It's the end for Tucker Carlson, one of America's most popular right-wing hosts, at Fox News, as the separation was confirmed, effective immediately, via a statement from Fox News Media.
Fox News Breaks Up With Tucker Carlson In Exit Surprise https://t.co/DVBhQaBBhP
— Variety (@Variety) April 24, 2023
Since the election of Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson had become increasingly embroiled in far-right conspiracies, telling his millions of viewers about fraudulent theories about the U.S. election, including leading to a lawsuit by the Dominion voting system against the Fox network.
Fox News agrees to pay $787.5 million in defamation case and acknowledges some of its on-air claims about Dominion were false. Follow live updates. https://t.co/URybRE7b4Z
— CNN (@CNN) April 18, 2023
This is certainly the first major change for the network, which was just forced to pay $787.5 million following the defamation settlement in favor of Dominion last week.
Will other hosts like Sean Hannity or Laura Ingraham, who also spread lies to their millions of loyal listeners, soon follow?