The star host’s departure comes just days after Fox settled a lawsuit with Dominion for $1.2 billion.
| Fox News on Monday ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the January 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and influence Republican politics.
Carlson, who worked at both CNN and MSNBC earlier in his career, ditched his bow-tie look and quickly became Fox’s most popular personality after replacing Bill O’Reilly in the network’s prime-time lineup in 2017.rang true with Fox’s predominantly conservative audience, even leading to talk about him becoming a political candidate himself one day.Shares of Fox Corp slid 4 per cent within seconds of the announcement of Carlson’s departure.
Carlson had been expected to be among the first witnesses called if Dominion’s case had gone to trial, but the two parties settled last Tuesday on the same day that opening statements were expected.Dominion had contended that some Fox programs had falsely aired allegations that the company had rigged the election against President Donald Trump, even though several Fox executives and personalities didn’t believe them.
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