This is a context you won’t find elsewhere {smiles}. The phone has been blowing up…. Context and some details matter.
First, Carlson was being paid about $20 million a year by Murdoch. He had about 3 years left on his contract and will be paid the full contract amount. Carlson found out about 10 minutes before Fox Corp made the announcement. They did not “part ways,” Tucker Carlson was fired.
(Via WSJ) – Mr. Carlson, whose contract was renewed in 2021, will be paid out for the rest of his contract, people familiar with the matter said. Mr. Carlson is paid about $20 million a year, one of the people said. Mr. Carlson found out he was being let go about 10 minutes before the network announced his departure, the people said. (link)
For financial context, remember Rupert Murdoch paid Megyn Kelly $15 million (Via Harper Collins) for the 2015/2016 operation against Donald Trump. Paying $60 to $100 million to get rid of Carlson’s antagonistic voice is small money to Murdoch Inc. in the grand scheme of things. [Murdoch has also paid for Ron DeSantis to oppose Trump]
Carlson will not be asked to sign an NDA, is not bound by a “non-compete” clause following the contract nullification by Fox Corp, and will be free to do anything he wants in any venture. Additionally, he will be free to say whatever he wants about the issues at Fox and speak freely, or not, without any legal or contractual constraints. Keep all of that in mind.
Prior to 2021, Tucker Carlson was what you might call a Fox News loyalist. He was very loyal to the organization. During the COVID-19 era, Tucker Carlson moved his physical location away from Washington DC to his home in Maine. Fox built him a studio, and Carlson manifest his own destiny free from most production constraints.
Over the past 18+/- months, viewers have watched Tucker Carlson essentially red pill himself each evening. As he enjoyed the proximity freedom far away from the Eye of Sauron (DC’s control mechanism), Carlson’s eyes opened further to the reality of the situation that blankets our national consciousness.
Disconnected from the machine, free-range in his abilities, and with the intellectual curiosity of the average person, Tucker Carlson started to see the U.S. system as it is, not as media pretend it to be. This is the increasing red pill absorption you have noted daily. Along with that came a more pragmatic and brutally honest production quality to the content he shared.
Carlson’s influence grew as the audience grew; the more truth he spoke, the larger the audience. That free-range influence became a liability to the system operators that hold power, including Rupert Murdoch who is a part of that control system. In essence, and in the big picture, that’s what led to this event today.
Timing and Fox Digital. Fox had just settled a lawsuit with Dominion Systems that has been widely reported. The decision to fire Carlson had only one aspect connected to the Dominion settlement, financial timing.
Fox Corp is going to take a big hit in second quarter (Q2) earnings as part of the Dominion settlement. If you are going to take a big financial hit, it’s better to go ahead and clear the decks of all financial hits at the same time.
Paying out Carlson simply gets all the big hits in the same quarter.
Digital is where the action is. Digital subscriber services is where the future of all content is focused. Understanding this reality gives you a scale of the darkness in the opposition elements facing our nation. Fox News digital is Fox Nation. Tucker Carlson and the show Tucker Carlson Today was the anchor of Fox Nation digital.
Fox Nation was struggling prior to Tucker Carlson’s long show broadcasts. The entire Fox Corp digital streaming service, Fox Nation, was anchored around the Tucker Carlson Today digital streaming service. Fox News has just torpedoed their anchor, shot their lead dog, destroyed the digital brand. That gives you some scale and scope to how the elements viewed the threat of influence that Tucker Carlson had become.
Fox Corp, and Murdoch’s stenographers at the Wall Street Journal (SEE HERE), will try to frame the Carlson firing as something of a palate cleansing. Claims of adversarial viewpoints, controversial views and conflicts with other Fox loyalists on the inside, will be used to frame the narrative. However, all of those false frameworks are just that, false. The source of the issue that led to the firing was 100% ideological.
