Tucker Carlson Feud With Fox Executives, PR Department ‘Major Factor’ in Firing (Report)
thewrap.coma new report from the Wall Street Journal says. People familiar with the matter told the outlet that the company’s lawyers informed Carlson that they had successfully managed to redact information from a court filing in Fox’s legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, in which it was revealed that the controversial opinion host called a senior executive the c-word.
But Carlson reportedly told colleagues that he wanted his private message about the executive to go public. The private messages in which Carlson criticized management were a “major factor” in his firing, according to the Journal.
In addition to the messages, Carlson reportedly complained about press coverage and was upset that Fox did not do more to protect him from negative stories about the Dominion case.
He also had to reportedly be given an intermediary between himself and Fox’s communications department.A spokesperson for Fox News declined to comment beyond its initial statement announcing Carlson’s firing.
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