Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, the network that made him a right-wing political and media juggernaut, a move that shook both cable television and Republican politics Monday.
Carlson had been the most powerful figure at the network and, perhaps, in the party, the top-rated figure in news and an oft-mentioned potential candidate for president of the United States.
But he was also an employee of the Murdoch family business, which is reeling from an embarrassing, expensive defamation lawsuit and facing more legal action.
Carlson's executive producer Justin Wells is also out at the network, according to two people familiar with the situation.
The network said in a statement Monday that they have "agreed to part ways," with Carlson's final show airing last Friday.
>Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, the network that made him a right-wing political and media juggernaut, a move that shook both cable television and Republican politics Monday.
>Carlson had been the most powerful figure at the network and, perhaps, in the party, the top-rated figure in news and an oft-mentioned potential candidate for president of the United States.
>But he was also an employee of the Murdoch family business, which is reeling from an embarrassing, expensive defamation lawsuit and facing more legal action.
>**Carlson's executive producer Justin Wells is also out at the network, according to two people familiar with the situation.**
>The network said in a statement Monday that they have "agreed to part ways," with Carlson's final show airing last Friday.
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