Despite receiving a cease and desist letter from Fox News, Tucker Carlson is refusing to stay silent.
In Carlson’s most recent episode, the former Fox News host revealed that a longtime Fox News producer left the network after he was disciplined for placing the caption “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested” under Biden while he was giving a speech.
The incident occurred behind closed doors but now that Tucker has broken the story it is making national headlines.
Check out Tucker’s full episode below:
Ep. 4 Wannabe Dictator pic.twitter.com/MDcs5g0gxB
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 15, 2023
Here’s what the Associated Press reported:
A longtime producer for Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after he was deemed responsible for the on-air headline that referred to President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator” because of the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
ADVERTISEMENTThe producer, Alex McCaskill, confirmed his exit in an Instagram post. Fox News did not comment on Friday.
He had remained at Fox after Carlson, the network’s most popular personality, was fired on April 24. The reason for Carlson’s sudden ouster, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787 million to end a defamation case, has never been publicly explained.
It was during the last minutes of Carlson’s former time slot on Tuesday when the message appeared under separate onscreen boxes that showed Biden and Trump talking. It read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.”
Carlson, in a Twitter monologue posted Thursday, said “the women who run the network panicked” about the post and scolded the person responsible. Carlson didn’t name the producer, but said he was “considered one of the most capable persons in the building.”
The producer offered to resign with two weeks’ notice, but was told to clean out his desk and leave immediately, he said.
Here’s the producer who was fired:
Alexander McCaskill, the former Fox producer who parted ways with the network for airing the "wannabe dictator" chyron, posted this photo of him leaving Fox offices. pic.twitter.com/epWyrHFULF
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 16, 2023
Fox News cans longtime producer over 'wannabe dictator' chyron | Just The News https://t.co/cWhQyxX7at
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) June 16, 2023
Per ABC:
A longtime producer for Tucker Carlson has been ousted from Fox News after being found responsible for an on-air headline that referred to US President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator”.
ADVERTISEMENTHe had remained at Fox after Carlson, the network’s most popular personality, was fired on April 24.
The reason for Carlson’s sudden ouster, which came less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $US787 million ($1.145 billion) to end a defamation case, has never been publicly explained.
It was during the last minutes of Carlson’s former timeslot on Tuesday when the message appeared under separate on-screen boxes that showed Mr Biden and former US president Donald Trump talking.
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