Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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According to The Wall Street Journal, the former Fox News primetime host found out he would be let go just 10 minutes prior to the announcement. Dylan Byers, Tim Miller, Jeremy Peters, April Ryan, Max Rose, Tarpley Hitt, John Della Volpe, and Jean M. Twenge join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, major media shakeups rocking the cable news airwaves. Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News,
0:08.2	days after that massive dominion settlement. What we're learning about his shocking exit.
0:13.2	And President Biden meets the Tennessee 3, ahead of a campaign announcement coming as soon as
0:18.3	tomorrow. All of the debt limit deadline approaches. And while we are following the money,
0:23.7	the startup meant to help with college financial aid that was allegedly nothing more
0:28.8	than old school fraud. How did this happen? As the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:40.0	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl. We begin with the stunning announcement rocking
0:45.2	the media and political worlds tonight. This morning Fox News announced Tucker Carlson.
0:50.1	The highest rated host in prime time cable news was officially OUT. According to the Murdoch
0:56.7	on Wall Street Journal, sources say, quote, Carlson found out he was being let go 10 minutes
1:02.2	before the network announced his departure. And on Friday, it was clear he had every intention
1:07.6	of being on air tonight. We'll be back on Monday in the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones
1:14.0	that you love and we'll see you then. Tucker Carlson's exit was just one of the media
1:21.3	shakeups that made news today and we see Stephanie Goss. Cosmoir Fox News media and Tucker Carlson
1:27.5	have agreed to part ways the network said in a surprise statement today, offering no explanation
1:32.7	for ending the most popular show on cable news. The audience tops three million on an average night.
1:38.6	Viewers drawn to Carlson's far right opinions on issues from January 6th to immigration.
1:43.9	This policy is called the great replacement, the replacement of legacy Americans with more
1:47.8	obedient people from far away countries. Carlson leaves just days after Fox Corporation
1:52.1	settled a defamation lawsuit with the minion voting system for $787.5 million. Neither the network
1:59.6	or Carlson has responded to request for comment. The popular host is also being sued by former
2:04.9	Fox producer Abbey Grossberg. She accuses Carlson of promoting a hostile work environment,
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