Why Murdoch fired Carlson

[mtnboomr]

Report Suggests Tucker Carlson Was Fired Over Prayer Talk: 'Freaks Rupert Out'

A recent speech by the ousted Fox News host had religious overtones that were too extreme even for Rupert Murdoch, a source told Vanity Fair.

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[Chief Sapulpa]

"may have been fired"...
Yahoo and Vanity Fair are too biased to offer accurate news stories at least from a conserative perspective.

 

[snipes]

I'm not religious in any capacity and don't have any issues with those that are.
I do a real good job of minding my own mfing business

 

[WoodsCraft]

Tucker was fired for a whole host of reasons including the Jan 6 Videos . I watched Megyn Kelly earlier and she was saying it was a massive mistake which will bleed viewers from Fox.

 

[Glocktogo]

This is probably as close to the truth as anything.

Tucker Carlson’s disparaging comments about Fox leaders led to his ouster: report

Tucker Carlson, the leading prime time host who was ousted from his job this week, was shown the door at the cable news giant in part because of comments he made in private about his Fox News colleagues and bosses, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Carlson’s private text...

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[Shadowrider]

When Fox fired Bill O’Riiley he was their #1 show too. Different circumstances for sure but they’re not strangers to firing their stars. I don’t think this will hurt them anymore than the slow walk of death of cable news that is already happening.

 

[mtnboomr]

Reports from various sources are saying that Murdoch removed Carlson - but didn't actually fire him. It seems Carlson is still on the FOX payroll. This appears to be a way to keep Carlson from moving to another news agency and to silence him through the 2024 elections.

 

[SoonerP226]

I think it was Megyn Kelly who said that Roger Ailes was the conservative ideologue, and Rupert Murdoch is just a straight up capitalist. My guess is that he looked at what Carlson had already cost the network, what he was likely to cost them in the future, and what he was going to bring them, and decided that the ROI just wasn’t there anymore. It’s not personal, it’s just business.

 

[Snattlerake]

They had to fire him to make up for the lost revenue they now owe.

 

[red dirt shootist]

I think it was Megyn Kelly who said that Roger Ailes was the conservative ideologue, and Rupert Murdoch is just a straight up capitalist. My guess is that he looked at what Carlson had already cost the network, what he was likely to cost them in the future, and what he was going to bring them, and decided that the ROI just wasn’t there anymore. It’s not personal, it’s just business.

Probably sums it up, but the wild card is the ego's. When you have the #1 show, and the other guy owns the place they probably took turns slamming meat on the table, and then had a heated f you contest.