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| Tucker Carlson’s Firing by Fox News | Tucker Carlson’s Firing by Fox News |
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| To the Editor: | To the Editor: |
| Re “Fox News Ousts Carlson, a Voice of the Far Right” (front page, April 25): | Re “Fox News Ousts Carlson, a Voice of the Far Right” (front page, April 25): |
| Tucker Carlson’s firing by Fox News is being covered as big news (everywhere except, of course, at Fox News). The coverage includes speculation about whether the firing heralds a change of direction for Fox News away from peddling sensationalist conspiracy theories to its primary audience. | Tucker Carlson’s firing by Fox News is being covered as big news (everywhere except, of course, at Fox News). The coverage includes speculation about whether the firing heralds a change of direction for Fox News away from peddling sensationalist conspiracy theories to its primary audience. |
| The trove of texts and emails made public in connection with Dominion’s lawsuit against Fox News revealed that Mr. Carlson’s private opinions sometimes diverged from what he voiced on his TV show. Knowing that Mr. Carlson’s résumé included previous work as a conservative voice with such liberal or reality-based news outlets like CNN, MSNBC and PBS, perhaps we should not be surprised that the more extreme Tucker Carlson who was presented on Fox News each night was to an unknown degree a performance. | The trove of texts and emails made public in connection with Dominion’s lawsuit against Fox News revealed that Mr. Carlson’s private opinions sometimes diverged from what he voiced on his TV show. Knowing that Mr. Carlson’s résumé included previous work as a conservative voice with such liberal or reality-based news outlets like CNN, MSNBC and PBS, perhaps we should not be surprised that the more extreme Tucker Carlson who was presented on Fox News each night was to an unknown degree a performance. |
| Fox News’s business model involves presenting sensationalist, conspiracy-laden fodder to appeal to America’s angry, frightened right wing. This has been so whether the characters have been named Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly or Tucker Carlson. The roles those people played have been the same. | Fox News’s business model involves presenting sensationalist, conspiracy-laden fodder to appeal to America’s angry, frightened right wing. This has been so whether the characters have been named Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly or Tucker Carlson. The roles those people played have been the same. |
| The actor Tucker Carlson has been fired by Fox News, but nobody should assume that Fox News has abandoned the character that he played on TV. His role will be filled by another actor with a different name but playing the same role. | The actor Tucker Carlson has been fired by Fox News, but nobody should assume that Fox News has abandoned the character that he played on TV. His role will be filled by another actor with a different name but playing the same role. |