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☆ Tucker Carlson told a Fox News makeup artist she's a 'good sport' for answering his questions about what women do in the bathroom
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tucker Carlson once asked a Fox News makeup artist if women have "pillow fights" in the bathroom. Carlson told the woman she was a "good sport" for answering his questions in the leaked video. Tucker Carlson told a Fox News makeup artist she's a "good sport" for answering his bizarre questions about what women do in the bathroom. At the end of the encounter, Carlson tells her, "You are such a good sport. The strange exchange is the latest in Media Matters' series of stories revealing leaked on-set comments from Carlson.

☆ Sen. JD Vance defends Tucker Carlson over leaked 'how white men fight' text: 'He says far more controversial things publicly every single day'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tucker Carlson bemoaned that a group of Trump supporters didn't fight like "white men," per a leaked text. "By the way, I don't think that's why he was fired," the Ohio senator added. "I don't know why that would justify somebody getting fired, especially when you're talking about a private text message." "I'm highly skeptical that text message caused them to fire Tucker Carlson. "Once a week, I worry that something terrible will happen to Tucker Carlson," said Vance.

☆ Opinion | How Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson Upended the G.O.P. Foreign Policy Apparatus
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Rosie Gray | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Mr. Trump has a talent for the populist art of reflecting supporters’ instincts, feeding off them and intensifying them. Mr. DeSantis, instead of intuiting this potential, merely mirrored a position to an audience already primed to accept it. Mr. Trump, with his bloodhound’s nose for potential weakness in his competition, dismissed Mr. DeSantis as a copycat who is merely “following” him. “Whatever I want, he wants,” Mr. Trump said in March after Mr. DeSantis’s initial statement on Ukraine. Ms. Haley, Mr. Trump’s former ambassador to the U.N., who is herself running for president this cycle, also accused Mr. DeSantis of “copying” Mr. Trump.

☆ Leaked video shows Tucker Carlson jokingly quoting the infamous 'we'll do it live' outburst from Bill O'Reilly, his predecessor that was also pushed out of Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A leaked video shows Tucker Carlson laughing and shouting an infamous Bill O'Reilly quote. The clip of O'Reilly having an outburst in an "Inside Edition" outtake went viral in 2008. Leaked video shows former Fox News host Tucker Carlson quoting an infamous behind-the-scenes outburst by Bill O'Reilly, another former host for the network who held Carlson's old time slot and was also pushed out. The video, obtained by the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters, shows Carlson on the set of "Tucker Carlson Today," his show that streamed online at Fox Nation. The phrase became well known in 2008 when an outtake from O'Reilly's time at "Inside Edition" in the early 1990s surfaced online and went viral.

☆ Text shows Tucker Carlson describing how a 'group of Trump guys' jumped an 'Antifa kid,' saying, 'It's not how white men fight'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A text shows Tucker Carlson describing a video of a "group of Trump guys" jumping an "Antifa kid." In the leaked text, obtained by The New York Times, he said, "It's not how white men fight." A leaked text message from the settled Dominion defamation lawsuit shows Tucker Carlson describing a video of the violent assault of an "Antifa kid" being jumped by a "group of Trump guys," with the former Fox News superstar saying that "it's not how white men fight." According to the Times, Carlson sent the text to one of his producers the day after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. It's not how white men fight.

☆ Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Tucker Carlson won concessions from Kevin McCarthy in a deal that made him House speaker, per his texts. McCarthy needed 218 votes to win his bid to become House speaker, giving him a small margin of error. The result was 14 rounds of votes that failed to produce a House speaker, making it the most contested speaker election in more than 150 years. Grossberg discussed some of the conversations between her and Carlson regarding McCarthy's House Speaker election in an interview with CNN on Tuesday night. On January 7, the House held its 15th vote for House Speaker.

☆ Tucker Carlson’s racist text message shouldn’t be surprising: Analysis
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Tucker Carlson sent a racist text message that “set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox” and ultimately led to his firing, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The toxic stream of hate that flowed each night from “Tucker Carlson Tonight” made the program anathema to advertisers, with blue chip companies boycotting the show. On Tuesday, after The Times reported on Carlson’s racist text message, ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt said, “What’s not news is the fact that Tucker Carlson is a white nationalist. Neff’s termination came after CNN reported that he had been secretly posting racist and sexist remarks in an online forum. A spokesperson for Fox declined to comment on the January 2021 text message.

☆ Tucker Carlson once described his desire to see a 'mob' of white men 'hurt' a kid — 'I could taste it,' disturbing text shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson once sent a text saying he wanted a group of white men to kill an "Antifa kid." Carlson texted a producer about the moment he felt blood lust seeing a "kid" being hurt. In the text — sent on January 7, 2021, one day after the Capitol riot — Carlson said that he found himself "rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they'd hit him harder, kill him." The text message was included — but redacted — as evidence in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The Times obtained the redacted Carlson text message from several unnamed sources who were granted anonymity to share the message.

