebecca Carlson?

Walked by their building today, which at one point had big photos of all the on-air talent in the windows.

Those are totally gone, generic ads for "Fox Media" now.

Wonder if the on-air talent purge is ongoing...

None of the fired Fox stars have done well after leaving. He peaked as a giant cunt and he’s never going to be as big again. Nasty ugly man-child.

The video at R365 is performance art, right? She's doing that to be funny and get attention in a sort of meta absurdist satire??? Or is it an SNL skit gone wrong.

That's what Miss Victoria Jackson has devolved into, r378.

Every time I see Tucker I think of his sad and bizarre interview with Ariel Pink

R379 what happened to her? How did she become this?

I think Tucker Carlson is a character. I think he's republican and conservative and all that jazz, but I don't think he's MAGA. I think he's one of those old school country club republicans who misses the old Republican Party, but plays up to the whole MAGA thing because it pays well. He sold his soul to Trump for ratings and being able to grift stupid MAGAs out of their minimum wage salaries.

It’s definitely bad timing for Trump and Republicans that Fox is imploding. But the whole MAGA movement is a joke. Hardly anyone is on the crappy Truth Social.

Does anyone remember this very odd exchange:

Fox News host Tucker Carlson was angered after Congressman Matt Gaetz attempted to rope him into a scandal involving allegations related to sex trafficking of a minor, a person familiar with the matter said.

the black preying mantis looked nervous reading of Tucks departure. You are next, bitch.

Tucker looks to be developing a nice goiter.

R382 I agree with you. I believe he's one of the original Reagan Republicans - which is the decade he grew up in. Being a MAGA Republican has been a character which served him well.

TC has grown more ugly physically and in reputation.

No mainstream media outlet with any sense of decency would offer him a renewal.

I thought he was hot was irritating in his cnn days. Now he’s a full on beast

Please don’t let Carlson run for office, I met him when he was working with John McCain

[quote]No mainstream media outlet with any sense of decency would offer him a renewal.

So ... back at Fox News then?

How do we see his sad final days panning out for him?

He'll try to get a podcast going , but his shrunken brain and bodied elderly fans won't understand the technology to listen to it and they'll start a fellating cult of personality around whatever middling piece of shit FOX puts up in his time slot. As long as his replacement racist and speak at a 3rd grade level, they'll forget Tucker ever existed. Until he dies of a fent overdose at some chemsex orgy in Chelsea

I see his last days in Moscow, where he will move to by the end of this year.

Womp fucking Womp!

I love the whole Lonesome Rhodes aspect of it all.

[quote] I see his last days in Moscow,

That was the progressive MSNBC host

I had completely forgotten about Ed Schultz. There are former colleagues of his who should also disappear.

I loved when Schultz was on MSNBC - he had a great show at 8 pm, and I would tune in every night. Very pro-union.

It seems he thought he was bigger than FN. When began his sordid career there it was probably just a con , a part he played for the ignorant audience. But as he became so popular and adored by his deplorables I think he started to believe his own hype and felt more powerful than FN because he has the power to ruin people, as he himself reportedly threatened to do if a politician refused to go on his show. Hubris was his downfall, that and he didn't count on his boss keeping a confidential file on him.

[quote] I believe he's one of the original Reagan Republicans - which is the decade he grew up in. Being a MAGA Republican has been a character which served him well.

It didn't exactly serve the interests of democracy well, did it? But, hey, he was a success, so bully for him!

Isn't he rich? He doesn't have to work or worry about money, so why bother sueing FN?

Like all the so-called Reagan Republicans who ended up supporting Trump, regardless that he was the anathema of their own political ideology and void of any human decency, they found that power and wealth superseded basically everything, dismissing any remaining moral compass they may have had, even though they understood the harm it did to the fabric of the United States. I bet the Tucker Carlson from 25 years ago would have been horrified to see what he evolved into in today's world. Whether or not he actually believes the garbage he spews to his viewers daily doesn't matter. The harmful end result is still the same.

