Fox B次元官网网址 said Monday it has B次元官网网址渁greed to part waysB次元官网网址� with Tucker Carlson, its popular and controversial host, less than a week after over the networkB次元官网网址檚 2020 election reporting.
The network said in a press release that the last program of B次元官网网址淭ucker Carlson TonightB次元官网网址� aired Friday.
B次元官网网址淲e thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,B次元官网网址� the press release from the network said.
Carlson became FoxB次元官网网址檚 most popular personality after replacing Bill OB次元官网网址橰eilly in FoxB次元官网网址檚 prime-time lineup in 2016. HeB次元官网网址檚 also consistently drawn headline for controversial coverage, including most recently to minimize the impact of the deadly attack.
There was no immediate explanation from Fox about why Carlson was leaving. A text message to Carlson seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Fox agreed last week to pay Dominion Voting Systems more than $787 million and acknowledged that some of its reporting following the 2020 election B次元官网网址� which allowed former President Donald TrumpB次元官网网址檚 aides to amplify false charges of election fraud B次元官网网址� was incorrect.
But that reporting mostly concerned other shows, not CarlsonB次元官网网址檚. His name did come up during the case, primarily because of email and text messages that were revealed as part of the lawsuit.
Carlson and other Fox hosts were caught in private messages doubting their own networkB次元官网网址檚 in the supposed election fraud, while also being concerned that Fox was losing audience among Trump fans at the time. In some of them, Carlson saying he hated him passionately.
A few weeks ago, Carlson to an interview with Trump.
Carlson was recently named in a lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, a Fox B次元官网网址 producer fired after claiming that Fox lawyers had pressured her to give misleading testimony in the Dominion lawsuit. Grossberg had gone to work for Carlson after leaving Maria BartiromoB次元官网网址檚 Fox show.
Her lawsuit says that Grossberg learned B次元官网网址渟he had merely traded in one overtly misogynistic work environment for an even crueler one B次元官网网址� this time, one where unprofessionalism reigned supreme, and the staffB次元官网网址檚 distaste and disdain for women infiltrated almost every workday decision.B次元官网网址�
Fox has trying to bar Grossberg from disclosing confidential discussions with Fox attorneys and saying in a statement that B次元官网网址渉er allegations in connection with the Dominion case are baseless.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淔ox B次元官网网址 TonightB次元官网网址� will air in CarlsonB次元官网网址檚 8 p.m. ET prime-time slot, hosted by a rotating array of network personalities, for the time being.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