During Tucker’s red pill absorption phase, he changed views on a variety of subjects from the FBI to the Fourth Branch of Government, to vaccination and COVID-19, to his views on Donald Trump as a disruption to an increasingly admitted corrupt political machine.
Context in the Tucker worldview expanded and he began to frame the conflict in a big picture of Good -vs- Evil. Unfortunately for Carlson, this view was from inside a multinational corporate system spreading the darkness. He had to be removed.
This is the reality of the situation as it unfolded. Accept it or not, it matters not. This is the Carlson reality.
Carlson was connecting the dots of manipulation beyond media, beyond social battles and constructs, and into the realm of finance, economics and ultimately behind the Potemkin Village of UniParty politics. Blackrock has an increased stake in Fox Corp.
Talking about what happens behind the false front of the DC village is always a threat. It is in the research and acceptance of the darkest pretending constructs that you realize how the illusions of choice are presented.
Tucker Carlson was no longer selling the illusions.
There are trillions at stake.
He was removed.
Tucker is free.
Welcome to the rebellion my friend!
I have not watched FOX news in 30 years. Same goes for any other of the ‘alphabet’ ‘news’ orgs. Journalism went the way of the dodo in the 1980’s. I don’t care for propaganda much having lived it in the 1970’s.
Jan 6 stuff will vanish unless Tucker still has access to it.
I hope he does.
Journalism began its descent before the 1980’s.
That’s an interesting thought. Surely his team made copies of J6. Releasing them all would be huge! He is no longer restrained by his bosses at fox.
He is still under contract. He can’t work anywhere else for 2-3 years!
No.
McCarthy has to be held accountable.
AMEN!!
I’ll never watch Fox again or patronize their advertisers … Maybe they should have Dylan Mulvaney take Tucker’s spot… Idiots !
Hahaha Dylan I love it! That would kick up their ratings!!!! Fox is a joke! Tucker was the 1 and only reason I watched. No more!!!
Larry Kudlow had a lot of good and informative shows over the years on Fox News and Fox Business channels.
He’s a globalist. He undermined P. Trump as soon as he left the administration.
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He was the one person on national TV where all the unsuspecting could learn the truth. It’s the unsuspecting that makes a difference in elections. His truth will be a big loss!
Yes, it’s all about the truth getting out and the cabal couldn’t have that happening every night and reaching so many viewers with the election coming up.
Sorry I disagree. Nothing nor any group will make any difference in the elections. Not until the vote is protected at every level will the elections be honest and both parties are guilty but the dems have election fraud perfected.
Everyone needs to get involved at the local level. Help out at the polls on election day.
Run for local office from the school board to the town council, county commissioner to mayor.
Stop the WOKE agenda at every level from the local to the state to DC.
That is so smart, and entirely true!
That’s also why I frequently played Devil’s Advocate against anti-Tucker negativity.
On a very recent occasion of such negativity, I recall erasing a comment, and then deciding to go through with it after all.
What was my hesitation? I feared the message I was sending would tip off AI Systems to a fact that may have eluded them:
Donald Trump’s sudden and dramatic rise in polling tracked closely with Tucker’s increasingly brilliant critiques which bordered on the supernatural in their scope, depth, conviction and truth. Indeed, I relented and felt this fact was important for our side to know. And here we are!
Another example (this one humorous) was a comment cautioning against excessive Elon bashing for the fact that, among other things, Musk, the space guy that he is, had informed the dummies of the world that space aliens don’t likely exist.
Well, yesterday on CBS Radio here in LA, CA, there was a brief report claiming that astronomers had just switched positions on a key issue re the topology of Mars, and that ‘they now believe that asteroids were not the critical factor, as they once believed, BUT RATHER THAT MARTIANS WERE THE LIKELY CAUSE.’
This came one day after the comment.
Indeed, Musk, already in the crosshairs, should now, more than ever, get his affairs in order. He too will be treated as an enemy of the state.
His blasphemies are beginning to pile up!
Elon is telling his truth, he told us what he saw or did not see. No martians as far as he could see. Now if you have seen Martian’s feel free to spread the word.
I really hope you didn’t get that from my comment. In any event, I don’t believe in Martians, but the woke creed needs to believe in something other than the truth. Strange beliefs help them get there… to some extent!
Elon’s space alien denialism, coupled with Tucker’s huge platform in which to say it, must have awaken Murdoch from a nightmare and a cold sweat.
” What else will our viewers and readers disbelieve?”, he must have been thinking.
“…must have awakened Moloch…”
fixed it for you
TV reception here has always been via antenna, so no FOX news. Never had any interest in it.
Sundance is spot on, as ever. Mr. Carlson touched the ‘third rail’, when he said this is about good versus evil, rather than the fake repub-dem and/or right-left paradigm.
Alex Jones – yes, that Alex Jones – twenty years ago cautioned listeners that FOX was not in any way a ‘conservative’ network, saying that any network which aired the hard -left Simpsons was working both sides of the street.
He was right. Tucker Carlson figured it out. So as in any criminal organization, ‘he had to go.’
How is it you can post on the internet, but not have access to Fox?
“TV reception here has always been via antenna, so no FOX news.”
What… ? You don’t have a dish ? How did you post here… ?
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Is this some sort of sarcasm? We haven’t had TV AT ALL since 2003. No “dish”… We have always been able to post here. Please explain your post. Thanks.
Fiber optic cable might answer that. Since cell phones are the most exploited of all of the consumer technologies by the 4th branch, maybe it is wise to do basic telephone functions and not all the apps and streaming crap from who knows where without serious fire wall protection on a land cabled home computer. There is really no place anyone can hide anymore, and that includes this site. So, all of us should be
I saw his speech too and thought that was what had them panicking. He left no doubt at all where he stands.
tucker has his ownwebsite.. i think i will just check in there.. his name dot com. has his videos and such.
Tucker Carlson was the best journalist out there today……however he got into a bind with Fox over this very recent lawsuit where Fox got dinged for $787 M over the 2020 election voting machines…..i think Fox wanted a stop-loss on possible future lawsuits and was following the dictum that if you want to get out of a hole then first stop digging…..Fox was never into the truth-telling business any moreso than any other media and they have a history of not hesitating to throw truthtellers overboard if they get any scuff marks on their shoes for any reason…….employer loyalty just isn’t a thing in big business, loyalty is a fool’s game in the boardroom….especially if the boss happens to get some lint up his nostril over a poorly phrased remark.
The lawsuit against Fox is the red herring. Tucker was influencing too many people who believe his truth. One of the dangers of free speech and thus his access to free speech and his audience had to be terminated. However, I have no doubt he will resurface. In the meantime Fox will suffer the economic damages of losing its main character.
The more I think about what has happened recently, the more I believe the real issue is Tucker attempting to air the J6 tapes and embarrassing the Bureaucratic State, who were not amused by Tucker outing their “insurrection” performance on January 6th and beyond. As a result, a President was impeached by the J6 “insurrection” cover up of the criminal conduct during the 2020 election by the Demcommies. They need to control the blow back from that charade for the forseable future. Tucker be damned. Fox is being harassed by frivolous and unconstitutional lawsuits, in order to stop him, and obviously thinks firing Tucker will end that costly debacle before it sinks them.
I think FOX has messed up big time, but I am sure they thought they were choosing the only path back to profitability.
Platforming Robert Kennedy Jr would not have helped.
Tucker actually was pretty harsh against Sidney Powell and Dominion. If anything, he would be srong evidence in Fox’s defence. Its only working because most lefties don’t know what Tucker actually said, and hate him with a passion.
He owes Sidney Powell a big apology.
I predict the net effect of the Tucker/Fox saga will be a massive multiplication of Tucker’s power and influence. Pray for him: His own humility and protection from the system that must destroy him.
The caged bird is free! Love your last sentence.
“Welcome to the rebellion my friend!”