R402 Why sue ? Because he can. He can get more money out of them (not much, as he didn't have long on his contract) and he can be a little wealthier.

R402 I imagine it's about the loss of his power and influence. Been seeing articles about how he saw himself as being able to pick who the Speaker was, being able to destroy a politician if they didn't show up and kowtow.

[quote] Halfway through the Trump administration, Americans’ regard for and trust in the military began to nose-dive. The share of respondents who told a Reagan Forum poll they had “a great deal of confidence” in the military plunged from 70% in 2018 to 63% the following year, and 56% in early 2021. (It bottomed out at 45% during the Biden administration’s first winter, and rose in the most recent poll to 48%.)

[...]

[quote] Night after night on his talk show, Carlson blasted the military in ways that previous conservative voices would not dare. He hated the military’s efforts to champion diversity, teach about racism, open service to gay and transgender Americans, allow women in combat, and root out white nationalists and other extremists in uniform. Beyond social issues, Carlson slammed military leaders for supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russian invaders. In almost the same breath, he accused generals of trying to weaken the U.S. military and drum up war with China. ...

[quote] Carlson mattered more to national security than most in Washington want to acknowledge. Where he led, conservatives follow. Over the past few years, Gallup has found rising support for Russia and less for Ukraine; more support for Israel and less for Palestinians; more support for border security and less for Mexico; and so on. In the Reagan Forum poll, Trump voters saw China as the top threat, while Biden voters pointed to Russia.

R405- I agree, he enjoyed being a tyrant because he is a sadistic bully. He is so egotistical that I bet it never occurred to him that FN would have file on him.

[quote]why bother sueing FN?

Oh, dear!

R408- Thank you, dear. If only we had an edit option I could delete my embarrassing mistake. 🤦‍♀️

Eh, you're cute enough to get away with it!

Hubris? I don't have any hubris. My cock is completely shaven. Ask Greg Gutfeld.

R47- He was in a rage on TS and as usual he told on himself when he said "She didn't scream or anything." How the hell would he know if she screamed if he wasn't there?

^^Huh?

R413- Sorry, wrong thread.

Yes, r414...we surmised such.

Sean Harding may be wrong. LadyG could be getting that and Melania doesn’t give a shit.

What kind of “male” tweets happy birthday every year to Melania Trump, and is not her spouse or family member, or one of her trusted gal pals?

The above revelation should be a DL “let’s be” thread.

^wrong tread

thread^

Hearing lots of online speculation whether Tuckums had a noncompete in his Fox contract. If he did he loses his payout (which could be significant) if he moves to another show.

Yesterday (while defending Tucker) that she complained that FOX never had her on.

Wonder why

He speaks

Oh yes, he’s running for office. The question is, what red state will he have to move to?

[quote]The question is, what red state will he have to move to?

He has a house in Florida.

Rupert Murdoch told his son, Lachlan, to can Tucker. Apparently, Tucker and Lachlan were chummy. Tucker must have thought he was too valuable to Fox to be canceled. He found out otherwise.

cool, Tucks, let's hear one, just one actual idea on how to restrict corporate power in any real, practical way. No, dicking around about how "everybody" is at fault doesn't count. No, tax cuts for the rich isn't actually a way to restrict corporate power. No, investigating Huner Biden won't limit corporations in any way. One actual provision to limit corporate power or the power of people who run corporations would be interesting, but it has to actually cost some billionaire money or power or it's all just bullshit.

What does his video have to do with anything related to his firing? He called women cunts and was not bringing in lucrative sponsors. I think he’s mad and quite delusional.

Would Trump choose him to be his VP?

R427- Of course he would because that would be the most damaging choice he could make.

[quote]What does his video have to do with anything related to his firing? He called women cunts and was not bringing in lucrative sponsors.

But those things have been true for years, and he wasn't fired.

