{"id":571652,"date":"2023-04-25T01:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T01:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:25:07","slug":"five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"#Five takeaways on Tucker Carlson\u2019s exit from Fox News\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2950f9d9c73\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2950f9d9c73\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/#It_deprives_Fox_of_its_biggest_star\" >It deprives Fox of its biggest star\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/#Conservatives_lose_a_kingmaker\" >Conservatives lose a kingmaker\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/#A_Fox_News_shift_might_be_coming\" >A Fox News shift might be coming\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/#The_GOP_loses_its_biggest_critic\" >The GOP loses its biggest critic\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/five-takeaways-on-tucker-carlsons-exit-from-fox-news\/#Carlson_faces_questions_about_future\" >Carlson faces questions about future\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/mtg_carlsontucker_trumpdonald_07312022ap.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tucker Carlson\u2019s sudden exit from Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> rattled the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> and political spheres on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The departure raises questions about the future of Fox, the GOP and conservatism, and for the longtime host himself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Here are some takeaways following the Monday morning shocker:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_deprives_Fox_of_its_biggest_star\"><\/span><strong>It deprives Fox of its biggest star<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Carlson has been the network\u2019s A-lister on the commentary side no matter how you slice it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His ratings, along with \u201cThe Five,\u201d rivaled as the network\u2019s highest, and he was easily one of the two most influential hosts alongside Sean Hannity, especially during the Trump presidency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With that lofty status, he also became the network\u2019s biggest target. Advertisers were routinely pressured by progressives and outside groups to flee his show. But the audience remained resilient, with Carlson delivering a different type of the typical canned-right wing show than other commentary programs delivered on the network that included some lefty guests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, that is gone and Fox will have to pick up the pieces heading into the meat of the 2024 cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservatives_lose_a_kingmaker\"><\/span><strong>Conservatives lose a kingmaker\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To give an idea of what Carlson means to conservatives, here\u2019s a sampling of comments from some in the immediate aftermath of Fox News\u2019s announcement:\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) labeled him \u201cthe most courageous person in American media.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. said in an interview that his exit \u201cchanges things permanently\u201d for the GOP and conservatism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) tweeted that Carlson \u201chas been engaging in the best journalism on TV uncovering and exposing the truth.\u201d He added that the decision is a \u201chuge loss\u201d for the network.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Carlson faced down multiple advertiser revolts early on in his primetime stretch, only to brush aside the backlash and to be rewarded by his audience that continued to stick around and grow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlson also has come under serious criticism for his commentary. Among other things, he has said that the Jan. 6 attack featured \u201cmostly peaceful chaos\u201d and that rioters were \u201cright\u201d to think the 2020 contest was \u201cunfairly conducted,\u201d that some migrants coming to the U.S. were making the country \u201cpoorer and dirtier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has also found himself on the other side of former President Trump in recent months, especially as more Dominion filings emerged. In a\u00a0message\u00a0to Fox employee on Jan. 4, 2021, Carlson said that he \u201chates\u201d Trump and could not wait to \u201cignore\u201d him on his show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, perhaps no one on the right outside of Trump has embodied the wants and needs of conservatives in recent memory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he\u2019s been saying speaks for a lot of people, and it\u2019s basically not expressed or serviced by most Republican politicians,\u201d Rich Lowry, the editor in chief of National Review,<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/07\/02\/tucker-carlson-2024-republicans-348334\">said in 2020<\/a>\u00a0amid rising chatter around a Carlson 2024 presidential bid. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to be said for being fearless, and he is, while Republican politicians, as a breed, are not.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Fox_News_shift_might_be_coming\"><\/span><strong>A Fox News shift might be coming<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fox\u2019s $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems and other legal fights is creating what is likely to be a sliding-doors moment for the network as it tries to put the aftermath of the 2020 election in the rearview mirror.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times on Monday reported that Rupert Murdoch made the decision to boot him from Fox and pointing to two factors that reportedly led to the decision: the ongoing discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, a former producer for Carlson and Maria Bartiromo, and Carlson\u2019s recent coverage of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the mounting issues, Fox is also facing a $2.7 billion lawsuit from Smartmatic that also names Bartiromo and Jeannine Pirro as defendants. That trial in that case is not expected for months, if not years, but the Dominion settlement has opened the door to a similar result in the Smartmatic case.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be ready to defend this case surrounding extremely newsworthy events when it goes to trial, likely in 2025,\u201d a spokesperson for the network said. \u201cAs a report prepared by our financial expert shows, Smartmatic\u2019s damages claims are implausible, disconnected from reality, and on its face intended to chill First Amendment freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But whether these issues will lead a network that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/a43636240\/fox-news-dominion-defamation-settlement\/\">raked in $2.8 billion<\/a>\u00a0in profits last year to switch gears remains to be seen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How Fox decides to proceed may be signaled in the choice of Carlson\u2019s successor in the primetime lineup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given Fox\u2019s track record in replacing outgoing hosts over the past decade who are able to resonate with the audience and fill big shoes, the odds are in their favor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_GOP_loses_its_biggest_critic\"><\/span><strong>The GOP loses its biggest critic<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Carlson has consistently been a thorn in the side of leadership and top figures within the GOP, and that pain only became more acute over the years as his influence and audience grew.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The longtime commentator has been openly critical of those on the right he dubs \u201cAmerica\u2019s ruling class\u201d and has battled with them on a number of issues, including immigration, the Ukraine war, COVID-19 vaccines, financial matters and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A prime example of his power came earlier this year as House GOP leadership forces were hopeful he would step in and give now-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) a boost in his bid to win the needed votes to earn the gavel. Carlson proceeded to pan McCarthy and lay out the demands he would need to meet to win votes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Months later, McCarthy handed over 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to Carlson, paving the way for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of segments that were panned by top Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) \u2014 a constant target of Carlson\u2019s ire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Carlson_faces_questions_about_future\"><\/span><strong>Carlson faces questions about future<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Where exactly Carlson goes next is anyone\u2019s guess.\u00a0So is whether his audience will follow him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Reilly, who was fired in 2017 after it was revealed he and the company had paid $13 million to women due to sexual misconduct claims, has been a media nomad, headlining speaking gigs and hosting a podcast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Megyn Kelly, who departed only months earlier for NBC, eventually split from that network. She too has entered the podcast and radio sphere, albeit with much more attention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unlike O\u2019Reilly post-scandal and Kelly-post NBC, Carlson has more cache on the right and retains a loyal following, which could open doors.<\/p>\n<p>One landing spot where he has seemingly run out of runway is in cable news as CNN and MSNBC have both moved left in recent years and conservative stations Newsmax and One America News Network both have a fraction of Fox\u2019s viewership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Could a digital media return be in the cards? After all, Carlson has experience launching a site, having done so 13 years ago with the Daily Caller.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While some commentators have floated him as a possible 2024 candidate, Carlson has shown zero <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite for testing presidential waters in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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