and that, all of that, is what makes this news so perplexing. the new york times has published a text that the times alleges led to carlson s firing. this is a text from tucker carlson to a producer. the times reports that fox news executives were made aware of this at the very end of their defamation negotiations with the dominion voting systems. the text had been redacted in public court filings, but people close to the lawsuit disclosed to the contents of the texts to the times. the times reports that once executives learned of this text, they made the decision to give tucker carlson the boot. the first thing i want you to notice is the time stamp here. this text was sent on january 7th, 2021. the day after the attack on the capitol. quote, a couple weeks ago, i was watching a video of people fighting on the street in washington. a group of trump guys
they have been fox news whole thing for a very long time now. all of that is what makes this news so perplexing. the new york times has published a text. the times reports that fox newses executives were made awa of this at the very end of their defamation negotiations with the dominion voting systems. the texts had been redacted ippublic court filings. the times reports once executives learned of the text they made the decision to give tucker carlson the boot. the first thing i want you to notice was the time stamp here. this text was sent january 7, 2021, the day after the attack on the capitol. quote, a couple of weeks ago i wasof watching a video of peopl fighting on the street in washington. a group of trump guys surrounded
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