And you are the Mockingjay.
100% bullseye. And, to paraphrase JFK Jr, Tucker committed the one unforgivable sin, he told the truth.
PS – people need to walk the talk. Wake up. The one power you still have is your choice on how to spend your money. Exercise it wisely. Do not in any way help finance your enemies. If you watch for 1 second or visit their sites you’re helping them spread the darkness. Your ISP and cable box documents what you watch and where you visit and provides that data to advertisers which translates into money for them.
Does tucker get to keep the Maine studio?
I wondered the same thing. It might be useful , right?
He will likely buy it from FOX. He can afford it…
Probably, but not adorned with the FOX News decor, I’m sure.
What is Fox News decor?
Ainsley’s panties? Kilmeade’s autographed photo of David Petraeus? Hannity’s karate robe?
Nancy Pelosi swimsuit calendar
FYI, here is the text of Carlson’s speech to Heritage last weekend, if you prefer text to video, which was also on here.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/24/include-country-your-prayers-tucker-carlson-reminds-heritage-foundation-50th-anniversary-gala/
Thanks… my opportunity now to correct my error of a couple of days back when I posted that that speech was at Hillsdale. Heritage it is.
He did both.
A really important and historical speech IMO, his delivery was amazing, he was speaking from the heart and he as usual, did a fantastic job of moving and informing his audience. 3 Cheers for Tucker!!!!
God bless Tucker!!!!!
Fox is just the evil covering for the evil. Tucker was letting the cat out of the bag! Stupid Fox! I hope they finally go away.
Jason Whitlock has a good word!
(3 minutes) https://rumble.com/v2k9y7m-jason-whitlock-breaks-down-the-real-reason-fox-news-fired-tucker-carlson.html
Sundance, you wrote with authority that “Carlson will not be asked to sign an NDA, is not bound by a ‘non-compete’ clause following the contract nullification by Fox Corp.”
Is that a fact you’re willing to risk your integrity on, or heresay/speculation?
If he’s silenced for several years because they pay off his contract, that’s a big win for the radical left. On the other hand, if he’s free to speak, that’s a big win for us.
What I’m saying is that we don’t need opinion presented as fact.
Please clarify.
Thank you.
Sundance deals in one thing only FACTS.
If it is coming from Sundance, then it is not hearsay. It is factual.
I had the same question. It is not that I do not trust Sundance, it is just that I have not seen that information anywhere else and I was wondering about it. Gateway Pundit is reporting that Bannon said Tucker was paid out to the end of his contract to keep him off of the air.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/bannon-murdoch-paid-out-tucker-carlsons-fox-news-contract-to-keep-him-off-the-air-they-want-to-keep-the-leading-populist-voice-off-the-airwaves-and-chop-block-trump-video/
Agreed. I heard Steve Bannon say this on War Room.
My sincere question has nothing to do with defending or accusing anyone. I’d simply like each of us, as constitutional conservatives, to use our time and emotional energy being productive, regardless of what we’re confronted with. I can’t help but believe that confusion and “Churn” make the enemy smile.
While the answer will eventually become clear, when we make statements of fact that are the opposite of what other people of integrity are saying, we might do well to freely offer a rational justification. Only then can we all get on the same page, and exercise unity in the face of the relentless ongoing attacks from radical left spokespeople.
Please listen from 8:17 – 8:45
Devon Nunes addresses the potential dilemma more articulately than I did, and presents the same very relevant question.
If Sundance can put an end to the lefts giddy celebration that Tucker has been silenced through the Presidential election, I’ll be the first to stand up and cheer!
This is from a Just the News interview conducted Tuesday April 25, 2023.
https://rumble.com/v2kgce2-sec-doing-all-it-can-to-stop-truth-social-is-tucker-carlson-off-the-field-u.html
CITATIONS – There’s a big difference between an opinion and an assertion of fact. Feel free to provide opinions; however, if you are making an assertion of fact you must attach a citation for review. If you do not have a citation – don’t post; this avoids spreading rumors, gossip and unfounded claims.
