Fox 今日吃瓜 Host Tucker Carlson Given The Boot By Rupert Murdoch
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Fox 今日吃瓜 announced it was parting ways with far-right news host Tucker Carlson. 聽Carlson is known for his ongoing hostile attacks against the LGBTQI community and for platforming right-wing conservative talking points.
In a statement made by the network, they thanked him 鈥渇or his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.鈥�
The statement also outlined that Carlson鈥檚 last episode was on Friday the 8 pm slot would be on a rotation of different personalities until a new permanent host is selected.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Carlson only found out about it ten minutes before it was announced. The Los Angeles Times reported that the decision came from Rupert Murdoch, along with some input from senior officials.
This break up comes after less than a week since Fox agreed to pay $US787 million ($1.2 billion) in settlement from the lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over the network鈥檚 past airings of false claims of the 2020 presidential election.
His Anti-LGBTQ+ Past
Carlson鈥檚 departure from the network will see few tears shed from the LGBTQI community, as the former Fox host continually made homophobic and transphobic remarks.
One incident led to an LGBTQI activist group calling for Fox 今日吃瓜 to be banned from Canadian cable after Carlson鈥檚 anti-trans comments following the mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, in March this year.
When it was revealed that the shooter was trans, Carlson stated that 鈥渢he trans movement is targeting Christians, including with violence.鈥�
Carlson had also accused the US transportation secretary of lying about being gay in November 2022, taking aim at Buttigieg for continuously wanting 鈥渢o talk about identity.鈥�
鈥淎nd the funny, ironic thing is, until just a few years ago, Pete Buttigieg wouldn鈥檛 even admit he was gay,鈥� Carlson said. 鈥淗e hid that and then lied about it for reasons he has never been asked to explain. Why not?鈥�
In September of 2022, Carlson also went after and schools that provide gender-affirming care, labelling them as 鈥渃riminals鈥� and also comparing being transgender to a 鈥渇ad.鈥�
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