FOX News parts ways with notorious Trump supporter Tucker Carlson 

Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson. Photo: Fox News

FOX News Media announced Monday that it has parted way with Tucker Carlson, who is the popular anchor of “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”

Carlson is a right-wing extremist who hosted the network’s highly rated 8pm hour. He is a diehard supporter of former President, Donald Trump.

According to CNN, Just prior to the network’s announcement, Fox had been promoting on its air a Monday night interview by Carlson with GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. And on Carlson’s Friday show, he concluded the program saying “we’ll be back on Monday.”

FOX News Media, in a statement on Monday said it had agreed to part ways with Carlson.

“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” a FOX News Media spokesperson said in a statement.

An interim program, “Fox News Tonight,” will air at 8 p.m. ET until a permanent replacement for Carlson is named. “Fox News Tonight” will be hosted by a rotation of various Fox News personalities.

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The last edition of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” aired on Friday, April 21. The show began airing in 2016.

The announcement came one week after Fox News settled a monster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over the network’s dissemination of election lies.

The CNN reports that Carlson was a top promoter of conspiracy theories and radical rhetoric at the network. Not only did he repeatedly sow doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, but he also promoted conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccines and elevated white nationalist talking points.

Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, praised Fox News’ decision, saying it is “about time” and that “for far too long, Tucker Carlson has used his primetime show to spew antisemitic, racist, xenophobic and anti-LGBTQ hate to millions.”

Before the launch of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Carlson was co-host of “FOX & Friends Weekend” from 2012 through 2016.

Carlson previously served as an MSNBC host from 2005-2008 and also appeared on CNN earlier in his career. He founded The Daily Caller in 2010, but sold his stake in the political news website in 2020.

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