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Tucker Carlson Out At Fox News
We really don’t want this to sound like an obituary, as Tucker Carlson’s career is far from over, and we truly believe that the best is yet to come.
The Tucker Carlson Tonight Era was a miracle for the American Right. Finally, someone in the mainstream discussing the issues that are often ignored or twisted to fit the Regime’s narrative.
Tucker promised his viewers to deliver a “show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think.”
He delivered, going after the lies and deception on both sides night after night.
In addition to calling out the Establishment, Tucker went after the Bipartisan Swamp’s consensus on issues like immigration, foreign policy, trade and many more.
Tucker was the one voice in all of the mainstream media you could count on to talk about the things that actually matter.
Darren Beattie summed this up.
Tucker Carlson was a fluke on national television. It's one thing to come on War Room all the time, we talk about January 6 all the time. That's for a special audience. That's for an engaged audience. But to speak to a national audience on primetime, you're not supposed to be allowed to talk about that. You've got to stay very carefully in the playpen. You've got to be Kilmeade and give the yuck-yuck, the cattle-slop gruel... And that's all you're supposed to do. And it looks like that is where FOX is going right now. They're returning to the era of cattle slop.
While Tucker will be successful wherever he goes next, losing his voice on Fox News is a major blow, for now. I have spoken with so many people who are just casual followers of the news and politics who have had their views on numerous issues changed after listening to Tucker’s monologues and interesting guests over the years. They don’t use Twitter often or at all, but they could sit down and tune in at night to hear ideas that they would never hear about if not for Tucker.
So what happened? Why did Fox New get rid of their biggest star?
Why Is He Out?
This past Monday, the political world was blindsided with the news that Tucker Carlson and Fox News had “parted ways.”
Here was the statement put out by Fox News.
On top of the already shocking news that Tucker Carlson Tonight was coming to an end, was the statement that Tucker’s last show was Friday April 21st. Tucker would not be allowed to give a statement on his show that night and say goodbye to his audience.
Details on what actually happened and what caused the sudden ousting are all over the place. A lot of the excuses seem absolutely ridiculous, like the claim made in Vanity Fair that Tucker was ousted due to a speech he gave at the Heritage Foundation over the weekend.
Tucker Carlson’s Full Speech At The Heritage Foundation
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With his bold statements on the spiritual battle in America, Tucker Carlson’s keynote address is igniting and empowering the “good” all across this great nation.
The Vanity Fair claim doesn’t make any sense as Fox News has several hosts who discuss their faith, and Fox Nation is full of shows discussing the Bible.
Breitbart News has a piece this week going over some of the possible reasons, as well as the battle between Tucker Carlson and Fox News over his contract.
Here are some highlights from the piece:
Fox News is trying to sideline former Tucker Carlson Tonight host Tucker Carlson through the 2024 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.
A third source close to Carlson also said it, noting that the Murdochs may end up trying to hold Carlson in his contract through the next presidential election to effectively silence him and keep him from becoming serious competition to them, whatever he ends up doing.
Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly also reported that detail on her show on Thursday, saying that Carlson and Fox News are negotiating his exit and that while his show is canceled and he has been kicked out of his company email address, his contract is still in effect, which keeps him from doing something else.
Dominion and Grossberg
When Fox News settled for nearly $800 million with the company, the staggering sum of the settlement—and the amount of other suits barreling down the pike against Fox News from Smartmatic and from former producer Abby Grossberg—the Murdochs were rattled, per these network sources. Multiple sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News that Carlson never actually met Grossberg in person during her months as a producer for his show, something others have reported already.
Did it have something to do with Tucker Carlson’s coverage of January 6th and Ray Epps? The LA Times had a piece this week claiming it had something to do with.
Murdoch also was said to be concerned about Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Senator Chuck Schumer did call for Rupert Murdoch and Fox News to censor Tucker Carlson over his coverage of the January 6th tapes back in March.
Tucker’s Response
Ray Epps was also on 60 Minutes last weekend, which we will go into later on in the newsletter.
A few days after his show was cancelled, Tucker posted a video on Twitter during his old show’s time slot.
The video went incredibly viral, sitting right now at over 23 million views.
The undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future, get virtually no discussion at all: war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources. When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? It’s been a long time. Debates like that are not permitted in American Media.
