Tucker Carlson says he's voting for Trump despite once texting he hated him
Tucker Carlson said he is "voting for Trump, and if they convict him, I will send him the max donations and I will lead protests," on Roseanne Barr's podcast.
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Tucker Carlson said he is "voting for Trump, and if they convict him, I will send him the max donations and I will lead protests," on Roseanne Barr's podcast.
Republicans attending a conservative conference in Atlanta have been weighing in on the latest indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia. The next big venue for many of the 2024 candidates will be the first Republican presidential primary debate next week in Milwaukee, but just like the conference on Friday, the former president is not expected to attend. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
The conservative cable network lost one of its biggest ratings draw with Carlson's departure. Here's who is replacing him.
"Tucker will not be silenced by anyone," a lawyer for Carlson said in a statement to Axios, adding, "He is a singularly important voice on matters of public interest in our country, and will remain so."
The conservative host, who was ousted from Fox News in April, railed against the media and touched on conspiracy theories.
"There aren't many platforms left that allow free speech," the controversial anchor said of the move.
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Network faces a delicate balancing act: Luring back advertisers that had shunned Carlson's show while preserving his blockbuster ratings.
OANN isn't hiding its interest in Tucker Carlson, tweeting, "Maybe Fox News' loss could be OANN's gain."
In the video, Carlson made no mention of Fox News or the reasons behind his departure from the network, where he was its most-watched anchor.
The departure of the top-rated star, whose final show was on Friday, raises questions about the future of Fox News.
Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have decided to part ways, the network announced in a statement Monday, and longtime CNN anchor Don Lemon said he was fired from the cable network. Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith joins for a closer look at what this means for the media landscape.
Carlson's final show with the network aired Friday.
Tucker Carlson and Fox News parted ways Monday, the network announced in a statement. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa joined to break down the departure's potential impact on the Republican Party heading into 2024.
Fox News is parting ways with host Tucker Carlson, and after 17 years, CNN is letting go of anchor Don Lemon. David Folkenflik, a media correspondent at NPR, joins CBS News to discuss what the shake-ups mean.
Fox News will pay $787.5 million, less than half of what they were originally being sued for, to end Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit. The money saves the network from seeing some of its best-known anchors and executives on the stand. Dominion accused Fox News of knowingly spreading lies about its voting machines after the 2020 election. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane has more.
Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News is set to begin Tuesday.
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Fox is seeking a temporary restraining order in New York state court in an attempt to keep Grossberg from disclosing privileged conversations with its attorneys.
Emails and text messages from on-air hosts became public as part of the Fox-Dominion lawsuit. Syracuse University professor Roy Gutterman joined CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss the lawsuit, the distinction between commentary and news and what could happen next in the case.
U.S. intelligence leaders are describing the Chinese Communist Party as a major threat to national security. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers at a Senate hearing Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is consolidating power in his country. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis discussed the hearing on "Red and Blue." Then, CBS News Capitol Hill producer Rebecca Kaplan reported on the response from lawmakers to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection footage released by Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's release of about 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson is sparking backlash from Republican lawmakers. It also comes as Fox News is defending itself against a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. Newly released court documents as part of that lawsuit allege that Fox executives had misgivings about the network's 2020 election coverage. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest on how lawmakers are reacting.
Newly released court documents from a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems show that Fox News chairman Rupert Murdoch was worried some of their coverage may have gone "too far" with 2020 election denial claims. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on that and other news from Capitol Hill.
The blowback continues for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for giving Fox News Jan. 6 riot video. CBS News chief political analyst John Dickerson joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the impact of all of this and the state of Republican Party.