Fox Staffers Celebrate Tucker's Departure: 'Pure Joy'

[Nevilledog]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-fox-news-end-relationship-1234722551/

No paywall
https://archive.is/7PkZA

FOX NEWS AND Tucker Carlson have parted ways — effective immediately.

The network announced the split in a press release on Monday. “Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the statement read. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”

Harris Faulkner announced the move on air, essentially reading the press release but adding that the parting was “mutual.”

Fox staffers who spoke to Rolling Stone seemed overjoyed by the news. “Pure joy. No one is untouchable. It’s a great day for America, and for the real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox,” said one reporter.

“It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him … so there probably won’t be any real change.”

*snip*

[underpants]

1. Put this together with the LA Times report- he was just a jerk

They got sick of him.

This link says it was mainly about the discrimination suit mentioned in your link. I think Rupert just wanted to show who’s still boss.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217855290

[Jerry2144]

2. Wait!?! What?!?

Real journalists at Fox “News”

My god. That is the funniest thing ever

[AllyCat]

23. That's the thing that stick out for me.

[niyad]

35. That was my first thought.

[gratuitous]

3. "For the real journalists who work hard every day . . . at Fox"

Okay, I'm willing to concede that there may be one journalist at Fox, but I'm going to need a LOT more information about who might constitute the plural.

[Freethinker65]

4. Yep. That also caught my attention. Lol

[Hortensis]

12. But NO one of integrity and good judgement.

Obviously, a lot fool themselves about that. Sincerity, and aggressive RW hostility toward the left, are not the substitutes they think they are.

[uponit7771]

26. +1,

[progressoid]

5. Wut the fuck?

How delusional do you have to be to work at fox?

These people are overjoyed that they are trading one crazy for another.

[brush]

6. Didn't Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace leave FOX at least a year ago, and...

Smith's case at least a couple of years ago? They were the only somewhat real journalist at FOX.

[louis-t]

7. As John Lennon once said:

"Good night, and thanks for the bread."

Oh, and they will replace him with someone who will work much cheaper, won't be as big a liability, and will have his nose firmly up the orange anus.

[RAB910]

8. THIS

“It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him … so there probably won’t be any real change.”

[Nevilledog]

16. ...

[Takket]

9. We were all excited when O'Lielly got canned

And Fox just used the opportunity to bring in Fucker. A leopard doesn’t change its spots. They’ll get someone as bad or worse.

[Traildogbob]

17. He will head to

That new O’Lielly channel. Real winners there. Direct TV gave em two channels. Free speech TV is 348, O’Lielly is on both 347 and 349 so ya might, “Stumble onto them cause ya like to hear both sides”. And the O’Lielly hours long segment is call something like truth and honesty sumpin’.

[Zorro]

24. I seriously doubt he'll show up on Free Speech TV

It would be a way for them to lose 99.99% of their supporters.

[Traildogbob]

28. no no no no

Never suggested that. I only said the two right wing broadcast channels that carry O’Reilly shit along with Dana Loesh, just to mention two nut jobs, was strategically placed by Direct TV so near to Free Speech channels, one digit away, some may miss a digit and watch that shit channel.
You Totally misunderstood my post. I love free speech, donate every fundraising event, and have been to a Sexy Liberal Event for an Asheville show, and have backstage met Steph, John and Frangela. All my hero’s. They would NEVER put any of the right wing shit stain on a slot of Free Speech. That’s Why I donate, no MAGA right wing Nazi cult ever allowed.

[Zorro]

30. Sorry. I misunderstood your post.

I'm also a FS contributor and enjoy/appreciate their content and shows.

[Traildogbob]

31. 🤜🤛

If they hired Tuckums, Steph, Thom and Randi would be just a “little” pissed. Chris would break his back diving under the table to dump Steph’s many words. Thom drops you ASAP for BAD words. He would let a few fly for that. Probably light up a blunt on air to calm down, and Randi, forget about it. That Air Force vet lady got some words.
Enjoy your night knowing Tuckums is off air tonight, unless Bannon, MTG and Boobert have a 4sum on his Cast with Tucks to console him. 😵😵🤮🤮!

[calimary]

20. Well, maybe it was the size of the award - and

the bad publicity, AND the other lawsuits coming right behind it, with Smartmatic warming up in the bullpen with its own lawsuit whose damages START in the low BILLIONS.

OH MAN is this ever an Almond Joy moment! “Indescribably Delicious”!!!!!

[MLAA]

22. Oh yes!

[Grins]

10. It's NEVER 'mutual!' NM

[Mr.Bill]

21. The way I put it is

"He got resigned".

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Spot On!

The one who signs the checks always get what they want.
They wanted him gone. "Mutual" is just another Faux lie.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Dear heart. If you work at Fox, you are not a journalist.

But have fun pretending.

[Vogon_Glory]

13. +1 n/t

[live love laugh]

14. WTF: "... real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox."

WHEN?! WHERE?!

That sounds like something from the Onion.

[edbermac]

15. We should chip in and send them a case of Bud Light

🍺

[Traildogbob]

18. I heard this AM

That MAGA’s that drink that swill can do it under cover by purchasing Cooziez with Huckabee Boo Boo’s face on the mug. But also “the likes of which we have never seen”, the mugs of MTG, Boobert, Lake and Noem, and other female NRA centerfolds. (Oh my eyes😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫, Huckabee Boo Boo as a centerfold) of course, proceeds will go to those Jeebus bimbos. Not a joke, this is real, gay beer camo cooziez. Don’t they know if they buy the gay beer that the money goes to gay activism? I do not believe any gay people, or sane ones drink that swill. The water to make it comes from urinals at NASCAR events.

[Rebl2]

19. If he knowingly

spread lies, then shouldn’t all the on air hosts be fired since they did the same thing?

[PatSeg]

27. They're not likely to fire them all at once

Now everyone will be looking over their shoulders and watching their P's and Q's. I'm sure they'll be waiting nervously for the next shoe to drop or taking bets on who will be next. It sure would be fun to be a fly on the wall in the coming weeks.

[Rebl2]

29. Was kind of joking

No they wouldn’t fire them all at once. Guess future will tell.

[PatSeg]

32. I wonder if there are some names

on a list somewhere of others who may be "resigning" in the future. Maybe not, but I like to imagine there is one.

[Rebl2]

33. Me to

But other people they hire could be even worse, if that’s even possible 😐

[PatSeg]

34. Shit, that is probably true

Historically, right-wing commentators have just gotten progressively worse. It is like a competition.