by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper:
On April 24, Fox announced it was parting ways with Tucker Carlson, its most popular cable news host. During the first quarter of 2023, his show averaged 3.251 million views making it one of the most-watched shows in the nation. Among the coveted 24-54 demographic, Tucker is at the top.
The firing came as a shock to everyone. At the end of Tucker’s show on Friday, April 21, he finished his show with, “We’ll be back Monday!” He was as blindsided by the firing as everyone else.
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Upon the news he’d be leaving Monday morning, Fox’s shares dropped, closing at 3% lower Monday evening. If they can’t come up with someone who can pull in a Tucker-size audience, this will be only the beginning of their financial decline.
So why on earth would Fox get rid of him?
A variety of rumors have been floating around regarding Tucker’s departure. Some, like his alleged plan to run for president, seem pretty far-fetched.
Maybe his firing was related to the Dominion scandal. On April 18, Fox agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Dominion for $787.5 million. Dominion (the voting machine company) alleged that Fox damaged their business reputation by accusing them of tilting the 2020 election in Biden’s favor.
However, as Megyn Kelly pointed out on her show, Tucker Carlson was one of the Fox hosts more skeptical of those claims. He repeatedly publicly asked Trump lawyer Sidney Powell to share her evidence regarding Dominion’s supposed fraud. She never did, and eventually became angry about being asked. Tucker was always public about his interactions with Sidney Powell; why would he get fired over this?
Some people think that this has to do with another lawsuit from former producer Abby Grossberg, claiming that Tucker Carlson contributed to a sexist atmosphere at Fox. However, considering that Ms. Grossberg was fired before Tucker, I think this one’s a stretch, too.
Tucker’s long history of annoying advertisers might have had something more to do with it. Disney and Papa John’s were big names that stopped advertising on his show after some comments about the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Red Lobster, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Farmers Insurance, Totes Isotoner, Graze, Sandisk, Pfizer, and many other companies pulled advertising from his show in 2018 after comments about immigrants making America poorer.
Tucker’s monologue on April 19 criticized the relationship between Big Media and Big Pharma. In fact, he opened it by saying, “Ask yourself: is any news organization you know of so corrupt that it’s willing to hurt you on behalf of its biggest advertisers?” He was obviously referencing the Covid jabs. I imagine this didn’t go over well with many of Fox’s advertisers.
Pharmaceutical companies are some of the biggest spenders on TV advertisements. It’s possible that Tucker’s monologue went too far, and they threatened to pull advertising dollars from Fox unless they got rid of him.
Politics may have played a role, too. This may have been part of a plan to derail Trump’s 2024 run, as discussed by Kim Iversen.
It’s been obvious to anyone paying attention that the Republican party has been in the throes of an identity crisis since the Tea Party, which began in response to the bailouts of big banks back in 2008 and 2009. There has been ongoing tension between establishment figures like Lindsey Graham and Paul Ryan and more independent populist types like Ron Paul and Donald Trump. Trump’s win in 2016 led to the “Never Trump” movement, of whom former Senator Paul Ryan is probably the most recognizable face.
Paul Ryan also happens to be on the board at Fox, as noted by Glenn Greenwald in his System Update. Is Tucker’s firing an attack on the populists by the establishment Never Trumpers? Who knows? But if Paul Ryan stays on the board at Fox, I think it’s fair to assume there is at least some connection.
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