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April 25, 2023

Fox News Abruptly Fires Far-Right Host Tucker Carlson
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Fox News abruptly fired far right prime time host Tucker Carson on
Monday. His departure was effective immediately. Interim presenters are
replacing Carlson, who has not commented about the reason for his
firing. The surprise exit of the top-rated host comes after text
messages from Carlson were revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems
lawsuit against Fox News for airing false claims of a stolen election
that was just settled last week for $787 million. Later in the
broadcast, we'll look at how Tucker Carlson has been a major force
driving Fox News's extremism.


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