Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News

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Fox News Ratings Fall Off a Cliff After Tucker Carlson's Departure
https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-departure-fox-news-ratings-msnbc-1799153
Aleks Phillips (09 May 2023)

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Fox News' ratings for primetime slots among key demographics of cable television viewers have declined sharply since the departure of Tucker Carlson, with the latest figures showing rival MSNBC overtaking the conservative juggernaut.

Cable news ratings show that in the two weeks since the host was fired, figures for Carlson's former spot have dropped by around 50 percent, while the network's audience among 25- to 54-year-olds had shrunk by two thirds.

The previously successful news presenter left the network after it settled a defamation case brought against it by Dominion Voting Systems over claims by Trump allies that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, Fox News announced on April 24. In a statement, it said the two parties had "agreed to part ways" and thanked Carlson for "his service to the network."

Carlson has said little about his departure as yet. According to a report by news website Axios on Sunday, his team is "preparing for war." His lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told the outlet: "The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous."

According to viewing figures produced by Adweek, a trade publication, for the evening of May 5, Carlson's former 8 p.m. ET slot attracted an audience of 90,000, while at the same time MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes was seen by 145,000, among viewers aged 25-54.

In the other primetime slots at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on May 5, Fox News' offering was outpaced in viewership among the key demographic by MSNBC by 44,000 and 31,000 respectively.

By comparison, Carlson's final show on Friday, April 21 attracted more than 2.6 million viewers—270,000 in the 25-54 age bracket—while nearly 1.4 million watched the same slot on MSNBC. His departure was only publicly announced the following Monday.

According to Fortune magazine, his 8 p.m. ET slot averaged just over 3 million viewers across 2022, and was the second most popular program on cable TV.

Viewers aged 25-54 are seen as an important target market for advertisers, making the age group valuable to a network. Representing a wide range of ages, they are seen by marketers as tending to have higher incomes.

Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, a conservative online media outlet, commented on Twitter that Fox News was "suffering a cataclysmic primetime ratings drop following its firing of Tucker Carlson."

Fox News did still outdo its rivals in terms of its total audience when it came to the later primetime slots. While its 8 p.m. slot was seen by 1,284,000 compared to MSNBC's 1,369,000, its 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. programs that night outpaced MSNBC by more than 100,000 viewers.

A Fox News spokesperson, Jessica Ketner, told Newsweek the channel "continues as the highest-rated cable news network in primetime and total day. The network also continues to be the most-watched cable news channel at 8 p.m. ET with Fox News Tonight."

Ketner said that in primetime, between April 24 and May 5, Fox News averaged 1.7 million viewers and 153,000 among those aged 25-54, "beating CNN and MSNBC across the board. The network also outpaces them in the younger 18-49 demographic." She said Carlson's former slot was averaging 1.6 million viewers and 152,000 among 18-54s, "outpacing the competition in the hour."

Controversy has surrounded Carlson in recent months, with a text message from Carlson uncovered during Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network.

A former producer filed a lawsuit against Fox News and alleged that Carlson fostered a misogynistic workplace.
 
According to viewing figures produced by Adweek, a trade publication, for the evening of May 5, Carlson's former 8 p.m. ET slot attracted an audience of 90,000, while at the same time MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes was seen by 145,000, among viewers aged 25-54.
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Holy shit...90,000...in the prime of prime time slots?

I could do a live stream of a brake job and attract more viewers.

Good...hope it bankrupts them.
 
devil21 said:
Lil bit, yep. Why anyone still trusts that dude, or Fox News, or any other media outlet, baffles me.
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Trust?

I'm not looking to marry the guy.

For years now he has consistently, loudly, and without equivocation, been hammering home the key points of "Ron Paulism" to a growing audience.

That needs to be done.

Without Thomas Paine, there would have been no American revolution.

Yet he was a failed businessman before coming to the New World, and a bitter crank after the events of the French Revolution, where he was almost executed by the Jacobins. He ended up dying alone, broke and unsung in 1809.

But for that time, and his publication of "Common Sense" which is still one of the best selling books ever printed in the United States, in terms of relative numbers, he was just the man who was needed.

If Carlson proves untrustworthy, in this current struggle, which is a world away from the AmeriKa of 2008, then I will cease to support him.
 
Carlson does what his boss tells him to do. Not many people get leeway to do what they want. A movie star halfway thru production. Lawrence Taylor. Not many.
 
Anti Federalist said:
Trust?

I'm not looking to marry the guy.

For years now he has consistently, loudly, and without equivocation, been hammering home the key points of "Ron Paulism" to a growing audience.

That needs to be done.

Without Thomas Paine, there would have been no American revolution.

Yet he was a failed businessman before coming to the New World, and a bitter crank after the events of the French Revolution, where he was almost executed by the Jacobins. He ended up dying alone, broke and unsung in 1809.

But for that time, and his publication of "Common Sense" which is still one of the best selling books ever printed in the United States, in terms of relative numbers, he was just the man who was needed.

If Carlson proves untrustworthy, in this current struggle, which is a world away from the AmeriKa of 2008, then I will cease to support him.
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Fitting that he heads over fake conservative Musk's new (chinese super app) toy.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...r-44-billion&p=7107166&viewfull=1#post7107166

Did Elon ever publicly state he regrets and disavows his previous work with Huffington? Tony Blair? Saule Amarova? et al?
I'll wait....

