Samuel Case, FISM News
Tucker Carlson is launching a new show on Twitter as he battles with Fox News to end his contract with the cable news giant.
“Twitter is not a partisan site, everybody is allowed here. And we think that’s a good thing.” Carlson said on Tuesday in a video posted to the social media platform.
And yet, for the most part, the news that you see analyzed on Twitter comes from media organizations that are themselves thinly disguised propaganda outlets. You see it on cable news, you talk about it on Twitter. The result may feel like a debate, but actually, the gatekeepers are still in charge.
“We think that’s a bad system,” he continued. “We know exactly how it works and we’re sick of it. Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter. We’re bringing some other things too, which we’ll tell you about.
We’re back. pic.twitter.com/sG5t9gr60O
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 9, 2023
Twitter owner, Elon Musk, clarified that he has “not signed a deal of any kind” with Carlson and that “Tucker is subject to the same rules and rewards of all content creators.”
Carlson was ousted from Fox News two weeks ago, but is still under contract until January 2025, meaning his new show likely violates the contract’s non-compete clause.
But Carlson claims Fox violated their contract first, leaving him free to pursue other ventures. On Tuesday, Carlson’s lawyer Bryan Freedman sent a letter to Fox officials accusing the network of breach of contract and fraud, according to an Axios report.
Axios said that Freedman argues Fox violated an agreement to not leak Carlson’s private communications to the media and not to use his private messages “to take any adverse employment action against him.”
Freedman also alleges that Fox broke a promise to not settle with Dominion Voting Systems in a way that would harm Carlson’s reputation or “in a way which would indicate wrongdoing” on his part.
A Fox board member reportedly told Carslon he was kicked from the network as part of the Dominion settlement. But a Fox spokesperson said it is “categorically false” that Carlson’s ouster was related to the near $800 million settlement. A Dominion attorney told Axios that the company did not “insist” on Fox firing Carlson as part of the settlement.
In addition, Carlson plans to subpoena Fox PR chief Irena Briganti’s “cell phone records and related documents,” alleging that she tried to “undermine, embarrass, and interfere” with his future business prospects, which would also be a breach of contract.