Apr 24 Watch 9:08 What Tucker Carlson’s departure could mean for the future of Fox and the GOP By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz Fox News abruptly announced Monday that its top-rated primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network. The move comes less than a week after Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems over… Continue watching
Apr 24 Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, ‘agreed to part ways,’ network says By David Bauder, Associated Press The network said in a press release Monday that the popular and controversial prime-time host's last program aired on Friday. Continue reading
Mar 11 Records released in Fox defamation suit show pressures on network’s journalists By David Bauder, Associated Press The released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox offer insight into how the network's stars and leadership responded at a time of high anxiety and how giving its audience what it wanted to hear took precedence over reporting… Continue reading
Mar 08 Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in defamation lawsuit filings By David Bauder, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump. Continue reading
Mar 07 Fox News star Tucker Carlson ramps up Jan. 6 lies with footage provided by House Republicans By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 11:28 Brooks and Capehart on Tucker Carlson’s access to Jan. 6 video, war in Ukraine By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the larger implications of Tucker Carlson's access to the Jan. 6 footage and what the year of… Continue watching
Feb 22 Speaker McCarthy grants Tucker Carlson access to Jan. 6 surveillance footage By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A hard-right political commentator, Carlson says his team is spending the week at the Capitol poring through the video and preparing to reveal their findings. But granting such high-profile access to sensitive security details to such a deeply partisan figure… Continue reading
May 02 Watch 8:12 Tucker Carlson’s influence and his increasingly extreme views By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman, Tyriana Evans Every night more than 3 million people tune in to Tucker Carlson's show on the Fox News channel – the most-watched cable news show last year. A new analysis from The New York Times explores how Carlson is using his… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 8:40 Amy Walter and Annie Linskey on primary election season, Tucker Carlson’s role in the GOP Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Annie Linskey of The Washington Post join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including Tucker Carlson's role in the Republican Party, a closely watched primary election in… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 6:49 Conservatives beef with Biden over false red meat claims By Amna Nawaz Misinformation falsely linking President Joe Biden to a call to dramatically limit red meat consumption in America has sparked conservative outrage. A British tabloid, the Daily Mail, claimed Biden’s climate plans could limit Americans to one hamburger a month. Amna… Continue watching