'We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait,' Carlson texted an unidentified person. The private comments were a far cry from what Carlson's viewers were used to hearing on his prime-time show every night.
On Jan. 4, 2021, Fox News host Tucker Carlson was done with Donald Trump.
The revelation is in hundreds of pages of testimony, private text messages and emails from top Fox News journalists and executives that were made public Tuesday, adding to the trove of documents that show a network in crisis after it alienated core viewers by reporting accurately on the results of the 2020 presidential election.
“Thanks to today’s filings, Dominion has been caught red handed using more distortions and misinformation in their PR campaign to smear FOX News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press," the statement said. "We already know they will say and do anything to try to win this case, but to twist and even misattribute quotes to the highest levels of our company is truly beyond the pale.
Fox News has said it was"proud of our 2020 election coverage, which stands in the highest tradition of American journalism," and it argued that the Dominion lawsuit is designed only to garner headlines. Dominion argues that the First Amendment does not allow media outlets to broadcast conspiracy theories they know are false.
In an email the day after Joe Biden's inauguration, Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch wondered if some Fox News hostsIn a group text chain from mid-November, Hannity, Ingraham and Carlson complained about their news colleagues and the network’s decision to call Arizona in favor of Biden. Fox News was the first network to do so, and the call was accurate.“My anger at the news channel is pronounced,” Ingraham said later in the exchange.
In an email to former Fox executive Preston Padden 20 days after the election, Murdoch said he believed the network was"navigating" everything"pretty well." Stirewalt added:"It's a real mess. But sadly no surprise based on the man I saw revealed on election night." "I hate him passionately. I blew up at Peter Navarro today in frustration," he added, referring to the former Trump administration official."I actually like Peter. But I can't handle much more of this."
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