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https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-contributors-stephen-hayes-and-jonah-goldberg-quit-over-tucker-carlsons-jan-6-false-flag-special?ref=homeTwo Fox Contributors Quit Over Tucker Carlsons Jan. 6 False Flag Special
VIEWERS WILL BE GRATEFUL
Justin Baragona
Media Reporter
Published Nov. 21, 2021 6:46PM ET
Janos Kummer/Getty
Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, Fox News contributors since 2009, have resigned from the network in protest over Fox News star Tucker Carlsons recent Patriot Purge docu-series. The special, which is currently airing on Foxs online streaming service Fox Nation, pushes a range of conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, including the baseless claim that the deadly riot was a false flag orchestrated by the federal government.
Revealing their departures to The New York Times Ben Smith on Sunday, the now ex-contributorswho founded the center-right Never Trump publication The Dispatch in 2019called Carlsons documentary truly dangerous and factually inaccurate. Whether its Patriot Purge or anti-vax stuff, I dont want it in my name, and I want to call it out and criticize it, Goldberg said. I dont want to feel like I am betraying a trust that I had by being a Fox News contributor.
The pairs views in recent years, however, have fallen by the wayside of the Republican mainstream. As a result, they have been unwelcome on the networks primetime opinion shows while being seen only occasionally on Foxs so-called straight news programs like Special Report and Fox News Sunday. Goldberg also said he had some hope that Fox News would right the ship after Donald Trumps 2020 election defeat but that Patriot Purge was a sign that people have made peace with this direction of things, and there is no plan, at least, that anyone made me aware of for a course correction.
Carlson, for his part, celebrated Hayes and Goldberg leaving after 12 years, saying it was great news and that the networks viewers will be grateful.
Revealing their departures to The New York Times Ben Smith on Sunday, the now ex-contributorswho founded the center-right Never Trump publication The Dispatch in 2019called Carlsons documentary truly dangerous and factually inaccurate. Whether its Patriot Purge or anti-vax stuff, I dont want it in my name, and I want to call it out and criticize it, Goldberg said. I dont want to feel like I am betraying a trust that I had by being a Fox News contributor.
The pairs views in recent years, however, have fallen by the wayside of the Republican mainstream. As a result, they have been unwelcome on the networks primetime opinion shows while being seen only occasionally on Foxs so-called straight news programs like Special Report and Fox News Sunday. Goldberg also said he had some hope that Fox News would right the ship after Donald Trumps 2020 election defeat but that Patriot Purge was a sign that people have made peace with this direction of things, and there is no plan, at least, that anyone made me aware of for a course correction.
Carlson, for his part, celebrated Hayes and Goldberg leaving after 12 years, saying it was great news and that the networks viewers will be grateful.
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Two Fox Contributors Quit Over Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 'False Flag' Special (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2021
OP
These idiots have used the term "false flag" so much that it's lost all meaning.
Initech
Nov 2021
#4
Maru Kitteh
(28,333 posts)1. I'm sure insurrection fans will celebrate the departure of any Goldberg
Slimy pukes.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,393 posts)2. Today's Republican Voter
Do most people want it? If so, I'm against it.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(555 posts)6. Whatever it is...
I'm against it!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,837 posts)3. Like Trump Carlson gets a feeling of power by stirring up shit.
Initech
(100,054 posts)4. These idiots have used the term "false flag" so much that it's lost all meaning.
Of course they'd paint it that way, they don't have anything else to compare it to. That's what happens when you lack logical thinking skills.
70sEraVet
(3,479 posts)5. I want to see Fox News lose ADVERTISERS!