7/12/2023 0 Comments Around the world in 80 days font![]() President Donald Trump tweeted: “Fox News is controlled opposition.” Trump, who lost to Biden, gave an interview to Carlson earlier this month that aired on Fox News. EST starting today as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.Īfter the announcement of Carlson’s departure from Fox News, a spokesperson for former U.S. It said that “Fox News Tonight” will air live at 8 p.m. In 2021, Fox canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight” just after the longtime host was named in the SmartMatic lawsuit.Ĭarlson’s last program was April 21, the company said in the statement. The company still faces additional legal battles, including a $2.7 billion suit from voting technology company SmartMatic as well as a lawsuit from a former producer who said Fox coerced her testimony in the Dominion case.ĭominion had alleged that statements made on Carlson’s show after the 2020 election were defamatory, saying messages between the media personality and his team were proof they knew that claims Dominion’s ballot-counting machines were used to manipulate the presidential election in Biden’s favor were false. The settlement with Denver-based Dominion averted a lengthy trial that would have put Fox’s content and operations front and center. Carlson’s next move was unclear.įox shares dropped sharply on the news, and were last off 3.8% in active trading. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox News said in a statement. Carlson was expected to be a key witness in the trial centering around Fox’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been manipulated in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.Ĭarlson’s prime-time show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” had been the highest-rated cable news program in the key 25-to-54 age demographic, regularly attracting more than 3 million nightly viewers.
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