No r427. There is no actual advantage for either one in that pairing. Better for both if Tucker remains a whore on the outside, lying for Trump. Nobody votes for VP anyway, but there wouldn't even be symbolic value in picking one of your paid propagandists to be your running mate. No purpose at all.

He can’t live in a red state; somebody would shoot him for being too liberal.

His firing was abrupt, which would seem to indicate that there was a reason for it that we still don't know about. I'm sure it will come to light eventually.

R192 I was with a table of 42 and younger people the other night and they didn't know who Barbra was. The name sounded familiar but none could name a single movie or song of hers. Once we are gone will people remember her like they do Judy? Just a random musing,

There are a multitude of lawsuits heading both New Corp and Carlson's way R432. That's why. Carlson is too big a liability for Fox News and cannot be controlled.

Hilarious that Tucker says in his video that there are few places in the media where the truth is told when Dominion just settled with Fox for well over $700m for lying. But the rubes just eat his bullshit up. A bit depressing.

Sounds like you need more savvy friends, r433.

An awful lot of the Fox News audience (rubes) would not know that there was a lawsuit or a settlement R435. Fox hasn't reported it. Fox has hidden it. Those "rubes" don't go in search of other news services - they have Fox News on all day and believe it like gospel as we all know.

R433 Not my friends, hon. It was a corporate thing. That whole generation is not as into looking back at great performers or movies. I manage a bunch of people in their 30s and 40s and they wont watch black and white movies.

I'm a millennial and while I am aware of Barbra Streisand, I don't find her interesting or compelling. I couldn't name a single movie or song either. So I wouldn't think she will be particularly remembered once her generation goes.

I'm Gen-X and thoroughly agree with every word you posted R439. Streisand doesn't even rate very highly in the "Gay Icons" list these days.

He seems demented like a cult leader. I hope he ends up broke and in jail.

[quote] I was with a table of 42 and younger people the other night and they didn't know who Barbra was.

This never happened.

If Newsweek thinks Fox lost out big time by dropping him, why don't they take him on? That's right, no other conservative "news" outlet will because it's obvious he was let go for being a big liability. You won't see a single one put their money where their mouth is.

I don't think he'll go into politics either. None of these guys ever do, which should be a big hint to the public about their real intentions. They aren't into politics like that. They are nothing but modern day circus barkers. I doubt they believe half the shit they spew. I'm sure we can all recall when Limbaugh, at the height of his fame, ranted about all the low life, American junkie parasites (aka Americans middle class or lower), popping pills and living high on the hog with welfare payments... Only for it to be later revealed that he was actually a pill popping junkie... known character traits amongst conservatives -- projection and hypocrisy!

And the audience doesn't care. That's the one thing "Face in the Crowd" gets wrong -- today's audience will defend them. Yeah they'll lose interest when the next new face appears, but that's different than admitting their former hero was a monster.

[quote] If Newsweek thinks Fox lost out big time by dropping him, why don't they take him on?

Tucker is more effective in front of a camera than in print.

[quote]His firing was abrupt, which would seem to indicate that there was a reason for it that we still don't know about. I'm sure it will come to light eventually.

Well, he did just cost his employer ~ $800 million. Firing him seems reasonable.

He wasn't the only one, but the other traitors have kept their jobs.

More of the other lying ‘talking heads’ who step beyond the parameters that will cost the Fox network more corporate advertisers and/or embarrass the Murdoch media tycoons, may be canned also. Fox will undertake such tasks one targeted newscaster at a time, not a whole bunch of people at once. Others being “let go” will generate much less attention compared to Tucker’s highly notable dismissal.

Sources close to the investigation have discovered that he's a baby eating cannibal, allegedly.

Maybe he’ll end up like Jim jones and take a bunch of his followers with him

"I was with a table of 42 and younger people the other night and they didn't know who Barbra was."

Then that would make a complete set of dumb shits and semi-literate morons at one table.

The end of the first commandment?

Did MTG say anything about the other nine commandments? I'm into coveting my neighbor's ass.

