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The Insider reports: Viewership for the 8 p.m. hour of Fox News, a prime-time television spot occupied by Tucker Carlson for years, has plummeted by half in the days since the anchor was suddenly fired Monday. Ratings data from Nielsen reported by CNN’s Oliver Darcy show a minor dip on Monday, possibly because many viewers were unaware Carlson had been …

Fox News reports: After a series of mass shootings this spring, including the killing of several students at a private Christian school in Tennessee, voters would prefer focusing on specific gun control measures rather than arming citizens to reduce gun violence. Another 6 in 10 favor banning assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons (61%). On Tuesday, Washington became the 10th state …

TMZ reports: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and now another conservative news outlet, Newsmax, wants him to be more than just the face of the network, and it’s putting on a full-court press to land him. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the news channel is doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for Tucker to come …

“Mr. Herring [photo] did make a substantial offer, which would be several million more than Fox paid — to my chagrin cause I don’t make that — but anyway, it’s Tucker. This isn’t about me. So, the offer’s on the table. We know Tucker’s in Florida vacationing with the family — wish him the best, hanging out. But, yeah — …

Media Matters has the transcript: RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST): Pandemic would have been a really great time to scare America back into shape. We learned early on that one of the biggest predictors of COVID-related deaths was obesity. But what did Democrats do? They shut down the playgrounds, gyms, and they forced you to stay in your house and order takeout. …

“I encourage every other newsperson at Fox who cares about this country to walk away from their contract, to walk away from their show. I’m talking about all of them. We can get you set up with an outlet that will allow you to speak the truth. But right now, we got a year and a half to save our …

A partial transcript via Yahoo News: Both political parties, and their donors, have reached consensus on what benefits them, and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it. Suddenly, the United States looks very much like a one-party state. That’s a depressing realization, but it’s not permanent. Our current orthodoxies won’t last. They’re brain dead. Nobody actually believes …

Breitbart reports: The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, published a message of support to journalist Tucker Carlson on social media late Monday following Fox News’ abrupt announcement that day that its most popular anchor would no longer work there. Bukele suggested that Carlson would soon face a “smear” campaign and attempted censorship as “they” could not kill him without …

Mediaite reports: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov implied that Tucker Carlson’s firing by Fox News was done at the behest of the U.S. government. Speaking at the United Nations on Tuesday, Lavrov brought up the matter unprompted. CNN’s Erin Burnett aired the snippet on OutFront. “Perhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in …

Rolling Stone reports: Fox News executives have in their possession a dossier of alleged dirt on Tucker Carlson should he attack the network in the wake of his departure, eight sources at and close to the network tell Rolling Stone. When Fox announced Carlson’s departure on Monday, the network presented the separation as amiable. But according to one former on-air …

“I don’t know what Tucker Carlson’s deal is but I worry that he might still be under contract and they’re literally going to be paying him 10, 20, 30 million a year to just sit there and be quiet. We can’t afford to have Tucker Carlson’s voice silenced for a year-and-a-half. I don’t know if Tucker’s listening to this but …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared for a courtroom showdown with Dominion Voting Systems, they presented Tucker Carlson with what they thought was good news: They had persuaded the court to redact from a legal filing the time he called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, according to people familiar with the …

Media Matters has the transcript: But my sources inside the building say this was unexpected. People were shocked to discover what had happened. The staff was caught completely off guard. Look, a lot of people are saying, well, this is about Dominion. I don’t think it is. If it had been about Dominion I think we do have we would …

“Fox fires Tucker Carlson five days after he crosses the red line by acknowledging that the TV networks pushed a deadly and ineffective vaccine to please their Pharma advertisers. Carlson’s breathtakingly courageous April 19 monologue broke TV’s two biggest rules: Tucker told the truth about how greedy Pharma advertisers controlled TV news content and he lambasted obsequious newscasters for promoting …

“I sit and look at Tucker Carlson and I’ve been coming on his show, it seems like, for eight, nine, years. I don’t even know how long, but I was living out in Los Angeles and I’ve was coming on his show. “I don’t know how long it’s been but it’s been a long time. I’ve watched Tucker Carlson get …

Media Matters has the transcript: It’s very, very hard. My phone’s been blowing up all day about the news that Tucker Carlson and the Fox News Channel have parted ways. And the hard part for me is I don’t have a clue. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know anything about it. I can’t comment on something — I …

The Guardian reports: Rupert Murdoch’s media business secretly paid Prince William a “very large sum of money” to quietly settle a phone-hacking claim, according to new court filings. The Prince of Wales received the previously undisclosed payment in 2020 after bringing a legal claim against the owner of the Sun and the News of the World. Details of the settlement …

“Well, I’m shocked. I’m surprised. He’s a very good person and a very good man, and very talented as you know. And he had very high ratings. So, we’re just learning about it almost as we speak. I just said, ‘Wow, that was something, that’s a big one.’ “I don’t know if it was voluntary or was it somebody fired …

Popular Information reports: The reality of Fox News’ relationship with Carlson — and the conduct they were willing to not only ignore but defend — is important. Fox News is entering a critical time renegotiating its fees with cable companies. It is likely to argue that Carlson’s firing is a signal that the network is becoming more responsible and, therefore, …

Politico reports: A prominent anchor on Russian state TV said on Monday that the U.S. mainstream media had “lost its last remaining voice of reason” after Fox host Tucker Carlson abruptly left the network. In an email to Carlson posted to Telegram, Vladimir Solovyov, an anchor on Russia-1, said he “wholeheartedly” supported Carlson’s decision. “You have our admiration and support …