Carlson fired on Murdoch’s orders, report says – as it happened
by Maanvi Singh (now) Chris Stein (earlier) from US news | The Guardian on (#6B3F7)
- LA Times says exit related to suit filed by former producer
- Network and host have agreed to part ways', statement says
As one of the top proponents of Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, Tucker Carlson loomed large over Dominion's lawsuit against Fox. But messages released before the case's settlement show Carlson apparently did not think much of Trump, or necessarily believe some of the claims he was putting on air. Here's the Guardian's Edward Helmore with a look back at what the Dominion case revealed about Carlson:
Tucker Carlson was once seen as untouchable. Now the most popular TV host on American cable news is at the center of a firestorm threatening to engulf Fox News and also anger Donald Trump, whose conspiracy theory-laden political cause he has long championed and who his audience loves.
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