From L.A. Times:
...the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch...
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Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer fired by the network last month, the sources said. Carlson’s senior executive producer Justin Wells has also been terminated...
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That has been ongoing and I don't find that the leader in the clubhouse.
Murdoch also was said to be concerned about Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents, and Carlson has called Ray Epps — a Texas man who participated in the storming of the Capitol but did not enter the building — an FBI plant, without presenting any evidence.
THAT, I do. Murdoch just AGREED to pay $787.5M for election lies. When you have a private citizen getting death threats because of MORE lies from a medium that has $3B cash on hand, that can be a problem. As the late Senator Everett Dirksen would say, "$787.5M here, $787.5M there, pretty soon you're talking real money!"
Epps was interviewed Sunday on “60 Minutes” and said he has been subjected to death threats as a result of Carlson’s statements about him. The FBI told “60 Minutes” that Epps has never worked for the agency.
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...some of the comments that Carlson had made about Fox News management in communications that turned up in the discovery process for the case may have played a role in his demise.
That was a NY Times' theory. I find that beneath incredibility. It's all about the Benjamins for Murduch.
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Carlson...has now been fired by all three cable networks, having been pushed out from his previous stints at CNN and MSNBC.😁👏😂
