Tucker Carlson has issued a statement following his exit from Fox News.
In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Carlson delivered a vague speech in which he spoke about what its been like to step outside the noise and how true things prevail.
One of the first things you realize when you step outside the noise for a few days is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country, Carlson started. Kind and decent people, people who really care about whats true. And a bunch of hilarious people, also. A lot of those. Its gotta be the majority of the population, even now. So thats heartening.
He continued, The other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. Theyre completely irrelevant. They mean nothing. In five years, we wont even remember that we had them. Trust me, as someone who has participated. And then at the same time, and this is the amazing thing, the undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future, get virtually no discussion at all. War. Civil liberties. Emerging science. Demographic change. Corporate power. Natural resources. When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? Its been a long time. Debates like that are not permitted in American media.
Though he never addressed Fox News directly, Carlson finished his statement by saying that Americas current orthodoxies wont last and there arent many places left where one can find Americans saying true things.
Both political parties, and their donors, have reached consensus on what benefits them, and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it. Suddenly, the United States looks very much like a one-party state. Thats a depressing realization, but its not permanent. Our current orthodoxies wont last. Theyre brain dead. Nobody actually believes them. Hardly anyones life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue. And so it wont, Carlson said. The people in charge know this; thats why theyre hysterical and aggressive. Theyre afraid. Theyve given up persuasion, theyre resorting to force. But it wont work. When honest people say whats true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time, the liars, who have been trying to silence them, shrink and they become weaker. Thats the iron law of the universe. True things prevail. Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There arent many places left, but there are some. And thats enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope. See you soon.
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Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 27, 2023 Fox announced Carlsons exit in an April 24 statement that read: Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor. A spokeswoman for Fox News declined to elaborate.
Carlsons flagship Fox News series Tucker Carlson Tonight started airing in November 2016 and eventually made Carlson the networks most-watched primetime host. The final episode of the show aired April 21, 2023. The host joined Fox News in 2009 as a political analyst after working at CNN in the early aughts and hosting the MSNBC series Tucker from 2005 to 2008.
Carlsons abrupt exit from Fox News was announced just days after corporate parent Fox Corp. agreed to pay $787.5 million in a settlement to Dominion Voting Systems after being accused of defaming the ballot-technology company by passing along specious conspiracy theories about its role in the 2020 presidential election. Carlson was expected to have to testify in the matter and the goings-on at his show were expected to be analyzed in a separate suit Fox is navigating involving Abby Grossberg, a former producer.