Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson, the controversial host known for his polarizing views, have “agreed to part ways”. The sudden departure comes amid the parent company Fox Corp’s agreement to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5m (£632m) to avert a defamation trial. The trial would have put one of the world’s top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election. Carlson was expected to testify in the Dominion trial, which alleged that statements made on Carlson’s show after the 2020 election were defamatory.
While there has been no official reason given by Fox for Carlson’s departure, messages between him and his team were proof that they knew the falsehood of claims that their ballot-counting machines were used to manipulate the election in favour of Joe Biden.
As of now, a rotating lineup of Fox News personalities will helm “Fox News Tonight” until a new host is named. The network expressed gratitude to Tucker Carlson for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.