This is from The Conservative Treehouse “Guidelines for Comments.”
I’m respectfully requesting a citation from @Sundance to justify the statement in question.
Please, and thank you in advance! 🙂 🇺🇸
It is a fact. My citation is the principal.
Tucker laughed at being called brave. But he truly is and I thank him for that and his insight and truth.
He has told us the truth, amid the masses of liars.
May God protect him from the pure evil that is silencing God’s Warriors.
TRUTH IS SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT!!!!!!!!! THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO “HELL IN A HAND BASKET”!!!!! “FAST”!!!! I FIND IT REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA…..ARE OK WITH BEING A SOCIALIST COUNTRY????????? WHERE WERE THEY IN SCHOOL DURING HISTORY CLASS???????? WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE VISIT EUROPE…..AND CHECK OUT THE RUINS……JUST REMEMBER THAT WILL BE OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!!! EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS THAT 911 AND PEARL HARBOR SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!!!! HERE COMES THE WORST OF THE WORST!!!!!!!!! SOOOOO SAD FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ARE GROWING UP TO BE BURDEN WITH THIS!!!!!! BUT JUDGING FROM THE NEWS……THEY WILL ALL BE MENTAL AND HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT!!!!!!!
Please stop yelling & using all caps.
Is it possible Tucker started reading The Last Refuge and set up his home studio knowing things would get contentious soon? What opened Tuckers eyes? Was it simply being away from the stench of the swamp or did the fresh air of a “Treehouse” help him think?
I remember at the time he said he moved to Maine because angry (liberal) people were picketing outside his DC home and frightening his wife and children.
That to showed his strength of character. Instead of caving he acted.
To protect his family.
If he speaks of Fox, they will sue him for libel, even if it is true. They will make him spend that $60M on legal fees. The process IS the punishment.
Fortunately ( or unfortunately) there is a huge body of world-changing topics TC could tackle and not come near or mention the word ‘fox’ and be busy for years.
GO TC GO!
My guess is that Tucker wanted to confront the Ray Epps 60 minutes piece head-on and had the goods on him. Management wanted changes that he wouldn’t make so he walked out.
Sundance you’re a gifted writer !
Calling the writers/journalists “stenographers at the Wall Street Journal” is initially funny but, then I pictured the stepford workers doing as they’re told and it left me feeling such a sense of doom.
Tucker was reaching the masses and that can’t be minimized.
I love Tucker’s simple humorous approach to reporting and depending on where a person was as far as red pilled they would all get some level of confirmation that Tucker was speaking the truth.
To watch Tucker’s transformation in real time was a gift.
Pertaining to the WSJ, one had to look no further than their consistency throughout Crossfire/Hurricane. While some of the commentary staff were feeding the Trump supporters, without fail the news staff was relentlessly taking down Trump. This is the Murdoch modus operandi.
Welcome to the great reset.
Yes. Someone told me about it years ago. It does require reading. Most won’t bother. It is here..
LOVED THAT POST, SUNDANCE!
WOW, AND BOOM!
The bird is now free from the cage!
IMHO he will soon have his own show and no reins or tethers.
Joe Rogan and Jimmy Dore for example.
The MSM is a relic of the past, and the superstars do not need their platforms anymore.
FOXSUCKS!
TVNEWSSUCKS!
Tucker is hailed as the top guy, he raked in 3.5/6 million a night, out of a country of 340 million? Joe Rogan gets 11/12 million views per podcast. Tucker should be podcasting, give Rogan a run for his money!
Like paper news, TVNEWS should be 6ft under, put it to rest.
Thousands of other options to find out what is going on, that is basically what the news is, right . Finding truth is a life long pursuit. You will not find it on the TV.
The only reason Tucker was getting only 3.5 million viewers is that he was on Faux.
One had to put up with Faux to see him. Blecch!
