Naughty words in text messages don’t qualify.” A big decision requires a powerful motive. Last week, a person close to Carlson disputed that, telling the Guardian: “An elderly Australian man” – the Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch, 92 – “fired his top anchor with no warning because he was so offended by a dirty word? Stupidest explanation ever. Last month, the Times and the Wall Street Journal reported Carlson was fired after executives discovered vulgar text messages, including one in which he called a top executive a “cunt”. It and other organisations are trying to persuade the Delaware judge in the Dominion case to release some redacted messages.įox has not revealed the reason for Carlson’s departure, or commented beyond thanking Carlson “for his service”. The paper also said the message would not necessarily have been revealed in court.
The Times said the Fox board had been concerned the Carlson text could be made public at trial, and its discovery led to a law firm being hired to investigate the host. I could taste it.” He then noted such thoughts were not good for him.Ĭarlson was fired last week, in the aftermath of the $787.5m settlement of the Dominion case, brought over the broadcast of Donald Trump’s election fraud lies. It’s not how white men fight.”Ĭarlson allegedly wrote that he initially found himself “rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him.
The message allegedly shows Carlson describing how he saw a group of Trump supporters beat up an “Antifa kid”, or anti-fascist counter-protester.Ĭarlson allegedly described the encounter as “three against one, at least” and added: “Jumping a guy like that is dishonourable obviously. The text, which remains redacted in court filings in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News but which the Times published in full, included the line: “It’s not how white men fight.”
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