Tucker Carlson, ousted from Fox Information, reveals new present on Twitter
Greater than two weeks after his firing from Fox Information, Tucker Carlson is beginning a brand new present that he guarantees will probably be much like his top-rated cable present “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
However now it should stream on Twitter. Carlson, 53, introduced the brand new present with a video on his Twitter account Tuesday with a tweet that mentioned merely, “We’re again.”
“Beginning quickly we will probably be doing a brand new model of the present we have been doing for the final six and a half years to Twitter, and another issues too which we’ll let you know about. However for now, we’re simply grateful to be right here,” mentioned Carlson. “Free speech is the primary proper you have got, with out it you haven’t any others.”
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The transfer is a giant win for Twitter, the social media platform acquired by Elon Musk last October, the place Carlson says he’ll have the ability to converse freely.
“Speech is the basic pre-requisite for democracy. That’s why it was enshrined within the first of our Constitutional amendments,” Carlson mentioned within the video. “Amazingly, as of tonight, there will not be that many platforms left that permit free speech. The final massive one remaining … is Twitter, the place we at the moment are.”
Carlson’s final internet hosting obligation for his prime-time conservative opinion present “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was April 21. He was fired from the community three days later, following Fox’s $787 million payout to Dominion Voting Systems, in a seismic shift within the cable panorama. An interim present, consisting of rotating Fox Information personalities, has stuffed in till a brand new host is called.
Fox Information didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark and whether or not the brand new job would violate Carlson’s non-compete exit package deal. Axios reported on Tuesday that Carlson’s legal professionals despatched a letter to Fox accusing the community of fraud and breach of contract.