Fox News Nabs Historic Cable Ratings Victory

[Gym Rat]

Battle of the fake-news loving morons, where brains are missing, on both sides...

[LurkerNoMore]

BYE TUCKER!!!!   Lies have consequences.   

Another casualty of Trumpy and his Big Lie support.  Sending tots and pears.  Maybe Trumpy will pick him as his running mate for 2024     What a blow to MTG and Kari Fake that would be.

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Right wing primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News immediately, the cable network announced Monday. The announcement came days after Fox News’ parent company settled Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million.
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https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=tucker+leaves+fox&fr=yfp-t&fr2=p%3Afp%2Cm%3Asb&ei=UTF-8&fp=1

[Gruntled]

This is interesting
I thought a few heads might roll after the settlement but I thought it would be Bartiromo or Pirro.
I wonder if this was mutual or maybe Tucker got a better offer from the Kremlin?

[LurkerNoMore]

Bartiromo will be next, or 3rd by the latest.

[Princess L]

BYE Lemon!!!!   Lies have consequences.   

[Gruntled]

probably considering an offer from CNN right now

I think he was at CNN before he went to Fox

It's possible that he was just putting on an act all these years at Fox so maybe he'll just reinvent himself again somewhere else

[Primemuscle]

probably considering an offer from CNN right now

Well, if he moved to CNN he would have to about face his entire schtick from right to left. Should not be a problem... lol! 

[Primemuscle]

By Lemon - sexism has consequences.

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Gee, golly, gosh, is Lemon past his prime? How ironic is that? I hear Fox has an opening, is it okay to be a sexist and an ageist on FOX? Maybe Lemon could fill the 'token' gay newscaster slot, formerly held by Shepard Smith (1996-2019). It would be quite big shift from left to right. 

Fox News' election lies vs. sexism from CNN's Don Lemon. The difference? Accountability.
Lemon's comment about Nikki Haley on CNN was as insulting as it was ludicrous. But he at least had the decency to apologize, and he's now feeling the weight of accountability. Fox News ... not so much.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/02/21/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-cnn-don-lemon-sexist-comments-accountability/11307652002/

[sync pulse]

As much as I am a Liberal who dislike Carlson greatly (and from meeting him personally)...I was "released"  from a station similarly...(They led me to believe I was goimg to be promoted)...I don't wish getting fired like that on anyone...

[Primemuscle]

As much as I am a Liberal who dislike Carlson greatly (and from meeting him personally)...I was "released"  from a station similarly...(They led me to believe I was goimg to be promoted)...I don't wish getting fired like that on anyone...

That is a bummer. It is not how anyone wants to be 'promoted'. The trick is to quit before you get canned. Early on when I first started working, I had a couple of surprises like you did. Being fired is humiliating even when you deserve it, (I was chronically late to work and occasionally insubordinate).
 
As best as I know FOX has not made a statement about Tucker’s promotion out the door. I wonder if that was part of the settlement with Dominion. ‘We will settle, but you have to fire one of your highest profile personalities’.

[Grape Ape]

Carlson can easily regroup, partner with someone like O'Keefe, Crowder, etc and be very successful.

Lemon got away so much due to his race and sexual orientation, and will likely not fare as well.

[Primemuscle]

Carlson can easily regroup, partner with someone like O'Keefe, Crowder, etc and be very successful.

Lemon got away so much due to his race and sexual orientation, and will likely not fare as well.

My guess is that Tucker Carlson will seek out a position like the one he held at FOX. The problem is there aren't a lot of choices. There are fledgling conservative outlets such as Newsmax and One America News. The question is can either of them afford him? Reportedly he earned around $6 mil at FOX and has a net worth of around $30 mil.

Lemon, on the other hand, was paid around $4 mil and has a net worth of around $12 mil. He has the luxury of there being several other 'liberal leaning' news networks for him to choose from assuming they would hire him. He is not my favorite new person. He is more interested in being a personality that in reporting the news…  He has too much attitude for my taste and a lacking sense of humor and sharp wit like Rachel Maddow.

CNN has been undergoing a huge change lately. Many of the primetime positions are held by women. There is nothing wrong with this, it is just a big change from prior times.

[LurkerNoMore]

You are correct.  I never liked him either.

[Grape Ape]

My guess is that Tucker Carlson will seek out a position like the one he held at FOX. The problem is there aren't a lot of choices. There are fledgling conservative outlets such as Newsmax and One America News. The question is can either of them afford him? Reportedly he earned around $6 mil at FOX and has a net worth of around $30 mil.

Lemon, on the other hand, was paid around $4 mil and has a net worth of around $12 mil. He has the luxury of there being several other 'liberal leaning' news networks for him to choose from assuming they would hire him. He is not my favorite new person. He is more interested in being a personality that in reporting the news…  He has too much attitude for my taste and a lacking sense of humor and sharp wit like Rachel Maddow.

