(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Ex-Fox News superstar Tucker Carlson decided to fight against Fox News by using help from Elon Musk.
According to a new report from Axios, Carlson is ready to “unleash allies” on Fox News so that he would be able to secure his future by “bullying” the network into letting him either work for or start working for a “right-wing rival.”
“The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous,” Bryan Freedman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer Carlson retained for the contract dispute, said.
The battle between Carlson and the Murdock empire may reshape the conservative news world. Fox, whose ratings have been steadily plunging in Carlson’s time slot since he was fired 13 days ago, wants to sideline Carlson by paying him $20 million a year for not working at all.
According to Axios, Carlson is planning to establish a media empire of his own, which would look like a direct-to-consumer media outlet where his fans could pay money to watch his coverage of what’s going on in this world. However, to do that, he needs Fox to let him out of his contract, which will expire only in January of 2025 — after the 2024 presidential election.
Axios stated that Carlson has been contacted by different outlets — including the conservative Rumble and controlled opposition in the face of Newsmax — that offered to pay him more than Fox offered him in its contract.
The news source also learned that Carlson and Musk talked about working together, but didn’t discuss specifics.
Two days after being fired from the network for saying things that globalist Murdock didn’t want him to say, Carlson posted a video on Twitter at 8 p.m. ET, counter-programming his former show. As of May 7, the two-minute video got more than 80 million views.
