LA Times - Carlson fired on Murdoch's orders over discrimination suit: report

[underpants]

I can’t link to the LA Times story so I’m posting this in GD.


Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch ordered Tucker Carlson’s firing over a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former producer on his show, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Murdoch was also “concerned” about Carlson’s insistence that undercover government agents were involved in the January 6 insurrection, an allegation that has no factual basis, according to the Times.

In March, Abby Grossberg, a producer who formerly worked on Carlson’s show, filed a suit saying that lawyers for the network “coached” and “intimidated” her into giving misleading testimony in the lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems. She also alleged a culture of sexism and misogyny at the network, and that executives tried to blame her and host Maria Bartiromo for the airing of 2020 election conspiracy theories.

While the Times reports that the dismissal wasn’t related to the Dominion lawsuit, it notes that comments made about managers at the network, which were revealed in the case’s discovery process “may have also played a role” in his ousting.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/apr/24/biden-2024-election-debt-limit-trump-politics-live-updates

[mcar]

1. Interesting

[Lovie777]

2. That whole "not news outlet" spewed fraud voting bullshit...................

including other RWer outlets to include hate radio which continued to spew it 24/7.

RWers are still talking about it.

[Me.]

3. Took A Brave Woman

[Nevilledog]

4. No paywall link to LA Times article

https://archive.is/DGRZ0

[underpants]

5. Thanks.

[Lanius]

6. She expected something different?

“She also alleged a culture of sexism and misogyny at the network, and that executives tried to blame her and host Maria Bartiromo for the airing of 2020 election conspiracy theories.“

What do women like her expect? MAGA World (i.e. the Republican Party) is rife with misogyny and sexism (as well as racism and xenophobia). How do you, as a woman, align with a movement that is known to be so heavily steeped in toxic masculinity and expect to be treated like an equal?

[Wednesdays]

7. I'm reminded about the thing about

leopards and eating faces.

[underpants]

8. Yeah. They've had a ton of sexual harassment settlements too

O’Reilly who was THE flagship of the network. Ed Henry (that was some weird stuff) and even the boss Ailes. I guess it’s a prime job and people think they can handle it differently.

[Lanius]

9. "I guess it's a prime job and people think they can handle it differently."

She also could be someone who is fine with misogyny and sexism being heaped at others she doesn’t like and/or agree with.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

12. Don't forget

FNC President Bill Shine

Fox News Latino VP Francisco Cortes

Fox Business host Charles Payne

Morning host Kimberly Guilfoyle

Correspondent James Rosen

Correspondent Brian Wilson (not the MLB pitcher)

[Walleye]

10. I wonder if Kevin McCarthy regrets giving that video of January 6 to Tucker

That connects him up with a loser

[UTUSN]

11. So many firing reasons to choose from!

[DemocraticPatriot]

13. Probably 'only' "the straw that broke carlson's back"

ALSO, Fucks News has to renew contracts with nationwide cable networks, from whom most of their income comes....


Carlson is probably being offered as the sacrificial lamb---
to prove that the network is "changing their ways"---

so that all these cable networks might renew the contracts with Faux,

and then things will continue as they were, with another face
but with Faux continuing to collect all they money
that you pay by continuing to pay for cable TV,
even if you never watch their channel.....