Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host, has long been criticized for promoting racist and anti-immigrant ideas. However, it was not these issues that led to his departure from the network. Instead, a series of controversies surrounding Carlson’s behavior on and off the air had begun to irritate Fox News executives, and the network announced his departure abruptly yesterday.
Fox News leaders and contributors had complained and some had quit over Carlson’s misleading coverage of the Jan. 6 attacks, in which he portrayed rioters as “mostly peaceful” bystanders. His coverage of 2020 election conspiracy theories was part of Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox, which the network settled last week. Carlson had also privately criticized Fox executives, claiming that they had damaged the network’s credibility by allowing it to declare President Biden’s election victory, as reported by The Washington Post.
In addition, a former producer recently accused Carlson of overseeing a misogynistic…
2023-04-25 05:46:04
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