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Two Months Later It’s Clear: Tucker Carlson Needed Fox News More Than Fox Needed Tucker

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Mod: Tucker is classic trust fund trash who cannot stand up on his own two little feet. 

Two Months Later It’s Clear: Tucker Carlson Needed Fox News More Than Fox Needed Tucker (Media-ITElink): On Apr. 24, Fox News announced that its 8 p.m. host Tucker Carlson was leaving the network. The ouster of the most-watched host on cable news sent shockwaves through the political-media ecosystem. It sparked a reporting frenzy to get to the bottom of what actually happened, why he was fired, and what would come next — both for the top-rated cable news network and the most influential hard-right pundit in the country.

Now the dust has settled, it’s clear that Fox News was far more important to Carlson than he was to Fox News— a result that might surprise the Tucker Stans, who insisted his departure was Fox’s death knell.

It hasn’t all been rosy. Fox News took a significant hit in ratings in the weeks that followed Carlson’s ouster. In some metrics, the replacement hosts tapped to fill in the slot drew just half of Carlson’s audience, which remains enraged by his firing.

Viewership has started to tick back up, however, indicating that this viewer revolt is not as dire as ones seen in the past (see: the 2020 bloodbath). Even the ratings plunge came with a silver lining: advertisers that had steered clear of Carlson’s controversial show returned to the hour after his ouster.

Moreover, Carlson’s career as an independent news anchor hasn’t proved to be much of a match for his former network.

The leading influencer in conservative media and politics in the coming years is far more likely to be Carlson’s replacement, Jesse Watters, than anyone else. And given the power of the star-making machinery created by Roger Ailes, and streamlined under Suzanne Scott, it’s easy to imagine a future headline: “Tucker Who? Jesse Watters is the New Ratings Titan Driving Fox News.”

Geraldo Rivera quits Fox News (Raw Storylink): The veteran journalist and TV personality on Thursday posted a video on Twitter confirming that he’s cutting ties with the right-wing outlet. 

Rivera said his decision followed his firing from his role on “The Five” news panel talk show. He said he plans to provide more information on Friday when he appears on “Fox & Friends.”

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