R301/R307 is an example of a right wing troll who tries to deflect by blaming "progressives."

Tucker breaks his silence spewing self righteousness.

booHoo pitiful me.

Tucker should be flushed down the toilet to oblivion, where Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly now reside.

[quote]Then that would make a complete set of dumb shits and semi-literate morons at one table.

It isn't semi-literate to not know who a washed out celeb who was a star several decades ago.

He’s orange now

Very few MAGA couch potatoes will be following Tucker to some lowly podcast or another right-wing, obscure forum whereby Tucker is being paid far, far less.

In a month all the MAGAts will have moved on. In 6 months he'll be forgotten. Hell, some if tranny gets some corporate swag they'll all move on to the next outrage faster than you can say "gas stoves."

Newsmax increased their prime time viewership by 5x and Fox News's dropped. So they don't even have to go to a podcast.

His looks has been ravaged. His face looks like a moon and he’s turned orange. It’s sad even though he was a cunt he at least used to be fuckable

Does AOC understand what incitement to violence is?

R459, it doesn’t matter. Newsmax is cannibalizing viewers from Fox, but the cable industry is soon going the way of the dinosaurs. I’m Gen X so I’m in the middle, but I know this: the parents of my friends still have cable and watch cable news. The children of my friends (including my nieces and nephews) don’t have cable at all, they watch streaming stuff only. They get their news from entirely different sources than traditional news channels like CNN, sites like the Young Turks.

[quote]Does AOC understand what incitement to violence is?

She pays out a significant amount of money for security against constant death threats from the MAGA lunatics, so I'd venture to say that she does understand that concept.

R463 I don't think you understand it either.

"It isn't semi-literate to not know who a washed out celeb who was a star several decades ago."

And so says the semi-literate, washed up never was and never will be.

[bold] Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, two longtime hosts and Donald Trump allies, have told friends they’re concerned they could be sacked next, [/bold] according to two sources familiar with the situation.

According to people with knowledge of the matter, executives have recently held high-level discussions about Fox Business host Bartiromo’s future at the company. In recent years, the host became a mouthpiece for Trump, propping up conspiracy theories and peddling lies about the 2020 election. Those falsehoods found their way into a Dominion Voting Systems filing in the company’s mega-lawsuit against Fox. The filing pointed to Bartiromo’s Nov. 8 interview with Trump-aligned attorney, Sidney Powell, to discuss “voting irregularities” — on-air programming that contrasted sharply with the host’s Dominion deposition statements, in which Bartiromo said the email underpinning Powell’s claims was “nonsense.”

Pirro, an ardent Trump supporter whose claims about election fraud were highlighted by Dominion in its legal filings, has also been telling confidants she’s worried she’ll be shown the door, according to one of the people familiar with the situation.

It’s not just hosts who are anxious. Other sources at and close to the network say that, in the wake of Carlson’s ouster, some Fox brass have grilled certain staff about whether they or their teams had recently blabbed to the press about Carlson’s abrupt dismissal.

The grilling has not stopped a steady stream of Carlson-related leaks, and Fox staff are taking steps to avoid getting caught communicating without outside sources. Several staffers have taken additional measures to shield their communications with outside media, changing journalist contacts to fake names in case they receive a call in the presence of management or “their spies,” as one Fox employee describes. (By “spies,” the employee was referring to personnel suspected of “snitch[ing]” to upper management about their colleagues’ alleged infractions in order to climb the ladder.)

While the tension inside the building rises, the network’s ratings — Fox News’ perpetual rebuttal to criticism — have declined sharply. On Wednesday, when guest host Brian Kilmeade slid into Carlson’s former chair, he drew 1.33 million viewers, down 56 percent from Tucker’s draw a week earlier, according to the Associated Press. Kilmeade’s numbers also put the network in an unfamiliar position: Second, behind liberal-leaning MSNBC.

[...]

