Tucker Carlson Ready to Torch Fox News

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Fox was hoping/planning on keeping Tucker under contract but off the air until December 2024. It seems that Tucker has other plan.

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https://politicalwire.com/2023/05/07/tucker-carlson-ready-to-torch-fox-news/

“Tucker Carlson is preparing to unleash allies to attack Fox News in an effort to bully the network into letting him work for — or start — a right-wing rival,” Axios reports.

Said Bryan Freedman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer Carlson retained for the contract dispute: “The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous.”

“Axios has learned Carlson is busy plotting a media empire of his own. But he needs Fox to let him out of his contract, which expires in January 2025 — after the presidential election. We’re told Carlson has been contacted by outlets — including the right-wing Rumble and Newsmax — that offered to pay him more than his Fox contract.”

[tinrobot]

1. Burn it all down, Tuck

Just be careful you don't burn yourself in the process.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Well, Fox has certainly burned his ass.

[Blue Owl]

3. Let me pour a little more gas on it first

Then watch that fucker disintegrate....

[underpants]

4. Megyn Kelly need's attention

In a sign of what could be coming, Megyn Kelly hit her former employer for its post-Carlson ratings by tweeting a reference to conservative attacks on Bud Light: "My audience is calling them #Foxweiser."

[Johonny]

5. He's going to learn Murdoch has run a schandal

rag his whole life. He's more than willing to release the hounds on Tucker and Tucker has obviously not covered his tracks at all. The idea Rupert is scared of Tucker is minimum.

[LenaBaby61]

6. Both are racist dirt bags--Tuckums & Old Man Murdoch, but I got Murdoch for the win ....

IF he cares enough. Sure, tuckums is an elitist, sexist, rich, racist, reich-winged, privileged prick.

But Old Man Murdoch's got much deeper pockets, has a dossier on tuckums ready to go, can run stories--true and not true--on him in the rags he owns, and he can go all day and night & burn tuckums house down to the ground.

Either way, I'm here for it

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. This could be EPIC.

[Jarqui]

8. Tucker, for the first time in his life, might actually do some good here ..nt

[taxi]

9. A most unlikely outcome - one that he would consider an unintended consequence

Don't tell Carlson though. Let him enjoy his walk into the rip tide that will take him away.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Tucker Carlson is secretly planning a WAR with Fox News that could tear both sides apart.

This could be fun to watch

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But now, Axios reports that right-wing propaganda networks Rumble and Newsmax have offered him more than $20M.

Will this result in a win for Tucker, Murdoch or their mutual destruction?

More updates below as they come. 👇🧵

[ZonkerHarris]

11. Tucker cant bully anyone without his TV pulpit so good luck with that

The Murdochs don't care what he tries to bully them into doing

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. This makes me smile

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