A claim from Tucker Carlson biographer Chadwick Moore definitively alleges that the former Fox News host was fired by the network as a condition in the network’s settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Radio host Chris Plante didn’t hold back on criticism of Fox Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch after the news came down.
In a video posted to Twitter Monday, Moore alleges he saw what Carlson’s opening monologue featured for his show on Monday, April 24th, but never got the opportunity to air it after he was unceremoniously fired by Fox News that day. He also claims that before reporting suggested that Carlson exited after it was demanded by Dominion as part of the settlement he had been made aware from several sources that it was indeed true.
In response, Plante took to Twitter, sharing a video of Rupert Murdoch denying that he had been involved in Carlson’s firing on Tuesday, April 25th. “I didn’t do it,” Murdoch said after he was confronted outside of the network’s headquarters.
“Rupert Murdoch said he didn’t fire Tucker Carlson,” Plante wrote. “Wow! He lies like a Democrat. Because he probably is one!”
In addition to his radio show on WMAL in Washington D.C., Plante is also the host of a newly launched nightly television show on Newsmax. The cable outlet has been the beneficiary of viewers leaving Fox News after Carlson’s departure. The channel has seen its primetime audience increase by a reported 182% in the past month.
