Exclusive — Disarray Consumes Fox News as Murdochs Attempt to Reassert Control with Carlson, Bongino

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Exclusive — Disarray Consumes Fox News as Murdochs Attempt to Reassert Control with Carlson, Bongino Ousters

Matthew Boyle 27 Apr 2023 Washington, DC

Fox News is trying to sideline former Tucker Carlson Tonight host Tucker Carlson through the 2024 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.

Carlson’s current contract runs through December 2024, and as of now three sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News that executives at the network are trying to keep Carlson on contract and not release him until after the 2024 election. The shocking decision to cancel Carlson’s top-rated weeknight program came just days after the network shut down its top-rated weekend program with host Dan Bongino. What follows here is an insider account from people actually in the know after Breitbart News spent the past several days interviewing key players in the personnel matters at Fox News, asking what really happened. Two things are clear from speaking to people who actually know what’s happening on the inside: First, the official narrative from the network is untrue. Second, and perhaps more importantly, many of the leaks and speculation that have poured out in the past couple days since the bombshell news of Carlson’s show getting canceled was announced are also simply untrue.

Nobody would speak on the record, for a number of reasons. First off, Fox News and the broader Murdoch empire are known for their ruthlessness against anyone who speaks the truth about what is actually happening there. Network spokeswoman Irena Briganti is believed to use outlets also owned by the Murdochs like the New York Post and Wall Street Journal to plant pieces that reflect poorly on foes of News Corporation. Secondly, both Carlson and Bongino are technically still under contract by the network. Bongino’s contract runs through the end of April and Carlson’s through after the 2024 general election. Both are, sources say, trying to negotiate exit packages—and even after they formally have those agreements in place, there will be non-disparagement clauses that prevent them from ever speaking the truth about this.

In response to requests for comment on this story, Fox News spokespersons just reissued to Breitbart News the same public statements that the network issued when announcing Carlson’s and Bongino’s departures.

“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the Fox News statement on Carlson reads. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”

“We thank Dan for his contributions and wish him success in his future endeavors,” the Fox News statement on Bongino reads.

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1651659830803701760

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/27/exclusive-disarray-consumes-fox-news-as-murdochs-attempt-to-reassert-control-with-carlson-bongino-ousters/

[Free Vulcan]

The karma had been pretty instant, I don't think Carlson or Bongino need to say much.

Better to focus on the issues they've been hitting on and grow their new audiences.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

Exclusive — Disarray Consumes Fox News as Murdochs Attempt to Reassert Control with Carlson, Bongino Ousters

Matthew Boyle 27 Apr 2023 Washington, DC

Fox News is trying to sideline former Tucker Carlson Tonight host Tucker Carlson through the 2024 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.

Carlson’s current contract runs through December 2024, and as of now three sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News that executives at the network are trying to keep Carlson on contract and not release him until after the 2024 election.
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In response to requests for comment on this story, Fox News spokespersons just reissued to Breitbart News the same public statements that the network issued when announcing Carlson’s and Bongino’s departures.

“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the Fox News statement on Carlson reads. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”

“We thank Dan for his contributions and wish him success in his future endeavors,” the Fox News statement on Bongino reads.

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1651659830803701760

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/27/exclusive-disarray-consumes-fox-news-as-murdochs-attempt-to-reassert-control-with-carlson-bongino-ousters/

Does that mean they will continue to pay him???? 

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Does that mean they will continue to pay him????

Yes, and kept under contract so he can't *broadcast* from another Network..not sure if it would include a podcast sort of program...
@Kamaji

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‘Tucker’s not fired’: Megyn Kelly DISHES what she knows from an insider
April 28, 2023 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

Journalist and podcaster Megyn Kelly dropped a truth bomb on her show last week clarifying the facts surrounding Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News and pointing out to her viewers that he hadn’t actually been fired yet while explaining what was going on.

“I want to, I think, break some news for you. Tucker Carlson hasn’t actually been fired,” she announced in what appears to be a distinction without a difference in this particular case.

“He’s still an employee of the Fox News Channel. What happened was Suzanne Scott called him, she’s the CEO, on Monday morning and said he was not going to be allowed to do any more shows and that he had been kicked out of his company email, and now they’re going to have to negotiate an exit. Some reporting to me suggests that she said it’s going to be an amicable parting. Right? Isn’t it?” Kelly incredulously asked.

You could tell the independent journalist was incensed over how the whole sordid treatment of Carlson played out at Fox News.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALsDBHVhOG4&ab_channel=MegynKelly

“Completely catching Tucker off-guard. But Tucker’s not fired. That’s my information. That he still needs to negotiate the exit and that right now he’s not free to launch a podcast or a digital show or negotiate with other employers at all because he’s still under contract. They pulled his show off the air. They also fired his executive producer Justin Wells. And though he tried to find out why, they wouldn’t tell him. They refused to tell him why,” she continued.

“I mean… to me, that’s just so disheartening. He’s been at the company for years. He’d been in the primetime for seven years and saw Fox News through one of the most difficult times in its history. The immediate era post-Roger Ailes where they didn’t know left from right. They didn’t know up from down. They really didn’t have strong management leading the company and they had lost two of their biggest stars, Bill O’Reilly and me. At least at that time,” the former Fox News host noted.

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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/04/28/tuckers-not-fired-megyn-kelly-dishes-what-she-knows-from-an-insider-1354209/