# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/401 "2023-05-10T16:15:42Z")
And it might be an end-run around whatever non-compete is in his Fox contract. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/402 "2023-05-10T16:22:25Z")
**Modnote** : Please do not sexualize or make comments about appearance for people who do not make their living with their appearance. Politicians are not in this category. This is assuming we’re talking about Marjorie Taylor Greene. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/403 "2023-05-10T17:40:37Z")
I think he was being ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/404 "2023-05-10T20:00:58Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Why not? He doesn’t need the money. He doesn’t need the money, but he does need the attention. He’d rather tan his testicles with a blowtorch that vanish into the wilderness like Bill O’Reilly or Glenn Beck. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/405 "2023-05-10T20:10:54Z")
Which is why Twitter is the perfect vehicle ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/406 "2023-05-10T21:10:19Z")
Someone posted unemployed mans basement selfie video gets more ratings than Fox. they’re referring to Tucker. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/407 "2023-05-16T16:25:56Z")
Unconfirmed news article that Carlson being fired was an undisclosed part of the Dominion settlement: > [@](#): > > On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.’s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching was a condition of Fox News’ settlement with [Dominion Voting Systems](https://variety.com/t/dominion-voting-systems/), according to multiple sources with knowledge of the conversation. > > The unnamed board member told Carlson that the condition does not appear in any of the settlement’s documents, and instead was a verbal agreement. If Fox didn’t comply, the settlement was off, Carlson was told. Dominion had plenty of leverage given that the $787.5 million deal to settle Dominion’s defamation suit against the network wouldn’t officially close until late-May. > … > **But Dominion was looking for the best way to maim the conservative news network** , and forcing Fox News to cut ties with the most-watched personality in cable news would deal a potentially insurmountable blow and lead to a viewer exodus, according to Carlson’s understanding. > > **“That condition was intended to hurt Fox, and Tucker is just collateral damage,” says a source familiar with the matter. “Dominion wanted to punish Fox, and it’s working.”** So the settlement may not just have been about Dominion wanting cash. > **[Inside Tucker Carlson’s Battle to Trade His $20 Million Fox News Salary for a...](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/tucker-carlson-fox-news-exit-dominion-lawsuit-twitter-show-1235613404/)** > > Tucker Carlson's exit from Fox News had direct ties to the network's settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, multiple sources tell Variety. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/408 "2023-05-16T16:29:07Z")
This smells like Tuckums spreading a rumor to inflate his own importance. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/409 "2023-05-16T16:48:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > spreading a rumor to inflate his own importance. Yes. “Boo hoo, this was just to hurt Fox, since I was the most valuable thing there.” ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/410 "2023-05-16T16:54:02Z")
I’m calling bullshit on that one. Is he seriously saying Fox wouldn’t agree to an on-air retraction, but was ok with dumping their top-rated host as part of the settlement? And that Dominion thought it was more important to sack Tuck Tuck than to force Fox to admit to their audience that Dominion didn’t do any of the bullshit Fox accused them off? No way. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/411 "2023-05-16T17:05:39Z")
Yeah, since when is an undocumented verbal agreement part of such a monumental settlement? Sounds like Tucker telling tales. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/412 "2023-05-16T17:07:54Z")
Apparently it’s possible to make $20 million plus annually from subscriptions on Twitter. > **[Tucker Carlson’s New Twitter Show Could Be a Moneymaker – or Just a Noisemaker](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tucker-carlson-twitter-show-could-130000955.html)** > > Whether it's for freedom or finance, the former Fox host and Elon Musk stand to benefit Money may not be the main motivation for Carlson, but some form of grift generally is involved with such characters. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/413 "2023-05-17T01:13:02Z")
So the lying company that just settled a defamation suit is sufficiently trustworthy that you’ll take its word for it, not demand it in writing, and no way will they renege once the settlement is signed. Sure, that tracks. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/414 "2023-05-17T18:21:25Z")
Hearing that Faux News rearranged their night lineup, leaving Laura Ingraham out. > ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/415 "2023-05-18T08:41:37Z")
If Ingraham goes, where will we get cutting edge journalism like this? > **[Fox News Anchor Tries To Drink Light Bulb-Stuffed Steak To ‘Trigger’ Liberals](https://www.unilad.com/news/fox-news-anchor-tries-to-drink-light-bulb-stuffed-steak-to-trigger-liberals)** > > A Fox News opinion host has gone to new lengths to troll liberals by attempting to drink a steak stuffed with incandescent light bulbs through a plastic straw. Kicking off her segment of the show, Laura Ingraham told viewers, ‘well, it’s a meal that... ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/416 "2023-05-18T11:59:43Z")
Seriously, how did everything all the time become part of the culture wars? And why does it _work_ on such a large part of the population? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/417 "2023-05-18T12:09:08Z")
Bah! Drink a quart of lead paint through a plastic straw and get back to us… ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/418 "2023-05-18T13:14:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If Ingraham goes, where will we get cutting edge journalism like this? Wtf? What is that supposed to prove? I feel like the next logical step is for Tucker to go snorkeling on his Twitter show and shove straws directly down the throats of sea turtles. You know, to trigger the libs! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/419 "2023-05-18T13:16:59Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Drink a quart of lead paint through a plastic straw and get back to us… I believe that’s actually one of the requirements to get a job with FoxNews. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/420 "2023-05-18T14:04:01Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Wtf? What is that supposed to prove? It proves that they think “the left” consists of people as dumb as their viewers, who will be “triggered” by the sight of things that supposedly are scary to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119.md?page=22)