# 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:** 2
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/21 "2023-04-24T16:36:44Z")
OANN and NewsMax are next on Dominon’s list, right? I doubt they’ll want to hire an expensive talent who just cost his last boss millions right now. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/22 "2023-04-24T16:36:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did they fire him? I imagine he was “encouraged to consider his opitions” a.k.a. we can do this the easy way or the hard way and the hard way will cost you… He’s already fallen and risen before so I’m sure we’ll be seeing him again. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/23 "2023-04-24T16:41:47Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > He’s already fallen and risen before so I’m sure we’ll be seeing him again Like a majestic Phoenix in a bow tie. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/24 "2023-04-24T16:44:02Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > 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. That’s a great point. I predict he writes a book and then goes on a grievance tour. ETA: it doesn’t even have to be in a severance agreement. I doubt he was an at-will employee, but instead had signed a detailed contract. And I’m certain the contract he operated under had already contemplated the terms of any dissolution. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/25 "2023-04-24T16:52:48Z")
Maybe there was something found in discovery for the Dominion case that either wasn’t made public or that Fox never handed over, and that made it impossible for Carlson to stay at Fox. And knowing working conditions at Fox, some type of sexual harassment seems like a good possibility. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/26 "2023-04-24T16:54:50Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I predict he writes a book and then goes on a grievance tour. I predict he’ll team up with Mike Lindell and start hawking a MyTesticalTanning machine. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/27 "2023-04-24T16:55:18Z")
> [@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. You’re assuming OAN and NewsMax aren’t already heading towards bankruptcy for this very reason. Lost a bit in the wake of Fox settling with Dominion for 3/4 of a billion dollars is that Dominion [still has suits pending against Dominion and Newsmax](https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026509404/dominion-sues-conservative-media-oan-newsmax-2020-election) for $1.6 billion each, along with Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell as individuals. And there’s still Smartmatic’s suits against Fox and friends, and they’re asking for $2.7 billion. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/28 "2023-04-24T16:59:45Z")
It’s sad when you have more money than God, and your idea of fun is to be a right-wing asshole. I never seek him out, but I see way too much of him, with his squeaky sing-song voice and the puzzled pee hole expression he makes when attentively listening. Pull a fucking Branson, and do something interesting with your worthless life. Prick. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/29 "2023-04-24T17:02:52Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > do something interesting with your worthless life He could open a chain of taint tanning salons. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/30 "2023-04-24T17:03:48Z")
My take is Carlson has no intention of being Trump’s running mate. He intends to be the R nominee in 2024. Here’s how I handicap this one: - Massive name recognition? Check! - Looks and sounds coherent on camera when he needs to be? Check! - Looks and sounds _in_coherent on camera when he needs to be? Check! - Huge MAGA / pwn the libs street cred? Check! - A shameless self-promoter? Check and check! - Willing to sell himself to shadowy uber-insider capitalists? Check! - Willing to stay bought, not run off-script later? Check! - Not yet an indicted ciminal? Check! - A raging totalitarian inside with a big ego outside? Check and double-check! Seems like all the things that ought to make a winning nominee in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/31 "2023-04-24T17:05:09Z")
It would be perfect if his campaign slogan fit on a bow tie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/32 "2023-04-24T17:05:50Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Dominion [still has suits pending against Dominion and Newsmax](https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026509404/dominion-sues-conservative-media-oan-newsmax-2020-election) for $1.6 billion each, My money’s on Dominion for winning that first suit. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/33 "2023-04-24T17:07:25Z")
I was going to take a break from SBMB for a bit, but seeing this on the news, I had to come back. I’m shocked. I never expected Tucker to leave or be fired from Fox. He makes them so much money, and that’s a huge platform, something not easily duplicated elsewhere. There has to be more to it than Dominion. I cannot imagine they’re pinning that on him and him alone. They whole network knew what they were doing. No, I think there’s a scandal brewing and it must be bad for them to want to get out ahead of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/34 "2023-04-24T17:08:01Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I predict he writes a book and then goes on a grievance tour. [![](https://www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-4.30.22-PM.png?resize=290%2C300) ](https://www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-4.30.22-PM.png?resize=290%2C300) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/35 "2023-04-24T17:10:50Z")
Leaving to spend more time with his ego. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/36 "2023-04-24T17:10:51Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It would be perfect if his campaign slogan fit on a bow tie. “Why Knot the Best?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/37 "2023-04-24T17:15:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > He has been sighted heading back to his old bridge, where he will resume his former career of menacing billygoats. Or to his [fishing boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolling_(fishing)). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/38 "2023-04-24T17:17:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think they will hire him. Either that, or he’ll launch an online channel. He’ll resurface at one of those hate sites, much like scum floats to the surface of a stagnant pond. > [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > I never expected Tucker to leave or be fired from Fox. He makes them so much money, and that’s a huge platform, something not easily duplicated elsewhere. If you’ve watched “Succession”, it’s a pretty realistic picture of what goes on in a megacorp like Murdoch. Figure out which head will satisfy the angry mob and lop it off. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/39 "2023-04-24T17:18:02Z")
In lieu of red hats, the immense crowd of knuckledraggers at his rallys will be proudly, defiantly, sporting oversized novelty bowties with that slogan. It will be an inspiring sight. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/40 "2023-04-24T17:22:17Z")
Sure. But I’m surprised based on what we currently know that the head in question is Tucker. I mean he’s still their most popular asset, which is why I think there’s something coming that is going to change that, and they want to be ahead of it. Sean Hannity must be doing cartwheels right now! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119.md?page=3)