Fox News is losing two contributors who are citing Tucker Carlson’s three-part documentary “Patriot Purge” as the reason for their departure from the company.
On their website, The Dispatch, Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg stated that they’re quitting the network because “the voices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible.”
“Over the past five years, some of Fox’s top opinion hosts amplified the false claims and bizarre narratives of Donald Trump or offered up their own in his service. In this sense, the release of Patriot Purge wasn’t an isolated incident; it was merely the most egregious example of a longstanding trend,” the statement read.
“Patriot Purge creates an alternative history of January 6, contradicted not just by common sense, not just by the testimony and on-the-record statements of many participants, but by the reporting of the news division of Fox News itself.”
Hayes and Goldberg have been with the network since 2009, but after a decade with Fox News, they couldn’t turn a blind-eye it seems to this type of programming. The two aren’t alone as others at the network, like Geraldo Rivera has pushed back for the company airing this series.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
