# Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119 "2023-04-24T16:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/1 "2023-04-24T16:08:06Z")
Not sure which forum this goes in, but I figure Politics is as good as any. Carlson’s last day was Friday, so no two weeks’ notice. Somehow I doubt the parting was a completely mutual agreement. > **[Tucker Carlson and Fox News part ways](https://www.nbcnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-leaving-fox-news-rcna81146)** > > The stunning announcement came days after the network settled a high-stakes defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/2 "2023-04-24T16:11:46Z")
There’s a fine line between, “quits,” and, “gets shit-canned.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/3 "2023-04-24T16:14:43Z")
I wonder where he will come up for air. Assuming he breathes air, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/4 "2023-04-24T16:15:08Z")
Did they fire him? I bet they fired him and more is happening then has been revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/5 "2023-04-24T16:15:19Z")
I bet his golden parachute could support an elephant. Think NewsMax will snap him up or he’ll start a podcast?? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/6 "2023-04-24T16:16:55Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Think NewsMax will snap him up or he’ll start a podcast?? As I posted in another thread, I think he’ll surface in Trump’s orbit. Fleecing the self-selected MAGA rubes is too tempting to pass up. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/7 "2023-04-24T16:17:36Z")
I wonder if he’ll run for president. His name has been floated as a candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/8 "2023-04-24T16:18:53Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I wonder if he’ll run for president. His name has been floated as a candidate Possible VP candidate for Trump? ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/9 "2023-04-24T16:21:57Z")
I think “quit” is very inaccurate (no dig on the OP). Although it’s early in reporting this seems more like _“As an employee of Fox News you were leading the charge in encouraging these accusations that just cost us 3/4 of a BILLION dollars. Ownership or senior management will not be held accountable but you… well, bye!”_ I also really doubt an OAN or NewsMax would take the risk of hiring him. Fox can absorb a $700+M settlement. The reasons they’d want him are the same reasons that could bankrupt OAN or NewsMax. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/10 "2023-04-24T16:22:19Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Possible VP candidate for Trump? I thought Trump would choose that crazy lady in Congress. No, not Lauren B., the Marjorie one. I think she is on the outs, though, so maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/11 "2023-04-24T16:22:42Z")
If he does glom onto the Trump entourage, he should expect to eventually be punished in some humiliating way for saying he hates him. Psychopaths don’t ever forgive or forget. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/12 "2023-04-24T16:22:48Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > I also really doubt an OAN or NewsMax would take the risk of hiring him. Fox can absorb a $700+M settlement. The reasons they’d want him are the same reasons that could bankrupt OAN or NewsMax. I think they will hire him. Either that, or he’ll launch an online channel. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/13 "2023-04-24T16:23:57Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Possible VP candidate for Trump? Tucker was outed as someone who privately loathes Donald, I can’t imagine that snowflake allowing any but a True Believer as a running mate. If I had to bet now, I’d put a nickel on Kari Lake. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/14 "2023-04-24T16:24:50Z")
He has been sighted heading back to his old bridge, where he will resume his former career of menacing billygoats. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/15 "2023-04-24T16:25:21Z")
Wonderful news. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/16 "2023-04-24T16:27:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Tucker was outed as someone who privately loathes Donald, I can’t imagine that snowflake allowing any but a True Believer as a running mate. If I had to bet now, I’d put a nickel on Kari Lake. Yeah, I do think Kari Lake is a likely candidate. Maybe Lauren B? Marjorie? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/17 "2023-04-24T16:27:13Z")
So who’s the next guy they’ll push to be the headliner? O’Reilly’s gone. Beck’s gone. Ingraham. Who’s next in the barrel? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/18 "2023-04-24T16:30:30Z")
Gosh, do you think Fox News finally came to their senses, realizing Trump is too much of a liability to endorse, and will no longer promote him? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/19 "2023-04-24T16:32:15Z")
And Don Lemon thread over here: > [@Don Lemon out at CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/2): > > Tucker Carlson thread here: We’ll keep the two separate. We’ll keep the two separate. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/20 "2023-04-24T16:32:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think they will hire him. Either that, or he’ll launch an online channel. I suspect part of his severance agreement (whether he quit or Fox News pushed him out) includes a non-compete clause with a big fat penalty if he jumps to a competitor. And if he has to wait, say, six months to go back on the air, will anyone want him by then,. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119.md?page=2)