In the days since, the reported explanations for the sudden termination have included issues connected to the settled, wildly expensive Dominion-Fox lawsuit, the Abby Grossberg allegations, and an alleged plethora of so-far unpublished and “highly offensive” remarks Carlson made about network senior staff that triggered a “crisis” among the board of directors, according to The New York Times. Moreover, The Wall Street Journal reported that Fox News attorneys had discovered “the time he called a senior Fox News executive the c-word.” ...

But for now, it’s unclear where Fox’s onetime superstar will head next. Carlson was booted from the channel with a committed following that, to some extent or another, appears ready to go where he leads them. The coveted 8 p.m. time slot at Fox News helped grant Carlson not just to a level of media prominence, but one of actual political and policy influence in the GOP elite. His preferences could help Republican primary campaigns get over the finish line. During and following the Trump presidency, Carlson has had the ear of the leader of the Republican Party. And for years of Tucker Carlson Tonight’s run, powerful conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill “lived in fear” — as numerous Fox sources, political operatives, and GOP members of Congress have phrased it — that the host would come after them during his evening broadcast. At times, these politicians would bend over backwards simply to appease Carlson’s whims and grievances.

^^^

[quote] Whatever the cause of the ouster, the news of it broke suddenly. On Monday morning, the minutes in between Carlson being informed he was out and Fox’s public announcement of his firing were so few that some of his close family members found out about it from the news, not from him, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

[quote]The children of my friends (including my nieces and nephews) don’t have cable at all, they watch streaming stuff only. They get their news from entirely different sources than traditional news channels like CNN, sites like the Young Turks.

I am 69 and don't have cable, watch streaming stuff only and get my news from entirely different sources as well.

Most boomers still pay for cable instead of streaming. I cut the cord about 15 years ago since the rates kept going up and up and up and I only watched a few channels.

Now I stream videos, music and podcasts bd pay for what I want.

R469, How do you access the Internet without a cable connection?

I stopped getting cable TV on phone through my cable provider, but decided to just get internet and streaming through the same cable service. Saved about 120 bucks a month and I still get everything I need, though I miss Turner Classic Movies.

*cable TV or phone

R470, you can sign up for just internet service with your cable provider. All you need is a modem that you can purchase yourself.

Whew! Glad they got that sorted!

I'm sure the Black guy will be a ratings bonanza!

He's going to be an even bigger flop than Kilmeade.

Generally you can opt for internet service only and skip TV if you want.

But at least with Comcast/xfinity you need a streaming box (not the modem) that they send you when you send back your cable box.

FOX viewers are going to shoot their big screen TVs with AR-15s when they see that black guy on their television screens.

[quote]FOX viewers are going to shoot their big screen TVs with AR-15s when they see that black guy on their television screens.

Lawrence Jones already has his own show on Fox News and has filled in before during weekday primetime. No reports of any TVs being shot.

R479, Lawrence is quite hunky, especially when he does remotes wearing tight t-shirts and his hands are huge.

Maybe ticker will just fade into obscurity and live out the rest of his days in a bell tower

Bill O'Reilly predicts that Tucker will do a podcast or vlog and make a lot of money, like he (Bill) does.

If Tucker does this, I hope he releases his new episodes at exactly the same time his show used to air, like he think he did recently with his first video about the situation.

You get 'em back, Tuck. You're bigger than Fox! (and how many of his ancient fans will figure out how to find him? or just tune to to Newsmax or OANN or whatever - they have a big opportunity if they can grab it)

* like I think he did recently with his first video...

Fox News Viewers/the Right loves their Uncle Toms. It means they can continue to claim that they aren't racist because they watch a black man on TV.

[quote]It means they can continue to claim that they aren't racist because they watch a black man on TV.

Is that the same reason people watch Joy Reid?

When will Lawrence Jones host Miss Lindz? Fox schedulers need to plug-in her at halfway sober time slots.

Newsweek is a piece of shit mouth piece for some conservative. It's not a magazine anymore.

