from charlotte, north carolina. the faa is investigating both incidents. that s it for us. the news continues, want to hand it over to cnn prime time with michael smerconish. anderson, thank you. tuckered out, i m michael smerconish from new york city tonight. it s been a chaotic day for the media. sources say former nbc universal chief jeff shell accused of sexual harassment by a cnbc anchor, don lemon and cnn parting ways, disney laying off more workers, but the most stunning headline today, tucker carlson is out at fox news. these stories, these networks are all very different situations, but in terms of fox, reports show the ouster could be for a variety of reasons. carlson disparaged network leadership in text messages. he s accused of a hostile and sexist work environment. he continued to down play january 6th and play up conspiracy theories about the attack, but while the network s official statement today explained very little, it s unlikely coincidental that the
and going to, what would it have been? newsmax and oan at the time. what else came in? amazing how money dried so much of this. someone else will replace tucker just like he replaced bill o reilly. i made that point to frank says no, when ailes was ousted, when o reilly was ousted, a lot of folks said oh, my god, the network is really in trouble. but yeah, we re all kind of replaceable, aren t we. and i m sure they ll find someone. i mean, the five gets huge numbers. it s not always tucker who s driving the bus. what else came in? i like this part. this was a separate action from the settlement, but could be an indication of what to come. fox may be moving to a defensive posture, rather than a war footing says brian kaye. this was a separate action from the settlement. i don t know about. that i have to believe it s all related. i think i made really clear in my opening commentary that there are a, you know, perfect storm came together against carlson. but you have to believe that
every major news organization that has a standard practices guide, cnn included. fox doesn t vhave one. none. nothing in writing. i remember the ouster of roger ailes and what would be the future of the network, they ve all done just fine. do you expect the network will do just fine, and what of tucker carlson s future? those are really big questions and we don t know. you know, megyn kelly and bill o r o reilly, and glen beck came out of fox and they lost that mega phone. they re still around, they re still a presence and fox is a great launch pad for these folks and tucker carlson has been around for a long tomb. time. he will reinvent himself. there s talk he could run for president. he s not done yet by any means. he s got a very strong base on the right. there s no doubt about that. it s a different world for him now. what happens to fox? big question, wouldn t it be nice if fox now as part of this nearly no, more than three