Topline
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced Tuesday afternoon he will return to primetime news with a show on Twitter, just over two weeks after the longtime host—who has become a controversial figure for peddling unfounded theories about the 2020 election—was suddenly dropped by the right-wing network after it settled a defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems.
Two weeks after Fox News parted ways with Tucker Carlson, the former top-rated anchor announced the … [+]
Key Facts
Carlson announced his return of his show in a video on Twitter, saying there are “limits” in the stories that can be told on TV, and that if you “bump up against those limits often enough you will be fired for it,” saying, “That’s not a guess, that’s guaranteed.”
In the video, Carlson called Twitter the “last big” platform that permits “free speech.”
Fox Corp announced two weeks ago it agreed to part ways with Carlson, the network’s top-rated anchor, after 14 years at the company.
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Further Reading
Tucker Carlson Suddenly Out At Fox News (Forbes)
Tucker Carlson’s Lawyer Urges Fox News To Permit Carlson To Get New Job In First Public Comment (Forbes)
Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Case For $787.5 Million, Dominion Lawyer Says (Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/05/09/tucker-carlson-will-launch-show-on-twitter/