American center Tucker Carlson, star of the Fox News channel, was fired after the network investigated a private message with racist and violent content, reported the US press.
Last week, the tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s network canceled by surprise and without further explanation the program of his best-known face, a supporter of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) and conspiracy theories.
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News, but his show continues to air live with different hosts
According to The New York Times, Fox News management was alarmed after discovering a message from Carlson to one of its producers in which he confessed to having been pleased to see a video in which a group of Trump supporters beat a young anti-fascist during the invasion of the Capitol in January 2021.
In the message, the presenter explained that when he saw these images he wanted to “Hit him harder, kill him”but that feeling also generated contradictions since “the disgusting antifa (far left organization) is a human being” and attacking someone in that way “It’s not how white men fight.”
The dismissal occurred on April 24, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay 787.5 million dollars (716.8 million euros) to avoid prosecution for spreading false information about alleged fraud in the 2020 elections. that Trump lost to Joe Biden.
Fox News pays more than 700 million euros to avoid going to trial for false statements about the 2020 elections
Source: Observadora
