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Fox News on the go On Monday, he announced that Tucker Carlson, by many measures America’s most-watched cable news star, is leaving. A reason was not immediately given.
“Mr. Carlson’s last show was Friday, April 21,” a statement read. “Fox News Tonight will air live at 8:00 PM / ET beginning this evening as an interim lead-in show by rotating FOX News personalities until a new host is named.”
The shocking announcement ends Carlson’s meteoric rise at Fox News, where his brand of xenophobia, white grievance and hatred transformed Carlson into a singular force on the conservative news network and its main anchor. Tucker Carlson Tonight has also been tagged as a more racist show in cable news history.
The bombshell comes days after Dominion Voting Systems reached an eleventh-hour settlement with Fox News, avoiding what was almost certain to be a hard-hitting trial featuring testimony from Fox News anchors and top executives. In the months leading up to the deal, several documents revealed that Fox News on-air talent had privately questioned Donald Trump’s election conspiracy theories. One included damaging text messages from Carlson in which he admitted to hating the former president “passionately.”
Here was the end of what turned out to be Tucker Carlson’s last Fox News show last Friday. Certainly no indication that he wasn’t expected to be on the air tonight. In fact, Tucker’s last words are, “We’ll be back Monday.” pic.twitter.com/F9R5MpWHDK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 24, 2023
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