☆ Fact Check-Purported clip of NYC ‘parade’ for Tucker Carlson’s Fox News exit is almost two years-old
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

It is not related to Tucker Carlson exiting Fox News, as claimed on social media. “NYC is going nuts over Tucker Carlson news,” reads a superimposed text in the circulating clip, which appears to have originated on TikTok. It is also viewable on Facebook (here)Reuters reported on April 24 that former Fox News star Tucker Carlson had left the network, days after Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit in which Carlson had a key role (here). The TikTok user, whose handle is visible in the video “@tiktalkingschmidt" posted the content with the Carlson caption on April 24. This video predates Tucker Carlson’s exit of Fox.

☆ The 7 theories for why Tucker Carlson got fired from Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Tucker Carlson was axed by Fox News Monday, days after it settled Dominion's defamation lawsuit. Here are seven theories for why Fox News decided to part ways with Carlson. Since then, media industry insiders have been buzzing with different theories for why Carlson was pushed out. The C-wordWithin the Dominion lawsuit, there emerged a pattern of vulgar language spewed by Carlson throughout his time at Fox News. Rupert Murdoch (right) and Lachlan Murdoch at the US Open in 2018.

☆ Tucker Carlson re-emerges, targets US media and political system
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Dan Whitcomb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Carlson in the videotaped statement did not directly address his departure from Fox, where he hosted the highest-rated cable news program in the key age demographic on the most-watched U.S. cable news network. Instead, he took aim at American media and the U.S. political system. "Both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it," Carlson said. Carlson and Fox parted ways less than a week after parent company Fox Corp (FOXA.O) settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit in which Carlson played a starring role. Fox fired Grossberg, saying her legal claims were "riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees."

☆ Tucker Carlson Speaks Out in Twitter Video Two Days After His Ouster From Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Steven Russolillo | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Getty ImagesFormer Fox News host Tucker Carlson spoke out Wednesday night, posting a video on Twitter where he criticized the level of debate on television shows and said there are few places where truth is told. “Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left. And that’s enough,” he said in a two-minute video. “As long as you can hear the words, there is hope.”

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated CNN headline on Tucker Carlson’s exit from Fox News shared online
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

(Advisory: Please note that this article contains sensitive content)An image purporting to show a headline published by CNN reporting that former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson committed suicide following his exit from the network is fabricated. CNN confirmed to Reuters that the article was fake. Carlson left Fox News on April 24, days after parent company Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million (here). In the fabricated posts, the CNN masthead can be viewed across the top of the screenshot, with a headline that reads: “Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson has died from suicide.” An example of the screenshot can be viewed (archive.is/wip/2cOrO). CNN did not publish this article about Tucker Carlson.

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene says that 'everyone I've talked to' is boycotting Fox and deleting its app after Tucker Carlson's ousting
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene said "everyone" she talks to is shunning Fox News after Tucker Carlson's exit. They have deleted Fox News on their phones and canceled their Fox Nation subscriptions, she said. Fox Corporation stock fell as much as 5% on Monday after Carlson's shock departure was announced. Fox News said on Monday that the network and Carlson, who was their top-rated host, had "agreed to part ways." "That's what they think they're doing to Tucker Carlson.

☆ Former Fox producer who sued Tucker Carlson alleging a 'sexist' work environment just 1 month before he was ousted has 'mixed feelings' about his departure
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A former Fox producer suing Tucker Carlson said his Monday ouster left her with "mixed feelings." Abby Grossberg spoke to MSNBC this week about her ongoing lawsuits against Carlson and Fox. A former Fox News producer who is suing Tucker Carlson and other company executives for running a "sexist" work environment said Carlson's shocking ouster on Monday felt like the deliverance of "partial" justice. So, when she learned that Carlson had been ousted on Monday morning, Grossberg said she was left with "mixed emotions." Grossberg has also alleged that Fox News attorneys coerced her into making false statements in a deposition for the since-settled Dominion lawsuit.

☆ Tucker Carlson's history of alleged workplace sexism stretches back to 2015, long before Abby Grossberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Possible rationales include Murdoch's contempt for Carlson's religiosity and Carlson's insistence on hewing to conspiracy theories about the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Internal correspondence unearthed in a defamation lawsuit against Fox News showed Carlson used sexist expletives to refer to a female Fox executive and a guest. The company last week agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. Carlson was one of many Fox News hosts who promoted false election conspiracies, the subject of the defamation suit, on their shows. Fox News is still facing a similar defamation suit from another voting machine manufacturer.

CNN —Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said. Grossberg attorney Gerry Filippatos told CNN on Wednesday that he has given a spreadsheet to the special counsel’s team, detailing the nearly 90 audiotapes in Grossberg’s possession. “We’re in the process of negotiating a targeted subpoena for Abby’s electronic data, so they can have what they want,” Filippatos said. Federal investigators initially reached out several weeks ago, after some of the tapes were aired by news outlets, Filippatos said. Fox vehemently denies these allegations and has said her lawsuits are “riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees.”A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment.

