Tucker Carlson spoke to Fox’s CEO a day before the announcement of a dramatic Twitter show
Tucker Carlson “spoke to Fox News’ Lachlan Murdoch a day before the dramatic Twitter show announcement, accusing media giant of fraud — as pundits argue it’s unlikely anyone could stop Firebrand from airing.”
- Tucker Carlson, 53, announced Tuesday night that he would be taking his show to Twitter
- In a three-minute video, he slammed the mainstream media, saying anyone who tells the truth ‘will be fired’
- Prior to his announcement, Carlson was reported to have met with Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch about his departure from the company.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson spoke with the media organization’s CEO a day before launching his new Twitter show.
The New York Times reported that Carlson had a meeting Monday with Fox CEO and Rupert Murdoch’s son, Lachlan Murdoch.
According to the paper, citing a source with knowledge of the meeting, it was to discuss the financial terms of his departure from the company.
Still under contract with the company, Carlson announced Tuesday that he would relaunch his popular show on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Axios reported that Carlson’s lawyers have accused Fox News of fraud in a letter to the media giant.
They allege that Fox — including Murdoch himself — broke promises previously made to Carlson by leaking his text messages in the wake of his impeachment.
Carlson was pictured Saturday at San Francisco International Airport. The relationship between him and his former employer Fox News would deteriorate
On Tuesday night, Carlson announced he would be relaunching his show on Twitter
One possibility regarding Tucker’s new show is that Fox could try to dissuade him from returning to prominence in conservative media.
Entertainment lawyer Andy Lee told the New York Times that Fox would have to convince a judge that Carlson damaged their reputation or disclosed sensitive information.
While Carlson would in all likelihood balk at these arguments, claiming that his Twitter videos were protected under the First Amendment.
Mr. Lee said, “The burden is high for this remedy, but people get orders all the time.”
Carlson’s legal letter seen by Axios also allegedly argued that the conservative star should not be bound by the non-compete clause.
His contract runs until January 2025 – after the election – and Fox wants to keep paying him, preventing him from starting a competing show.
On Tuesday night, Carlson shared a three-minute video on his Twitter criticizing the mainstream media, saying anyone who tries to tell the truth “will be fired.”
Pictured: Carlson in San Francisco over the weekend
“The best you can hope for in the news world right now is the freedom to tell the fullest truth you can, but there are always limits,” Carlson told his fans.
“If you run into those limits often enough, you’ll get fired for it. That’s not a guess, that’s guaranteed.’
He posted the video along with a tweet saying, “We’re back.”
Elon Musk, who bought the social media site last October, said he had not signed a deal with Carlson.
Musk added that he would like others to follow Carlson’s lead, saying, “I hope many others, especially from the left, also choose to become content creators on this platform.”
Pictured: Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch whom Carlson allegedly met before announcing his new Twitter show
LR photo: Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch in March 2014
Carlson left his Fox News show on April 23, with no official reason why the company let go of their most-watched anchor.
Fox News said they had more than 40 new advertisers move to the hour now occupied by Fox News Tonight since the firefighter host left the show.
The decision to fire Carlson came a few days after Fox settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
The voting machine company had filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network for “giving life” to a “fabricated storyline” about voter fraud following the 2020 election.
Since then, a litany of text messages from Carlson and other hosts at Fox have leaked in the wake of the lawsuit.
One includes a text Carlson sent the day after the storming of the Capitol on January 6, in which he recalls a mob of three white men attacking an “Antifa kid” and wanting the victim killed.