Carlson Takes Abrupt “Vacation” Amid Controversy

Fox has a history of these alleged vacations:

— Laura Ingraham announced she was going on vacation in March 2018 after mocking Parkland survivor and gun control activist David Hogg…

— Sean Hannity went on vacation in May 2017 after losing advertisers for promoting the Seth Rich conspiracy theory…

— Jesse Watters headed out on vacation in April 2017 after making a comment widely criticized as lewd about Ivanka Trump…

— Bill O’Reilly went — and never returned from — a vacation in April 2017 after NYT reported he had settled five sexual harassment allegations for millions of dollars…

“The Fox spokesperson said the vacation had been in the works before Carlson had made his controversial remarks.”

So weird how #FireTuckerCarlson
trends & Tucker Carlson has a fishing trip “in the works”. #TuckerIsGoingFishingForNewAdvertisers ???https://t.co/G7281tiENJ

— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) August 8, 2019

Tucker Carlson latest Fox News host to take ‘pre-planned vacation’ amidst controversy https://t.co/iRp6Ese2IO pic.twitter.com/HoThFaAHPC

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 8, 2019