Washington – Three weeks later abruptly parting ways with Fox Newscontroversial TV host Tucker Carlson said he is launching a new show on Twitter, claiming the social media platform owned by Elon Musk is one of the few platforms that supports free speech.
“There aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” he said in three minutes video Tuesday announcing his next step. “The last big thing left in the world, the only one, is Twitter, where we are now. Twitter has long served as the place where our national conversation is incubated and developed. Twitter is not a partisan place, everyone is allowed there, and we think that’s good.”
At the end of a monologue in which he told viewers that “the news you’re consuming is a lie,” Carlson said he would “bring a new version of the show that we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years” to the platform.
“We’re just grateful to be here,” he said. “Freedom of speech is the most important right you have. Without it, you have no other.”
Musk on Tuesday he tweeted“I also want to be clear that we have not signed an agreement of any kind. Tucker is subject to the same rules and rewards as all content creators.”
“I hope that many others, especially on the left, will also choose to be content creators on this platform,” added Musk.
Why did Tucker Carlson leave Fox?
Fox News Media announced On April 24, she parted ways with Carlson, a significant change for the network given that she was the channel’s most-watched anchor. The move came just days after Fox seated a defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, a case that revealed messages sent by Tucker and other Fox personalities in the wake of the 2020 election.
The New York Times later reported that message was redacted in court documents contributed to Fox’s decision break up with Carlson. In that message, the anchor texted a producer about a video showing a group of “Trump boys” attacking “an Antifa kid,” which she writes is “not how white men fight.”
Carlson and Fox News are is also facing a lawsuit by Abby Grossberg, a former producer who alleges she endured a sexist and hostile environment while working for Carlson’s show and the network. Grossberg previously worked at CBS News from 2011 to 2014 and CBS News Radio from 2005 to 2007.
Some conservative outlets were quick to court Carlson after his ouster, including One America News Network, BlazeTV and Rumble.
Carlson joined the network as a contributor in 2009 and then co-hosted “Fox and Friends Weekend” from 2012 to 2016. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” debuted in November 2016.
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