CNN has been undergoing a huge change lately. Many of the primetime positions are held by women. There is nothing wrong with this, it is just a big change from prior times.

Nobody with fame or who can generate interesting content needs the networks.  Look at Joe Rogan for example.  That's the new way of things.  Podcasts, Rumble, Substack, etc let people operate independently without being influence by corporate bullshit.

Whether anyone here likes Tucker or not is irrelevant.  He has millions of followers, and doesn't need an OAN or Newsmax, etc...

[Gruntled]

Given his viewership it would be funny if he tried to run for POTUS

He signed off on Friday saying he would be back on Monday so it seems likely he had no idea this was coming

No word yet if this is the face he made when he found out he was shit-canned

[AbrahamG]

Given his viewership it would be funny if he tried to run for POTUS

He signed off on Friday saying he would be back on Monday so it seems likely he had no idea this was coming

No word yet if this is the face he made when he found out he was shit-canned

If he's lurking on getbig, this is the face he made when he read oldschoolfans post about him and Sweet Don Lemon fucking each other up the ass on camera!

[LurkerNoMore]

Given his viewership it would be funny if he tried to run for POTUS

He signed off on Friday saying he would be back on Monday so it seems likely he had no idea this was coming

No word yet if this is the face he made when he found out he was shit-canned

Generally, when the words "effective immediately" are included, it means they got fired and most likely either escorted out of the building or told not to come in at all.

[Gruntled]

Looks like Tucker already has a job offer from Russian state media

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-gets-offer-russia-state-media-1796379

[Gruntled]

the current scuttlebutt is that there were text messages from Tucker disparaging Fox "upper management"
text they probably (almost certainly) would have never seen if not for the legal action that resulted in the recent settlement

[Dos Equis]

Looks like Tucker already has a job offer from Russian state media

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-gets-offer-russia-state-media-1796379

The Village Idiot just cannot stay away. 

[Dos Equis]

Really dumb move by Fox News.  Tucker should start a podcast and he will immediately start giving Ben Shapiro a run for his money. 

Fox has survived losing Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Megyn Kelly, all of whom were ratings juggernauts before leaving.  I have no idea who is on their bench who can pull 3 million viewers a night like Tucker. 

I think this might be the beginning of the end for Fox as the dominant leader in ratings. 

[AbrahamG]

Really dumb move by Fox News.  Tucker should start a podcast and he will immediately start giving Ben Shapiro a run for his money. 

Fox has survived losing Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Megyn Kelly, all of whom were ratings juggernauts before leaving.  I have no idea who is on their bench who can pull 3 million viewers a night like Tucker. 

I think this might be the beginning of the end for Fox as the dominant leader in ratings.

I think Fox will be just fine.  It might take a little while, but someone will fill the void.  Fox is bigger than any host.

[Primemuscle]

Really dumb move by Fox News.  Tucker should start a podcast and he will immediately start giving Ben Shapiro a run for his money. 

Fox has survived losing Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Megyn Kelly, all of whom were ratings juggernauts before leaving.  I have no idea who is on their bench who can pull 3 million viewers a night like Tucker. 

I think this might be the beginning of the end for Fox as the dominant leader in ratings.

I seem to remember you and I once had a discussion about Tucker Carlson a couple of years ago wherein you made it obvious that you really thought highly of him. Among other reasons because he was a 'family man' with a wife and kids.

Not sure I agree that this might be the beginning of the end for Fox. Fox is much bigger than Tucker Carlson who previously worked for CNN (2000–2005) PBS (2004–2005) MSNBC (2005–2008) and finally Fox News (2009–2023). How funny would it be if he went to work for a 'lib' network again reinventing himself as a liberal who finally saw the light. 

[Dos Equis]

I think Fox will be just fine.  It might take a little while, but someone will fill the void.  Fox is bigger than any host.

That is what history shows.  And I had the same thoughts when Megyn Kelly left.  Then Tucker replaced her and knocked it out of the park.

I’m just not convinced until I see it that they have someone on their bench who can fill that void.  They also seem to be undergoing an organizational change. 

[Dos Equis]

I seem to remember you and I once had a discussion about Tucker Carlson a couple of years ago wherein you made it obvious that you really thought highly of him. Among other reasons because he was a 'family man' with a wife and kids.

Not sure I agree that this might be the beginning of the end for Fox. Fox is much bigger than Tucker Carlson who previously worked for CNN (2000–2005) PBS (2004–2005) MSNBC (2005–2008) and finally Fox News (2009–2023). How funny would it be if he went to work for a 'lib' network again reinventing himself as a liberal who finally saw the light. 

If I talked about Tucker Carlson being a “family man,” I don’t remember.  But I do remember saying I really like him.  He was the best opinion host on Fox News and the only one who always told the truth, regardless of politics, and talked about things others were afraid to touch.  He was essentially the male version of Megyn Kelly.