His numbers will only increase once he decides on a new venue.
He could be the spark that sets Real America News on its way, for example…
Great and honest article Sundance.
Thank you
So Fox Corp. is practicing cancel culture on one of their own while stepping all over its own self proclaimed ‘fair, balanced and unafraid’ journalistic principles in the process. Tucker Carlson was one of the few journalists left in the so-called journalism profession that brought issues, people and stories to his viewers that the main stream media would not. Concerning his editorializing, he was better than most on the Fox News channel and his viewers were smart enough to decide for themselves on whether they agreed with him. His presence on Fox News and Fox Nation were one of the very few draws to view Fox. Fox News had less than a handful of reliable professionals to watch. Now they have one less. Too few for me to watch anymore. Specifically, Tucker Carlson was the only show that was worth watching any of its prime time lineup for. I stopped watching last night, for good. Now Fox News is just one of the other channels in the fake news main stream media cabal. Wherever Tucker Carlson goes next, I’ll follow. Fox News, you made a huge mistake.
March on brave warrior, march on. You are in our prayers. We are so thankful for those like Tucker and like you Sundance. March on!
Sundance, tell me what you really think…If this is the case, “he” won’t be around for long. We all know what happens to people to defect from ‘their’ club. NOTHING is what it seems~ My humblest of opinions~ With All Respect, IT IS UP TO US~
The last vestige of the unvarnished truth seeking that Tucker represented has been laid to rest….. Goodbye Faux News.
Well said, Sundance!
Spent my morning disengaging from all things Fox. I admired Fox for allowing free speech. Apparently no more.
REALLY well said!
But so far the Establishment is batting 1000% and we are hitless.
But, do not weep because winter for the establishment is coming.
IF I tuned into Fox, it was only to watch Tucker. I gave up on Sean and Laura shortly after the 2020 election.
Sean continues to have Lindsey Graham on his show in spite of the fact that Lindsey never got to the bottom of anything. The ultimate gaslighting show. Tick tock tick tock tick tock. What a sellout.
Laura talks a good game but she’s way too connected to the swamp creatures.
MAGA is warning about 2024 now. Besides losing another high value voice in the media, there is no game plan to counter ballot harvesting, get out the vote, etc. Ronna’s busy shoppping at Lululemon for her Peloton workouts and can’t be bothered with these minor issues. She controls the big donor money and that’s all that matters to her.
And to think I read a few years ago Tucker was being paid $6 million a year…I was way off. This is why he won’t do a podcast and I never did think that. Would you?
https://open.substack.com/pub/rwmalonemd/p/blackrock-owns-151-of-the-fox-corporation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
More reasons why Tucker just did not fit in with the big group. I hope he uses his talents and personality for the betterment of our country.
“Together, BlackRock and Vanguard own 18% of Fox (now almost 21%), 16% of CBS, 13% of Comcast — which owns NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and the Sky media group, 12% of CNN, and 12% of Disney — which owns a number of subsidiaries. Media behemoths that may present themselves as rivals are, in reality, owned by the same company.”
Thank you for this article on Tucker being fired. Someone posted a link to it at the end of the Breitbart story on Tucker this morning. As a consequence of your story, I’m dropping Fox and replacing it with YOU. Please stay on this story and tell us what he will be doing next. In the meantime, I will dream about a digital streaming platform that includes all my fav’s like Tucker. Find some money and make it happen… Thanks
Better late than never. I have not taken Breitbart seriously since 2020. I only go there to post/mock them with facts.
Sundance is in my opinion the most honest(sincere) person in this sphere.
For example, Kane at Citizens Free Press uses a sledge hammer in the comment section(shadow banning, deleting posts within minutes) and is so sanitized. I stopped posting there when he wouldn’t allow me to post using Sunfance’s name. Wtf is that all about (rhetorical comment).
With President Trump facing an indictment regarding January 6th protests and Tucker having the goods that there was nothing close to a riot my concern is the plan is to fast track and indict President Trump.
