Newly Revealed Inflammatory Text Message Sheds Light On Tucker Carlson Exit
deadline.comTucker Carlson’s abrupt exit from Fox News last week came after the revelation of a text message in which the host shared his views on a video in which a group of Donald Trump supporters attack an individual that Carlson calls an “Antifa kid.” “It was three against one, at least,” Carlson wrote. “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously.
It’s not how white men fight.” The New York Times reported that the text message, still redacted in the trove of documents produced in the Dominion-Fox defamation litigation, set off concern about Fox board members, who planned for an investigation by an outside law firm.
The text message quickly spread across social media and other outlets, who have for the past week been speculating as to what ultimately led the network to cut loose its top personality.
Carlson’s message was sent to one of his producers on January 7, 2021, the day after the attack on the Capitol. In it, according to the Times, he wrote, “A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington.
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