This has been a hullabaloo-filled week for cable news networks, with two of the biggest headline-makers getting ousted from their respective gigs. Tucker Carlson’s exit from Fox News was perhaps more shocking than Don Lemon’s CNN termination, given the latter’s recent misconduct situation, and the all-around lack of negative attention surrounding Carlson at the network. But now that the dust is settling, with Carlson finally offering up a vague response to the issue on Wednesday night, it appears as if one of the major catalysts for the firing has been unearthed in the form of previously redacted text messages.
It’s being reported that a host of messages from Carlson, whose contents were previously blocked, were discovered by Fox News employees mere days before the company agreed to pay out a $787.5 million settlement to bring the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit case to a close. What’s more, other reports surfaced claiming that one or more Fox News employees were keeping a secret dossier of damaging files against Carlson, with the idea that they could be used as potential ammunition if the former anchor decided to fight back.