☆ CNN's Oliver Darcy says he requested $1,000 on Venmo from Tucker Carlson, who he says made a bet that Darcy would lose his job
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

CNN journalist Oliver Darcy tweeted that Carlson had allegedly lost a $1,000 bet between them. Carlson called Darcy to say the CNN reporter would lose his job at the cable network, Darcy said. Oliver Darcy claimed on Tuesday that Tucker Carlson called him last year, betting $1,000 that the CNN reporter would meet a similar fate to the one he had met on Monday. "He vowed to Venmo me $1,000 if I still was employed by CNN a year later. Following over a decade at Fox News, Carlson was let go by the network 10 minutes before it released a statement.

☆ Tucker Carlson enraged Fox News by calling an exec the c-word and feuding with its PR department before his ousting, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tucker Carlson feuded with Fox News executives before he was ousted, the Wall Street Journal reported. This included calling one senior executive the c-word, sources told the Journal. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson infuriated network executives before his ousting on Monday, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, precipitating his exit. Fox News announced on Monday that Carlson had been dropped from the network, where he was its most-watched prime-time host. And he complained to Fox executives about press coverage, according to the Journal.

☆ Insiders say Tucker Carlson overplayed his hand at Fox but the 'whole universe' of right-wing media is courting him now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

the Fox insider said. Lachlan Murdoch had defended Carlson time and again, most publicly in April 2021, pushing back against Anti-Defamation League complaints of the anchor's "great replacement theory" comments. Lachlan Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch. A second Fox News insider, who is familiar with conversations happening in Australia, said Lachlan Murdoch was looking long term. The board has also put pressure on the Murdoch family to change things at Fox News.

☆ Tucker Carlson found out Fox News ouster while he and his staff were preparing Monday's show: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Lauren Steussy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tucker Carlson was abruptly dropped by Fox News on Monday. Carlson's staff was prepping for the day's show, fellow former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said. After a decade-plus career at the network, Tucker Carlson was let go just 10 minutes before Fox News released a statement announcing his departure, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The producers of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" were still planning the evening's broadcast, fellow former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said Monday on his show "No Spin News." "They were in the middle of that," O'Reilly said of the planning, and, "boom: Tucker Carlson is history at the Fox News Channel.

☆ Lawyers plan to depose Tucker Carlson about 'sexist' workplace later this year amid reports he was ousted from Fox News over misogynistic messages
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Grossberg's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court against Fox News in March, also names both Carlson and one of his top producers, Justin Wells, as defendants. Their removal from Fox News, however, doesn't mean they can escape scrutiny in the lawsuit, Grossberg's lawyer Tanvir Rahman told Insider. Grossberg's lawsuit was one factor in the decision to fire him, according to the Los Angeles Times. Grossberg's lawsuit alleges she experienced a hostile environment while working as a producer for shows hosted by Carlson and Maria Bartiromo. Fox executives derided Bartiromo with sexist terms, calling her "menopausal," "hysterical," a "diva," and a "crazy bitch," Grossberg's lawsuit claims.

☆ Ex-Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Megyn Kelly are trashing its decision to cut Tucker Carlson: 'A suicidal move'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ex-Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Megyn Kelly trashed the network over Tucker Carlson's ousting. "To me, this is a suicidal move for Fox," Beck said after Fox News cut ties with Carlson. Kelly said, "This is a terrible move by Fox, and it's a great thing for Tucker Carlson." Ex-Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Megyn Kelly trashed the network for suddenly cutting ties with its primetime star Tucker Carlson, slamming it as a "suicidal" and "terrible" move. "This is a terrible move by Fox, and it's a great thing for Tucker Carlson," Kelly said on Monday's episode of her SiriusXM program "The Megyn Kelly Show."

Carlson, the highest-rated single host at Fox News, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The decision to part ways with Carlson was made Friday evening by Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott, a person familiar with the matter said. During his time as a prime time host on Fox News, Carlson ascended to become one of the most influential figures inside the GOP. In a text on Nov. 5, 2020 — two days after the 2020 election — Carlson wrote his producer Alex Pfeiffer: “We worked really hard to build what we have. Last month, she sued Fox News, Carlson, his executive producer Justin Wells and other figures, as well as Fox’s parent corporation.

☆ What’s Next for Tucker Carlson? Former Anchors Chart a Possible Course
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tucker Carlson is joining a long list of nightly news hosts who once commanded huge audiences before quick departures from their networks. 71 in Apple’s top podcast charts for news shows in the United States, according to Chartable, a podcast insights company. The site had 1.2 million visits last month, according to SimilarWeb, a web traffic monitoring company. That included The Blaze, a news and video website that had 12 million visits last month, according to SimilarWeb. 13 in Apple’s top podcast charts for news shows in the United States, according to Chartable.

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