Fox News made the abrupt announcement that prime-time personality Tucker Carlson is leaving the network on Monday in a terse four-sentence statement.
FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," the network said in a statement made public by a representative. "We thank him for his service to the network both as a host and, prior to that, a contributor.
According to Fox, Carlson will stop hosting his program on Friday, April 21. A source with knowledge told NPR that Lachlan Murdoch and Suzanne Scott, the respective CEOs of Fox.
News and its parent company Fox Corp., had decided on Carlson's fate on Friday. Even so, the network continued to promote an interview between Carlson and presidential.
Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that was scheduled to air later that night even after Fox issued its statement on Monday morning. In his final words on Friday's show, Carlson wished his audience the "best weekend" and.
Informed them that he would return on Monday. He did not answer NPR's request for comment. The firing of Fox's top opinion host comes less than a week after Fox paid more than $787.
Million to settle a massive defamation lawsuit brought by an election technology company. Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit in response to videos promoting false claims that election fraud cost then-President Donald Trump the 2020 election.