By firing Tucker they can control the narrative much more by shutting down Tucker who had the ability to take swipes at the credibility of seeking any indictment since there was no crime committed in the first place.
I believe the plan is to keep President Trump from getting the Republican nomination because they know how popular he is.
They will have to cheat regardless of President Trump’s presence.
Bernie Sanders won the democratic nomination last time and if anything after what Biden/cabal has done the democrats are toxic waste to the majority of this country and they know it!
we have only just begun. Amen.
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/3325/tucker-carlson-firing-context
It is now COMPLETELY CLEAR that Paul Ryan has assisted in CORRUPTING FOX NEWS, and they are INTERFERRING in the next election by NOT COVERING TRUMP. There is NOT ONE SINGLE HEADLINE about the Trump campaign. Fox is PART of the FIX! Boycott and DROP FOX like a hot tamale.
I Believe the Left threatened FOX after Tuckers TRUTH about Jan 6th Live Videos the left didn’t want anybody to see the TRUTH!
The Murdochs and upper elite at Fox are celebrating with a Bud Light.
Maybe he’ll team up with Glenn Beck and Mark Levin. God closes one door and opens another.
I’d far rather see him team up with the Steves – Bannon and Cortes – and join the War Room for a while.
Tucker guest-hosting the War Room – my, my…
As I see it. Fox is going to pay in the number of people who watch Fox News, including me. If they are catering to the left we are all watching how this plays out. Rest assured we can put 2+2 together & get 4.
I’ve been trying to find differences between Dems and communists.
Only found similarities.
So very glad to read this from sundance:
Carlson will not be asked to sign an NDA, is not bound by a “non-compete” clause following the contract nullification by Fox Corp, and will be free to do anything he wants in any venture. Additionally, he will be free to say whatever he wants about the issues at Fox and speak freely, or not, without any legal or contractual constraints. Keep all of that in mind.
Been listening to war room discussions about Tucker, and there was some guest worried about losing Tucker’s voice at this important time into 2024. Bannon did not appear to be aware of the facts sundance gives above, and they agreed that it could be a terrible thing…
However, according to this CTH article, it won’t be. Sigh of relief!
Looking forward with great anticipation to Tucker’s transition to something great, and in what used to be called “jig time”!
Sundance is 100% correct about there not being an NDA. When you are fired and given severance etc, you are not bound by an NDA unless the employer makes it lucrative enough to sign. This seemingly happened so quickly and I highly doubt Tucker would sign anything with an NDA.
Some thoughts from Dt. Malone:
“What really has me concerned is that earlier this year, it was announced that BlackRock has increased its ownership position in Fox Corporation (FOXA).
This increase in stock ownership now means that Blackrock owns 15.1% of the Fox Corporation. They are the second largest owner, just after the Murdock family.
Now, the Family Trust Murdoch still owns 19% of the company, with other, smaller institutional investors owning the rest. The CEO of the Fox Corporation was Rupert Murdoch, but it is currently Lachlan Murdoch.
BUT with this increase in 2.7% of Fox Corp, it is clear that Blackrock is fast becoming a controlling entity in Fox Corporation.
Together, BlackRock and Vanguard own 18% of Fox (now almost 21%), 16% of CBS, 13% of Comcast — which owns NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and the Sky media group, 12% of CNN, and 12% of Disney — which owns a number of subsidiaries. Media behemoths that may present themselves as rivals are, in reality, owned by the same company.”
Trillions at stake!
Tucker is worth at least $550MILL as his share of the Swanson Food money. It will be interesting to see what he does.
Why wouldn’t you expect reporting by the WSJ to be slanted and biased? WSJ is owned by Murdoch.
As a former RI’er I heard years ago that Tucker was an acquaintance of LTG Mike Flynn seeing him when in RI, as both had tiea to Middletown. We know that Flynn was one of the few honest players in the early Trump admin and I bet he gave Tucker an education on what actually went on.