Carlson told the Heritage audience that national politics has become a manichean battle between “good” and “evil.” Carlson said that people advocating for transgender rights and DEI programs want to destroy America and they could not be persuaded with facts. Carlson laced his speech with religious overtones that even Murdoch found too extreme, the source, who was briefed on Murdoch’s decision-making, said.
chair Rupert Murdoch removed Carlson over remarks Carlson made during a speech at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary gala on Friday night. So the mystery remains: Why did Fox News take its biggest star off the air?Ī new theory has emerged. According to a source, Carlson wasn’t even fired and remains on the Fox News payroll. Fox hosts sued for sexual harassment in the past were fired publicly for cause, but Carlson wasn’t. Fox had access to Carlson’s texts and emails in the Dominion lawsuit for months, and didn’t punish him for it. Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo hyped Dominion conspiracies far more than Carlson did, and yet she remains on the air. (Fox News has vowed to “vigorously defend” the company against “Grossberg’s unmeritorious legal claims.”)īut none of these potential reasons fully add up.
It was fallout from the $787.5 million Dominion settlement punishment for vulgar text messages published in Dominion court filings or a consequence of former Fox producer Abby Grossberg’s lawsuit, which alleged Carlson oversaw a hostile work environment. In this information void, multiple theories about why Fox fired Carlson circulated in the media.
“I’m not going beyond the release,” a Fox News spokeswoman texted yesterday when I asked her for comment. Twenty-four hours after Fox News ousted its highest-rated host, the network has yet to explain one of the most shocking defenestrations in cable news history.
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