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Did Fox Know Election Fraud Claims Were Lies?
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04-27-2023, 05:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2023, 06:07 AM by The Real Marty. Edited 3 times in total.)
(04-26-2023, 05:43 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:(04-07-2023, 08:09 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I don't understand the brouhaha about it. I've never participated in any boycott of any product. If I like the product, I buy it. I remember when the left wanted to boycott Chic-fil-a. That went nowhere, because they make great chicken sandwiches. I doubt this will go anywhere. You either like Budweiser or not. Who cares who endorses it? Dylan Mulvaney is not some evil person as far as I know. I really don't give a crap about culture wars except for wishing both sides would just shut up and leave us all in peace. I'm just telling you what's being reported. Here's what the Wall Street Journal, which is also owned by Murdoch, is reporting: ================================================================ Tucker Carlson’s Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News - WSJ On Monday, Mr. Carlson’s famously combative stance toward members of Fox News management and other colleagues caught up with him, as the network abruptly announced it was parting ways with him... The private messages in which Mr. Carlson showed disregard for management and colleagues were a major factor in that decision, according to other people familiar with the matter. Although many portions of the Dominion court documents are redacted, there is concern among Fox Corp. executives that if the redacted material were to become public, it would lead to further embarrassment for the network and parent company. Within Fox’s management, reservations had been mounting about risks Mr. Carlson presented for the network, people familiar with the matter said. Some of the people pointed to concerns that the populist firebrand had come to believe himself bigger than the network—a cardinal sin in Fox Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch’s empire—and was increasingly operating as his own island. On air, Mr. Carlson had turned up the volume on commentary that had expanded beyond a conservative viewpoint on politics into more of an attack on marginalized groups. His show, more than those of his prime-time colleagues Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, frequently landed the network in hot water, particularly with advertisers. In recent years, battles between Mr. Carlson and Fox management got so bad that former Trump aide Raj Shah was appointed to be his internal advocate and an intermediary between Mr. Carlson and Fox’s communications department, according to people familiar with the arrangement and filings in the Dominion case. The Dominion court filings are filled with examples of him disparaging colleagues, from calling for the firing of Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich for fact-checking Mr. Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election to complaining about the network’s news coverage, including the decision to call Arizona for Mr. Biden on election night. Inside Fox News, there has been a growing sense that Mr. Carlson couldn’t be managed, and viewed himself as untouchable, people familiar with the company said. Legal documents also revealed Mr. Carlson was unafraid to run roughshod over those whose views or actions he opposed. While Mr. Carlson’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was popular, it was also repellent to blue-chip advertisers. Top-tier marketers tend to steer clear of content they deem too controversial, and the show was sometimes the target of advertiser boycotts. As advertisers have fled prime time, some have shifted to airing commercials on Fox at other times. The lack of advertiser demand meant the commercials in many cases weren’t being sold at a premium or at a rate commensurate with its audience size, which meant it wasn’t providing a financial windfall to the network, people familiar with the network’s operations said. ============================================================================================================= In other words, while he was a complete [BLEEP] hole, he wasn't as valuable as his audience size would seem to indicate. |
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