Jimmy Kimmel, Desi Lydic, Jimmy Fallon and other comedians poked fun at Tucker Carlson’s split with Fox News during their shows on April 24.
, which had sued the network for airing false claims that it had conspired to rig the 2020 presidential election, for $787.5 million — the largest publicly disclosed monetary settlement ever in an American defamation action.were among thousands of internal communications made public during its progress through the courts that caused angst and embarrassment for Fox and heightened the company’s legal jeopardy.
Dozens of communications from Carlson and other Fox personnel remain out of public view, redacted at the request of Fox attorneys, but they have been seen by top Fox executives. Others generated headlines when they were released this year with Dominion’s legal filings.“Do the executives understand how much credibility and trust we’ve lost with our audience?” Carlson wrote to a colleague in a message a day after Fox, like other media outlets, called the election for Joe Biden.
Carlson, who works from a remote studio in Maine, did not respond to repeated messages asking for comment on his departure — which came an hour before rival cable networkThe decision to drop Carlson was made Friday evening by Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, according to a person familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.
Notably, Carlson was not given a chance to say goodbye to the audience he had amassed in his years as a prime-time host. His executive producer, Justin Wells, is also leaving the network, according to a person familiar with the changes.Fox said the 8 p.m. time slot, which Carlson has held since April 2017, will be filled on an interim basis by “rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.
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