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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2023 16:48:41 GMT
Fox News Media and controversial host Tucker Carlson have "agreed to part ways", the media company has said.
The announcement comes less than a week after parent company Fox Corp agreed to pay $787.5m (£632m) to Dominion Voting Systems to avert a defamation trial.
Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, the network said on Monday.
“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” the network said in a statement.
Carlson’s last show was Friday, the network said.
Fox said it would air a new program called “Fox News Tonight” at 8 p.m. starting Monday evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.
Carlson was Fox’s top-rated prime-time host, netting an average of more than 3 million viewers per night, the most of any pundit on cable television.
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2023 18:47:44 GMT
Two big names in cable news are out at their networks, after Fox News announced they were parting ways with Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon saying he has been fired from CNN. Vanity Fair columnist and former CNN anchor Brian Stelter discusses the changes.
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2023 20:34:44 GMT
Fox News announced Monday that anchor Tucker Carlson is leaving the network, with his last show having aired on Friday. Shortly afterward, "CNN This Morning" anchor Don Lemon said he had been fired by CNN, with the network confirming they had parted ways. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns discusses the cable news shake-up and other top stories from Washington, D.C.
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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2023 0:42:09 GMT
Fox News abruptly announced Monday that its top-rated primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network. The move comes less than a week after Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems over accusations that its hosts, including Carlson, aired false claims about the 2020 presidential election. Geoff Bennett discussed Fox's decision with Brian Stelter.
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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2023 2:57:47 GMT
CNN said Monday that longtime anchor Don Lemon is out at the cable news network — a move that Lemon characterized as a firing. The news comes weeks after Lemon apologized for comments he made on-air about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
"I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned," Lemon wrote on social media Monday. "After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly."
About half an hour later, CNN's communications Twitter account called Lemon's statement "inaccurate": "He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter."
Earlier, the account shared a memo to staff from CNN chair Chris Licht confirming that the network had "parted ways" with Lemon: "Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors."
Lemon had appeared Monday on "CNN This Morning." In his social media statement, he said he was never "given any indication" that the alleged dismissal was coming, and that it was "clear that there are some larger issues at play."
Lemon, one of CNN's most recognizable personalities, faced widespread criticism in February for comments about 51-year-old Haley's age. While discussing politicians' ages with co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, he said Haley wasn't "in her prime." He went on to say that a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s, 30s and maybe her 40s.
“Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what the facts are,” Lemon said after Harlow challenged his statement and asked for clarification.
He issued a statement the same day saying he regretted his “inartful and irrelevant” comments and was absent from the show for three days. He returned the next week and posted an apology on Twitter: "To my network, my colleagues and our incredible audience — I'm sorry,” he tweeted. “I've heard you, I'm learning from you, and I'm committed to doing better.”
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