I stopped buying or reading Newsweek close to 20 years ago. It's articles had consistently showed blatant conservative bias.

R488, Newsweek was always the poor man’s TIME.

I hope they get sued again

[quote]Newsweek was always the poor man’s TIME.

Years ago, when Newsweek was a real magazine and was owned by the Washington Post Co., Time tended to be the more conservative of the two.

Lawrence is no Tucker Carlson, no matter how hard he tries. He's a failure.

Lawrence is so good-looking but sounds dumb, and it's not because of his Southern drawl. He has zero substance. Tucker, the ultra-wealthy country club WASP, knows exactly how to pander to the dumb-dumbs. He learned years ago the best way to disguise right-right fascism is not to come off unhinged, a la Bill O'Reilly. A black Bill O'Reilly will not work as Tucker's replacement.

Is he an Uncle Tom?

"You can tell"

^Jesse is far from the brightest. Tucker, though highly disturbing and reckless, is at least sufficiently intelligent.

[quote] “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously,” he wrote.

[quote] “It’s not how white men fight,” he said. But he said he found himself for a moment wanting the group to kill the person he had described as the Antifa kid.

[quote]Tucker, though highly disturbing and reckless, is at least sufficiently intelligent.

And yet he looks like a mouth breather in so many photos and video stills.

R497 That comment is not good but I'm shocked that the NYT has bought into Fox News's spin running that narrative. Because Tucker routinely said equal or worse on air for YEARS and yet Fox never did anything.

I personally don't think they fired him for ethical or moral considerations. I think they fired him because he was a big liability in terms of multiple lawsuits and/or quite possibly because he insulted them in private which they got to see because of discovery.

His opinion of Trump was made knows and Fox is desperately trying to woo back the MAGAts before the presidential campaign.

Maybe Tucker gets replaced by that scholarly Emily Compagno from Fox & Friends. She presents herself as an expert on the endeavors of Hunter Biden, real and manufactured.

Hey, Jesse, you pathetic cunt flap! This white girl goes trash picking every Thursday night!

I’ve made hundreds of dollars scrapping and refurbishing discarded furniture. Plus, I kept that shit out of the landfill AND had a grand old time bringing it back to life for someone else to use.

So you can EAT ME! Scrappers fucking rule and you can make quite a bit of cash at it.

Jesse Watters reads to me like a barker at country fair.

Lawrence Jones is nice to look at, 6’1” and muscular, but he comes across as awkward and not that intelligent.

Obviously Tucker, that is how some white men fight. What a creep. I’d love for someone to leak info from this oppo file. Destroy him until there’s nothing else left but his charred carcass.

Jesse Watters will host Lady G; whereby Tucker refused her being on his show.

R506, Lady Gaga?

R482, why are you cheering on Tucker Carlson?

"Tuck?" Really?

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[quote]Lady Gaga?

Graham.

It’s Tuesday, May 9th in the Plague Year 3 and Fucker Tardson is still unemployed.

Womp fucking Womp!

He's still employed, and on his $20 million a year contract. (... for now)

He's just off the air.

Tucker - the world's worst cha cha cha dancer - booted off first, Dancing with the Stars 2006

[quote]Tucker - the world's worst cha cha cha dancer - booted off first, Dancing with the Stars 2006

He was truly terrible and couldn't move to save his life.

He was on Dancing With the Stars? LOL. Why would anyone do that? For giggles?

[quote]Jesse Watters will host Lady G; whereby Tucker refused her being on his show.

And Lady G. will return the favor by hosting Jesse in her boudoir.

Christ, Jesse Watters looks like hell these days.

THESE DAYS?

….back in 2013.

Jesse Watters may need to stick to covering nudity week on college campuses.

So how does the alleged twitter show work? It sounds really lame.

It's weird to see so called liberals on here be anti free speech, pro-miltary, pro-war, pro intelligence agencies and against questioning the scientific establishment.