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Why did Fox News fire Tucker Carlson? Some claim that Tucker had planned to leave the network all along, and merely resigned. He had even had a studio built in his own home. He was fed up with Fox and decided to call it quits, so the story goes. But this theory is belied by the fact that Tucker\u2019s production team was taken entirely by surprise by the news. For instance, I received the following text message from Scooter Downey, a producer of\u00a0Tucker Carlson Originals<\/em>, in response to my query after the announcement: \u201cNo idea what\u2019s going on. Crazy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tucker and his staff were blind-sided by the decision.<\/p>\n

Bill O\u2019Reilly, who hosted\u00a0The O\u2019Reilly Factor<\/em>, which appeared in the same time slot as\u00a0Tucker Carlson Tonight<\/em>,\u00a0remarked<\/a><\/u>\u00a0that Tucker and his staff were blind-sided by the decision. \u201cThey were putting together tonight\u2019s, Monday night\u2019s, program,\u201d O\u2019Reilly claimed. \u201cThey were actively involved with making the rundown as all of us do who go on television each night to talk to you. In the middle of that, boom. Tucker Carlson is history at the Fox News show. That\u2019s how fast it came.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tucker was not even among the promoters on Fox of the theory that elections had been rigged using Dominion.<\/p>\n

The other major explanation given for Tucker\u2019s separation from Fox has to do with the settlement of the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit. But the suit was\u00a0filed<\/a><\/u>\u00a0in March of 2021 and Tucker wasn\u2019t dismissed until April 24, 2023. Dominion demanded $1.6 billion and settled for $787.5 million. Tucker\u2019s dismissal from Fox was not a condition of the settlement. Meanwhile, as Megyn Kelly\u00a0pointed out<\/a><\/u>, Tucker was not even among the promoters on Fox of the theory that elections had been rigged using Dominion. \u201cHe was not a reason for that 800-million settlement,\u201d says Kelly.<\/p>\n

Why would Fox get rid of an income generator just as the bill came due?<\/p>\n

Further, Tucker\u2019s show was no doubt a leading moneymaker for the network, or a major means for paying the damages. Why would Fox get rid of an income generator like Tucker Carlson just as the bill came due? The answer is that Fox is not as concerned about making money as it is about being a faithful servant of the regime.<\/p>\n

Tucker crossed significant establishment redlines and has finally suffered the consequences. He consistently argued that the ruling elite hates the majority and consistently attacks it, that national sovereignty is being eroded, and that the electorate is being replaced. The redlines included his criticism of Volodymyr Zelensky and the U.S. involvement in the Ukrainian war, his criticism of the Covid responses that destroyed the economy, his questioning of the vaccines, and his targeting by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for various \u201coffenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, BlackRock Inc.\u00a0increased its position in Fox Corporation<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(FOXA). BlackRock now owns 15.1 percent of the company. BlackRock\u2019s enhanced position in Fox Corporation explains, in part, the Tucker dismissal, and it was a dismissal, not Tucker’s choice.<\/p>\n

Why would BlackRock, headed by CEO Larry Fink, pressure Fox News to axe Tucker? For one, Tucker was known for his scathing criticism of Ukraine\u2019s corruption, which put him at odds with the investment giant. In January, Carlson reacted derisively to a\u00a0video<\/a><\/u>\u00a0of Ukrainian President Zelensky thanking BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs for \u201crebuilding\u201d the country. Tucker referred to Zelensky, not as a hero, as the establishment would have it, but as a\u00a0dictator<\/a><\/u>. Carlson has also been critical of BlackRock’s push for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, claiming, rightly, that ESG is a means of circumventing legislation and thus subverting democratic processes. ESG thwarts the will of the people and installs a \u201cclimate change\u201d dictatorship in its place.<\/p>\n

BlackRock also has enormous\u00a0holdings in pharmaceuticals companies<\/a><\/u>, as one of the three largest shareholders of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck. And Tucker recently interviewed Robert Kennedy, Jr.\u00a0A\u00a0presidential candidate, Kennedy has lambasted the Covid-19 vaccines as \u201cdeadly and worthless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps most significant was the ADL\u2019s calls for Tucker\u2019s removal. Tucker consistently claimed that the Democratic Party is attempting to replace the American electorate with illegal immigrants and the ADL called for Tucker to be de-platformed for holding to \u201cthe Great Replacement Theory,\u201d as well as other views that the ADL forbids. The\u00a0ADL had consistently pushed for Tucker\u2019s dismissal<\/a><\/u>. On\u00a0The Megyn Kelly Show<\/a><\/u>, after Kelly noted that the ADL was once again pushing for Tucker\u2019s firing, Tucker said, \u201cfuck them.\u201d And Tucker struck back at the ADL on\u00a0his own show<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

Following Tucker\u2019s dismissal, the ADL\u2019s Jonathan Greenblatt celebrated Tucker\u2019s firing on\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/u>, where he also accused Tucker of spewing \u201cantisemitic, racist, xenophobic and anti-LGBTQ hate to millions.\u201d He also acknowledged that the ADL had \u201clong called for his firing”:<\/p>\n

\nIt’s about time. For far too long, Tucker Carlson has used his primetime show to spew antisemitic, racist, xenophobic and anti-LGBTQ hate to millions.\u00a0@ADL<\/a>\u00a0has long called for his firing for this and many other offenses, including spreading the Great Replacement Theory.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Dominion defamation suit was not the impetus for the removal of Tucker Carlson from the Fox News line-up. Nor did Tucker walk out of Fox on his own accord. Tucker was axed by the regime\u2019s henchmen, who work together to silence dissent, pummel the population with endless propaganda, and gaslight their victims with lies that represent the precise inverse of the truth. As a propaganda apparatus of the ruling class, Fox News is not primarily interested in profit. Its\u00a0raison d’\u00eatre<\/em>\u00a0is to serve as controlled opposition. And Tucker was out of the establishment\u2019s control.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe media,\u201d Tucker recently\u00a0said<\/a><\/u>, \u201care part of the control apparatus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe media,\u201d Tucker recently\u00a0said<\/a><\/u>, \u201care part of the control apparatus\u2026not only are they part of the problem, but I spent most of my life being part of the problem, defending the Iraq War, like I actually did that.\u201d That is, Tucker came to recognize that mainstream media are ideological state apparatuses whose functions are to indoctrinate, mislead, and support the reigning regime and their narratives, whether past, present, or future. He said so himself<\/a> again after<\/strong> the firing.<\/p>\n

Tucker attempted to subvert those media functions and became a danger to the regime. It is no wonder that he no longer works for Fox News. The question is how he lasted so long.<\/p>\n

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This was originally published by Mises Wire on April 25, 2023, under the title \u201cWhy Fox Fired Tucker: BlackRock, Replacement Theory, and the ADL\u201d and is reprinted with permission<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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