Both political parties and their donors have reached a consensus on what benefits them, and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it.
As of right now, it is still a mystery as to why Fox News decided to end the show of their biggest star. Maybe it was all of these things mentioned above combined, or maybe it was just Rupert Murdoch wanting to return Fox News to being the Establishment’s safe space, where no actual dissent from the Regime’s narrative is permitted.
In the meantime, Fox News’ ratings have taken a massive hit.
Epoch Times: Sean Hannity’s Ratings Plunge After Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Exit
Carlson’s finale a week ago drew 2.65 million viewers, according to Nielsen. The data shows that Brian Kilmeade’s substitute hosting gig for “Fox News Tonight” saw ratings of 2.59 million on Monday, 1.7 million on Tuesday, and 1.33 million on Wednesday, respectively. Last Wednesday, Carlson drew about 3 million viewers, Nielsen figures show.
But the 9 p.m. Fox News program hosted by Sean Hannity drew about 2.5 million on Monday, 2 million on Tuesday, and 1.7 million on Wednesday night, according to Nielsen. In comparison, Hannity drew about 2.6 million viewers the Wednesday a week before, the ratings show.
Laura Ingraham’s “The Ingraham Angle” drew 2.156 million on Wednesday, April 19. But this past Wednesday, two days after Carlson was confirmed gone, her show drew 1.55 million viewers.
Jesse Watters’ show also saw a decline. For Wednesday, it saw an audience of 1.558 million, but a week prior, it generated 2.1 million.
Carlson’s video – which made veiled jabs at Fox News and the cable news industry as a whole – received more than 1.8 million views in less than an hour after its release, while more than 5 million people saw the post on their timeline, according to Twitter’s statistics. As of writing, the total views of Carlson’s Twitter video are even higher at more than 3.5 million, while the post has been seen by more than 10 million users.
President Trump’s Reaction
Donald Trump Junior’s Reaction
Representatives Matt Gaetz And Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Reaction
Like we said at the top, we don’t want this to sound like an obituary. Tucker Carlson will be back, and we believe stronger than ever.
But let’s take a look back on some of the important segments and monologues he had during his time at Fox News.
Tucker’s Coverage Of Questions Surrounding January 6th And The Horrible Treatment Of The January 6th Political Prisoners
Tucker Calling Out The Swamp’s Push For More Foreign Wars
Tucker Calling Out RINOs
Tucker Carlson On Mass Immigration
Tucker Calling Out The Anti-White Agenda
Tucker Defending Dissident Voices
What’s Next?
For now, it looks like Tucker is enjoying a much deserved break and spending time with his family.
The loved-up pair - who have four children, Buckley, Dorothy, Lillie, and Hopie - pulled over briefly to talk with a DailyMail.com reporter before Tucker sped away into the humid Florida evening, howling with laughter
So what will Tucker do when he comes back? If he continues doing media, Rumble seems a likely option. Rumble doesn’t have the censorship problems that Youtube does and would allow Tucker to continue talking about the same things he was covering on his Fox News show.
Newsmax is reportedly interested in giving Tucker Carlson control of the network.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the news channel is doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for Tucker to come on board -- including floating the idea of letting him program the whole channel, not just his own show.
President Tucker Carlson?
Whatever Tucker Carlson decides, we wish him the best and hope he returns soon. He’s an America First Warrior and his voice is desperately needed in this chaotic time we live in.
Tucker Carlson: “See you soon.”
Mainstream Media Rushes To The Defense Of Ray Epps 2.0
The night before Fox News “parted ways” with Tucker Carlson, 60 Minutes released a segment defending Ray Epps and smearing anyone asking questions about his curious actions on January 6th.
Here is the 60 Minutes Segment:
We covered the last time the Mainstream Media did this in our newsletter last July.
Revolver News was also the target of the 60 Minutes segment. Revolver News, Darren Beattie and Tucker Carlson were not given a chance to counter the 60 Minutes narrative during the segment.
Darren’s response on Twitter:
Revolver News: Revolver’s Beattie Savagely Destroys Cowardly 60 Minutes For Their Feeble Attempt To Bury The “Fedsurrection”
Epps was captured on video footage literally leading a group of people towards the Capitol building, and was also linked to violent outbreaks on that day. Despite this, he was never arrested or charged with any crime. Yet, curiously, there are people still rotting in jail for simply strolling through the Capitol building. It doesn’t add up. So, obviously, many people wonder if Mr. Epps was working in collaboration with the FBI.