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...r-44-billion&p=7106335&viewfull=1#post7106335
 
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Damn I wish I could have shorted Fox stocks right after they canned Tucker.

So, if the requirement that they get rid of Tucker was indeed part of the settlement, would Fox have any recourse if it ends up destroying their company? (not that I'd really care but it would be funny if Dominion gets countersued for damages of some sort, then again they agreed to the settlement instead of taking it to court which I think is what most folks wanted to see)
 
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devil21 said:
Fitting that he heads over fake conservative Musk's new (chinese super app) toy.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...r-44-billion&p=7107166&viewfull=1#post7107166

Did Elon ever publicly state he regrets and disavows his previous work with Huffington? Tony Blair? Saule Amarova? et al?
I'll wait....
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Again, we're too far gone to worry about who spoke to who about what 20 years ago.

What they are doing now is correct and needed.

When they cease doing that, I'll cease to support/watch/use their services.
 
acptulsa said:
AngryCanadian said:
Well Elon Musk is stepping as a CEO of Twitter, not sure if going with twitter was a good idea.
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Don't know why not. He'll still sign the CEO's paychecks.
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Looks like it could get interesting ...

Occam's Banana said:
https://twitter.com/realJustATheory/status/1656824321447440384
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https://twitter.com/lndian_Bronson/status/1656828536596967424
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NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO
Twitter owner Elon Musk said earlier he had picked a new chief executive, without naming the person
https://www.wsj.com/articles/linda-yaccarino-in-talks-new-twitter-ceo-elon-musk-7a006bb5
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EXCLUSIVE: The Monologue That Got Tucker Carlson Fired

EXCLUSIVE: The Monologue That Got Tucker Carlson Fired
On April 24th, Fox News stopped Tucker from exposing Ray Epps, Jen Psaki & AOC in this never-released opening speech

EMERALD ROBINSON
JUN 8, 2023


Note: What follows is the text of Tucker Carlson’s opening monologue for his show on April 24th, 2023. He was fired, and his show was canceled, over concerns by Fox News executives about the content of this monologue — which was never aired. Sections placed in parentheses here are, generally, directions for where producers should place video clips.

(Here’s the lead I’m envisioning. Sandy Cortes just did an interview with Jen Psaki in which she demands that authorities pull our show off the air. )

Members of Congress aren’t allowed to talk like this. The Constitution of the United States prohibits it. American citizens have an inalienable right to critique and criticize their political leaders. Our politicians are not gods. They’re instruments of the public’s will. They serve the rest of us, not the other way around. For that obvious reason, politicians can never censor our speech or try to control what we think. That unchanging fact is the basis of our founding documents, of our political system and our personal freedoms. As a former government official who claims now to be a journalist, Jen Psaki should know this, and defend America’s foundational principle. She refuses. Instead, Psaki nods along like a fan as Sandy Cortez calls for law enforcement to shut down news programming. The White House Correspondents Association and various other self-described advocates of press freedom stay silent too. Apparently they agree with Ocasio-Cortes, or they’re too afraid to say otherwise.

It’s distressing to watch this. The last thing America needs is more public figures saying radical things. What if we came on the air five nights a week and called for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes to be handcuffed and carted away because we don’t like her political views? We could certainly do that. We never would, because it would be terrible for our country. Extremism is self-perpetuating — the more you encourage, the more you get, exponentially. We don’t want that. We want to live in the United States we had a few years ago, where people who disagreed with one another were willing to debate directly, using facts and reason, and didn’t call for their opponents’ imprisonment. We’ll do whatever we can to return to that standard, including giving Sandy Cortez airtime. She is welcome on this show any time. We’ll travel to meet her anywhere, and give her the full hour. We’ll be civil and rational, and let those watching decide who’s got a more appealing vision for America’s future. We’ve asked her to come on this show many times. We’ll continue to do that.
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https://www.emerald.tv/p/exclusive-the-monologue-that-got
 
Report: Tucker Carlson Served with Cease-and-Desist Letter by Fox News

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...ved-with-cease-and-desist-letter-by-fox-news/

SIMON KENT 12 Jun 2023

A cease-and-desist letter has reportedly been sent to Tucker Carlson from his previous employer Fox News over his new Twitter show that went public last week.

Carlson’s show was dumped from their lineup before it was announced the two had parted ways, as Breitbart News reported.

The presenter is still under contract through the end of next year and Axios reports a missive has been sent to Carlson from Fox attorneys pointing out that fact.

Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney representing Carlson, affirmed on Twitter, “My friend and client Tucker Carlson will not be silenced — by the far left or by Fox News.”
 
Annd they drag him into court on this.

He refuses to stop talking and doing his show.

The civil court files an injunction, he ignores it, the court then files criminal contempt and hate speech charges and boom, he's sharing a cell with Stewart Rhodes and The Great Cheeto.

Anybody gonna do anything then?

“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? After all, you knew ahead of time that those bluecaps were out at night for no good purpose. And you could be sure ahead of time that you’d be cracking the skull of a cutthroat.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

We are living in the middle of a Marxist revolution right fucking now.

The difference between us, and the Russians, and Cambodians and Vietnamese and Chinese and Venezuelans and Rhodesians and every other victim of that alien philosophy, is that we are armed to the teeth.

We don't need pokers and pickaxes and shovels.

And god damn every one of us for gutless, feckless, ball-less poltroons, for not already having made a stand against these Marxist turds.
 
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