after fox made $787 million to settle the defamation suit from dominion voting systems after false claims over the 2020 election. as part of that suit, carlson s communications were made public. some of what he was texting and private was very different from what he was saying to viewers on the air. also tonight the cable news rival cnn parting ways with anchor don lemon who recently made news with comments about nikki haley saying she, quote, while on fox news no reason given for tucker carlson s departure tonight. senior investigative reporter senior investigative reporter aaron katersky leading us off. tonight, tucker carlson, the highest rated folks host on fox news is no longer with the network. we have news from within our fox family. fox news media and tucker carlson have mutually agreed to part ways. in a statement fox news thanked carlson for his service and said his last program was this past friday night. at the end of the show carlson signing off we will be back on
january 6th given to him by house speaker kevin mccarty. ignoring the attacks on officers and destruction of the capitol, carlson instead saying this. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionist. they were sightseers. a former fox news producer claimed that while working on carlson s show she was subjected to a hostile work environment that included demeaning remarks about women and anti-semitic jokes. tonight calling carlson s departure a big win for viewers of cable news, not just those who watch fox and a step towards accountability. it comes the same day another controversial host was let go by a competing cable network. cnn parting ways with anchor don lemon who made news recently when he said during a discussion of nikki haley running for president that haley isn t in her prime. nikki haley is an in her prime. aspiring. when a woman is in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s. that s not according to me. prime for what? lemon will
The prominent anchor on Monday announced that he has been fired from the cable news network. He got into hot water after making remarks about Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley.