Fox News' decision to part ways with Tucker Carlson was made by Rupert Murdoch. Sources say it wasn't because of the $787.5-million Dominion settlement.
Advertisement, the producer who was fired by the network last month. Carlson’s senior executive producer, Justin Wells, has also been terminated, according to insiders.
In deposition testimony, the former Fox News producer said she was also coerced by company lawyers into giving misleading answers in the Dominion defamation case against the network. Fox News denied the claim and said she was terminated for disclosing privileged company information.Tucker Carlson’s last program was Friday, Fox News said. His ouster is probably related to a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former producer.
The 79-page lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, raises questions about whether Fox News has sufficiently modernized its workplace culture since co-founder Roger Ailes was forced out in 2016.
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