In Michael Wolff’s new book, “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty,” the author suggests that Tucker Carlson was forced out of the company because of the Dominion lawsuit.
Carlson’s departure from the new network was a major shock to the world of media, as his show nearly always pulled in a viewership of around three million people.
Shortly after the release of a New York Magazine article outlining Wolff’s argument regarding Carlson’s retirement, ex-Fox News Chairman Rupert Murdock publicly announced his resignation. (Poll: Is CNN ‘Fake News’? VOTE)
Other sources believe Carlson was sent off due to his outward expression of Christian values, of which one source said, “This information terrifies Rupert. He dislikes all the spiritual discourse.”
Writing on Carlson and Murdoch’s relationship, Wolff said, “He liked him considerably more than he liked Sean Hannity, whom he despised.”
“But there was also a perception that the problems he caused outweighed his worth. The Fox backlash could often appear to be Tucker backlash among his offspring,” Wolff continued.
“Without him, how could you possibly reduce the Fox temperature? How about twenty percent? How about thirty percent? Perhaps more? This was a Murdoch calculation: “How much could Fox be toned down without losing its identity?”
Fox agreed to a settlement of $787.5 million with Dominion following Carlson’s departure.
Carlson gave a slight explanation of the situation in Chadwick Moore’s biography on the conservative media giant, saying, “They agreed to take me off the air, along with my show, as a condition of the Dominion settlement.”
“They were compelled to reach a resolution; Rupert was unable to testify. I believe that agreement was reached mere minutes before the trial began. I mean, I’m certain it was.”
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