A defamation lawsuit is revealing scornful behind-the-scenes opinions by Fox News figures about Donald Trump, including a Tucker Carlson text message declaring, “I hate him passionately.”
The documents are coming to light at a time of increased tension between Trump and Rupert Murdoch-chaired Fox, the dominant media force appealing to conservatives, as Trump campaigns to regain the US presidency.
The exchanges include Carlson’s text conversation on January 4, 2021, with an unknown person, in which the prime time host expressed anger toward Trump. In another text exchange more than a month earlier, Carlson denigrated Trump’s business abilities: Trump’s talent, he said, is to “destroy things. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong.”
Indeed, though Murdoch acknowledged talking to Trump occasionally, he said he also sought inside information from Sean Hannity, one of his network’s prime time hosts, because Hannity was the closest person at Fox to Trump.“The real danger is what he might do as president,” Murdoch wrote in an email to a friend that month. “Apparently not sleeping and bouncing off walls! Don’t know about Melania, but kids no help.
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