Report: Fox News Banning Senators from Network If They've Done This for Tucker
UPDATE, July 18, 2023: This article has been updated to note that a Fox News representative told The Western Journal “this report is categorically false.”
According to reports, Fox News is stepping up its campaign against its former star, Tucker Carlson, and has now taken to banning guests who voiced support for Carlson.
Chadwick Moore, the author of the book “Tucker,” claimed that Fox insiders told him the network is refusing to book any U.S. senator who may have expressed positive opinions about Carlson.
“EXCLUSIVE: Sources inside Fox have confirmed to me that Fox News has banned sitting members of the U.S. Senate from appearing on the network if that Senator has publicly defended @TuckerCarlson in the aftermath of his cancellation,” Chadwick Moore tweeted on Friday.
EXCLUSIVE: Sources inside Fox have confirmed to me that Fox News has banned sitting members of the U.S. Senate from appearing on the network if that Senator has publicly defended @TuckerCarlson in the aftermath of his cancellation. More to come…
— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) July 14, 2023
Another former Carlson associate and Fox News employee, Gregg Re, also said that Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) was a particular target.
“Senior source at Fox tells me: ‘Tuberville was targeted directly because his criticism was the harshest, and the first time since then that he got booked, senior staff was fired for allowing him back on air without clearing it with the murdochs,'” Re wrote.
senior source at Fox tells me: “Tuberville was targeted directly because his criticism was the harshest, and the first time since then that he got booked, senior staff was fired for allowing him back on air without clearing it with the murdochs”
— Gregg Re (@gregg_re) July 14, 2023
Still, Ben Domenech, who does a podcast for Fox, disputed the claim, tweeting, “Thats a lie,” to which Moore quickly replied.
‘”Fox News Contributor’. I didn’t know they let you people read the blacklists. Do you get to sit in on the C-suite meetings, too? No, I think you just dance on camera for a small fee,” Moore noted.
“Fox News Contributor”. I didn’t know they let you people read the blacklists. Do you get to sit in on the C-suite meetings, too? No, I think you just dance on camera for a small fee.
— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) July 14, 2023
Domenech also said that he has a podcast planned that will feature an interview with Tuberville.
Still, others noted that Domenech’s podcast may be hosted by Fox, but it is not aired on the Fox News cable network itself.
Is your podcast aired on Fox News? pic.twitter.com/o1zW0xHFjK
— Brently+ (@kopopoulous) July 15, 2023
In a statement to The Western Journal, a Fox News representative said “this report is categorically false.”
This all comes on the heels of Fox News’ abrupt and shocking announcement of Carlson’s removal from the air back on April 24.
Fox didn’t just fire Carlson, though. The network also set up legal action against him after he started his new Twitter-based show, from which he says he makes no money from Elon Musk.
If these insider reports are true, Fox News barring guests that announced support for Carlson seems to mean Fox is digging itself a deeper hole as more people learn of this petty move on the network’s behalf. It will only add to the network’s ratings woe by causing even more people to feel negatively about the network.
The first rule, Fox News, is to stop digging.
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