Mr. Epps himself has yet to face any tough questions about his role in the events of January 6th. Instead, the media lobs softballs at him and offers him a platform to say whatever he wants, with no pushback. And that’s precisely what 60 Minutes will do this Sunday, when Ray Epps appears on the show to present his side of the story without being challenged on the many inconsistencies surrounding his actions.
Revolver News: The Essential Revolver News January 6 Reading List
You can see some of Tucker and Darren’s coverage about questions involving Ray Epps in the clips linked above, as well as in that July 2022 newsletter.
But let’s dive into the 60 minutes segment.
Briefly, there’s not much new in this interview. If anything, it was kind of a dud. This is basically just the New York Times piece from last year, but on TV.
-Epps Denies Being A Fed
-Epps Wants To Sue People
-Epps Is A “Victim”
-Blaming Tucker Carlson, Revolver News And Right-Wing “Conspiracy Theories”
The only thing we’ll give 60 Minutes credit for is they did show some of the footage of Ray Epps’ bizarre actions on January 5th and 6th. Here’s the link to the exact point.
Here’s more Epps' footage.
Here’s Tucker Carlson And Darren Beattie’s Response To The New York Times Puff Piece On Ray Epps
Revolver News: The Hidden Agenda Behind The New York Times’ Desperate Puff Piece On Ray Epps
Getting back to the Times piece, it’s also important to note that the piece contains no explicit denial by Epps of association with military intelligence, DHS, JTTF, or any cutouts or intermediaries.
Like with the New York Times Piece, the 60 Minutes Segment does not contain any denial from Epps of association with military intelligence, DHS, JTTF, or any cutouts or intermediaries. All that is included is a denial from the FBI that “Ray Epps has never been an FBI Source or an FBI employee.”
What’s interesting is 60 Minutes did briefly discuss how Ray Epps was outside the Capitol BEFORE President Trump was finished speaking on January 6th, and that the breach began BEFORE President Trump was done speaking. Here is a link to the moment this is discussed.
Which leads to the question: If Ray Epps was such a massive Trump Supporter, as 60 Minutes and Epps claim, why was he outside the Capitol while President Trump was still speaking?
Thread On Revolver News’ Reporting On Ray Epps’ Actions January 5th And 6th
Revolver News: Meet Ray Epps, Part 2: Damning New Details Emerge Exposing Massive Web Of Unindicted Operators At The Heart of January 6
It would be one thing if Epps’s repeated calls on January 5 to “go into the Capitol” had simply amounted to bluster. But Epps followed through on his stated mission to shepherd others inside. In clips 4-6 of the above compilation, we see Epps actively orchestrate elements of the very first breach of the Capitol barricades at 12:50 p.m, while Trump still had 20 minutes left in his rally speech.
Everyone else was in town for a Trump rally, and Epps flew 2,300 miles from Arizona because of a vendetta against neoclassical architecture.
This means Epps came to the Trump speech early in the morning with the sole intention of recruiting a mob to follow on the heels of the Capitol breach team he would personally oversee while Trump was speaking—the very breach team we have covered in this report whose operators would remove the fencing, signage and barricades before the masses would arrive at the Capitol.
The tactical importance of this breached location is that it was the very first walkway entrance into the Capitol grounds that every Trump supporter would arrive at first as they walked from the Trump rally to the Capitol.
The last interesting part of the 60 Minutes Segment is this statement from Tom Joscelyn, who helped author the January 6th Committee’s Report. According to him the January 6th Committee didn’t find Epps important enough to include in their report.
The man shouting on January 5th and January 6th that people needed to go into the Capitol, was not seen as important? Regardless of whether you think Ray Epps is a Fed or not, that is a wild statement. Especially when you consider this text message from Epps that day.
The New York Times, 60 Minutes, Adam Kinzinger and Ray Epps can try and dismiss this all as a “conspiracy theory” all they want, but these questions deserve answers.
Especially considering the Whitmer Fednapping Plot.
And the New York Times’ even reporting that there were FBI Informants present on January 6th.
The National Pulse: Most Americans Now Suspect Federal Agents Provoked Jan 6th, Says Poll Data
Who is Ray Epps?
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