“FOX News
Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways." We thank him
for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a
contributor.” - Official statement issued by an unnamed FOX News Media spokesperson
(4/24/23)
As Republican party infighting
continues unabated; as consumer prices soar and gas prices edge
higher once again; as the war in Ukraine rages on while draining
America's pocketbook; and as Biden and crew refuse to lock down our
southern border... we now find that the left has a new defacto ally in
FOX News.
Once the news
haven of we on the right, FOX News is now on the verge of committing
ratings suicide with what amounts to their firing of Tucker Carlson,
whose show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” was the top rated
FOX show. And Carlson's being let go after 14-years with FOX came
less than a week after Fox settling a defamation lawsuit...settled to
a tune of $787.5 million...with Dominion Voting Systems
(an electronic voting and hardware company) whose attorneys claimed
that some FOX News personalities, including Tucker Carlson, peddled
what Dominion considered to be false claims regarding the 2020
election being stolen...which in my personal opinion it was for in no way do I
believe that a supposed shananigans-free “basement dwelling ”Joe Biden
garnered 81+ million votes.
But even before Tucker Carlson's
unexpectedly being let go, FOX had already started losing both
credibility and viewership, and it all started when they severed its
20-year tie with Bill O'Reilly. And why...simply because a New York
Times report alleged that either O’Reilly himself or that the Fox
Corporation itself had paid $13 million to settle five cases of
“alleged” sexual and assorted other harassment charges against
O'Reilly...with
“alleged” as in
“unproven”...being the
operative word...charges that Bill O'Reilly continues to deny to this very day.
And so with O'Reilly, FOX set the tone
of being “fire happy” instead of taking their chances in
court. And if that doesn't send a message...a message that FOX's
hierarchy alone will be judge, jury, and sole purveyor of guilt or
innocence regarding any charges leveled against one of their
employees even if said charges are minus tangible proof. And FOX will
continue to do so if it helps prevent having to pay out larger sums
of monies in any such lawsuit. Remember, in the world in which FOX
operates it is, was, and always will be all about the
money...credibility and truth be damned.
And FOX seems to be stuck in a
cycle of sorts...a cycle not just about firings per se, but about public demotions as well. And that particular cycle seems to
have started with Judge Jeanine Pirro's being demoted from her highly
rated prime time show
“Justice with Judge Jeannine”...
to her being but one of
“The Five.” And while
“The
Five” was and remains
a ratings success, it is mostly a
“fluff style” news
and celebrity gossip show, a far cry from
“Justice.”
Then came Dan Bongino, a former FBI and
secret service agent, as well as a former New York City police
officer whose show, “Unfiltered,” was canceled after he
and the outlet could not come to terms on a new contract. “I
want you to know it’s not some big conspiracy,” Bongino said
on his podcast, adding that,“I promise you. There’s no
acrimony. This wasn’t some WWE brawl that happened. We just
couldn’t come to terms on an extension.”
But, no matter that negotiations went bust regarding his show
“Unfiltered,” Dan Bongino still saw his other show,
“Canceled in the USA”...which
ran on FOX Nation...also being removed from FOX's lineup, in spite of FOX's claim that Bongino may still
“occasionally” show
up as a guest on other FOX shows. And while
“Canceled in the
USA” was also ratings gold that FOX's hierarchy, for
whatever reason, still decided to cancel, leaves me to wonder just
why was Tucker Carlson..the man who was rightfully considered to be
the very face of FOX News...made the fall guy for what in reality was
FOX's own ineptitude in regards to the Dominion fallout.
Simply, in their shadow blaming
Tucker's Dominion involvement...as erroneous as it is what with
Carlson always having been vocal in his not being a fan of Donald
Trump coupled with correspondence gathered that clearly has him
stating that Trump's take on Dominion was wrong...Rupert Murdoch and
sons...with said sons probably being the ones now running the
show...have made fools of themselves for they never took into account
both Tucker Carlson's popularity and the fact that it was their
actions alone that saw within one day of Tucker's being let go both a
3.6% stock price loss...equating to a $962 million market value
loss...coupled with a major loss in viewership. And with dollars and
ratings always being the bottom line, I'm surprised that daddy
Murdoch himself was not on bended knee begging Tucker to come back
for even he has to realize that Tucker's departure is proving to be nothing but network suicide.
And with FOX now in trouble, I'm also
surprised that Tucker's coworkers have not rallied around, united
with, and stood strong behind him for even they have to know that the whims of Murdoch and sons could see them being the next to be let go...no reason or excuse needed..and that
includes Sean Hannity, Jessie Waters, Laura Ingram, Greg Guttfeld,
and my personal favorite Judge Jeanine Pirro. Also not to be
overlooked is that FOX's news anchors...Brett Bair, Neal Cavato,
etc...were quick to jump on Don Lemon's firing over at CNN but did
not say a word about their coworker and friend Tucker Carlson being
let go. Guess they were told not to open their mouths or else “they
would be next” as the old saying goes. After all, threats do
seem to work wonders when nothing else does.
And speaking of threats...veiled or
otherwise...were threats coupled with truths kept hidden the real
reason why FOX and Tucker Carlson...who relished in holding the left
to account...
“parted ways”...the very two words used by
FOX's aforementioned unnamed spokesperson? In my opinion it never was
the Dominion brouhaha for that started back in February 2021 when
Dominion first sued Fox for defamation claiming the network willfully
“spread and endorsed one of the most damaging lies in this
country's history,” with FOX counter-suing saying that the suit
was nothing but a
“political crusade” that would
negatively affect the country's
“First Amendment rights.”
And this what is but a he said/she said scenario had two years to
fester and grow all on its own with no input from Tucker Carlson
needed.
No, I remain steadfast in my belief
that Tucker Carlson was let go due to his in-depth January 6th
expose...an expose replete with his debunking of the left's narrative
about an “insurrection” that
never was, courtesy of the Capitol tapes where the truth could
clearly be seen by all.
And
with said expose FOX was privy to what was probably the
biggest news story since the "presumed to be stolen" election itself...an election I
and millions of others still believe was stolen...yet not a word
about Carlson's expose was reported on by any of the FOX news
anchors. And this is probably because Rupert Murdoch himself along with his
RINO Paul Ryan...who sits on FOX's Board of Directors...said it was a
“no go”...after
all...and again in my opinion...the entire Murdoch clan as well as
Paul Ryan...are but carelessly veiled Trump hating liberals hiding in
the not so good disguise known as FOX News.
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So what will Carlson do now, what with job offers coming in, including from Glen Beck and the Blaze; the Hill; OAN, and even from Russian State TV? Personally I think with Tucker Carlson now reaching cult status...and rightly so...that the best thing he can do is remain an independent of sorts and call his own shots. Maybe he should do what Dan Bongino did and hook up with Rumble via a podcast of his own...a podcast like Bongino's where he and he alone controls its content.
And who knows maybe they could even pool their monies together and try to buy Rush Limbaugh's old EBI radio network...the largest privately owned broadcast entity in the country today...and bring back the likes of Bill O'Reilly and other truth tellers who became victims of closet leftists too afraid to openly show who they really are.
And in closing, there's one little bit of personal advice I'd like to give to Tucker Carlson regarding whatever he chooses to do, and that is that he never use company servers to send emails and private messages again...just saying.